Journey's Neal Schon Signature Gibson Les Paul???

[animalfarm]

Was watching a 2008 Journey Concert DVD with the new

singer Arnell Pineda. Saw Neal Schon playing his Les Paul,

saw the Headstock, then thought: "HEY!!! The inlay is all WRONG!"

Then I caught a glimpse of the back of his LP, had MULTIPLE control

covers. This had me scratching my head, so I did a bit of research,

learned something...

 

 

Turns out that Gibson DID release a Neal Schon Signature LP at the 2005 NAMM show.

News to me, how did I not hear about it? I noted he used the Neck pup quite a bit

for leads, discovered he uses a "Fernandes Sustainer" Humbucker kit to get those

long sustains. Have not located one of the Signature LPs for sale yet, just wanted

to get an idea of current $$$$ value. (No WAY I'll be able to afford one!).

 

Neal Schon Homepage/Gear - Gibson -

http://www.nsblues.com/gear/ns_geargib.htm

 

Fernandez Sustainer @ Musician's Friend ($199.00) -

http://accessories.musiciansfriend.com/product/Fernandes-Sustainer-FSK101-Humbucker-Pickup-Kit?sku=300421&src=3WWRWXGB&ZYXSEM=0&gclid=CMbZ4dCl0qICFQLHsgodUwZrwA

[Hungrycat]

The Schon Les Paul was short lived. It's basically an LP Axcess with the sustainer, a different knob lay out, different inlays, binding, etc.

 

The Axcess goes for $3499.99, plus the price of the sustainer.... That's about the closest you could get.

[deflepfan]

Have had these pics for a while. Always thought it was custom work.

 

 

 

 

 

Sheila

[EpiEric]

Her e is a good YouTube video of Neal talking about this guitar:

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VP0o2T_dNFU&feature=player_embedded

 

He says that 80 were made by the Custom Shop (I assume that is 80 for public sale not counting his personal guitars).