Blue Fog Experiment Posted November 15, 2010 Share Posted November 15, 2010 I'm new to the forum and so I'd like to introduce you to an extremely rare Les Paul. She's a Birdseye-Maple in a nice Red Wine. Notice she's not a Quilted top - but rather a straight-up Birdseye Maple. Picked her up off of Craigslist and did some normal modifications from my shop. 1st off I had to fix a gouge - matching the color was a b!tch but finally was able to do it. 2nd - stripped out all the electronics and completely redid everything - cloth wiring, CTS pots, Switchcraft Switch and 2 new SD Phat-Cat P-90s. Lowered the action, set the intonation and she just sings. I have a collection of vintage capacitors and I outfitted this one with an original set of Black Beauties from 1959 - Incredible tone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hungrycat Posted November 15, 2010 Share Posted November 15, 2010 Looks quilted to me, but pictures can be unclear sometimes...It's pretty either way. This is Birdseye Maple: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSAR Posted November 15, 2010 Share Posted November 15, 2010 looks quilted to me too, either way, its awesome! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
starfoxhound Posted November 15, 2010 Share Posted November 15, 2010 I also think it is quilted, I've seen a few before. They look amazing, yours is not an exception- +1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
midiman56 Posted November 15, 2010 Share Posted November 15, 2010 She's a lovely hunka wood for sure ... but I'm not thinking that's a Birdseye top. Anyway, let's not get off on the wrong foot here. Welcome to the forum! Jim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RaSTuS Posted November 15, 2010 Share Posted November 15, 2010 Welcome to these parts dbray6714, lovely looking LP you have there, a real treasure. EDIT: you're not from the Gold Coast in Oz are you? I know someone with a very similar name from there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sinner 13 Posted November 15, 2010 Share Posted November 15, 2010 **double post** Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sinner 13 Posted November 15, 2010 Share Posted November 15, 2010 Phat Cats are THE BOMB, if you want sick p-90 sound in an HB equipped axe. i have one in the neck position on my Hamer echotone, with a 57 re issue in the bridge. whats about the Gibson P-94's? anyone ever use those? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue Fog Experiment Posted November 16, 2010 Author Share Posted November 16, 2010 I've uploaded another photo that hopefully shows the Birdseye Maple better... (If you saw it in person, you'd know it's a different cap) I had been looking for a Wine-Colored quilted classic for over a year and nobody had one. I lost out on a few on eBay too but I found this one and boy - once I got her cleaned up and rewired, she's quite a player. Ironically, after I got her - a couple of true-quilted ones became available and to me, they just don't look at cool. Anyways - If you're looking for something different in your LP, try out some HB-sized P-90s. A whole new tonal range becomes available to you. Funny, I ordered new Top Hat knobs and then accidentally send me ones that "go to 11" - it just adds to the charm. Thanks for welcoming me to the forum group(s). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue Fog Experiment Posted November 16, 2010 Author Share Posted November 16, 2010 Welcome to these parts dbray6714, lovely looking LP you have there, a real treasure. EDIT: you're not from the Gold Coast in Oz are you? I know someone with a very similar name from there. Nope - sorry. I call Wisconsin my home. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cjlandry Posted November 16, 2010 Share Posted November 16, 2010 Well, I'm not going to pretend to be an expert on your guitar top. I'll take your word for that. I do, however, love the sound of my G-400 with Phat Cat pickups. Beautiful guitar you have there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dawg086 Posted November 16, 2010 Share Posted November 16, 2010 <a href="http://s642.photobucket.com/albums/uu148/dawg086/?action=view¤t=family1077.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i642.photobucket.com/albums/uu148/dawg086/family1077.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket"></a> Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue Fog Experiment Posted November 16, 2010 Author Share Posted November 16, 2010 <a href="http://s642.photobucket.com/albums/uu148/dawg086/?action=view¤t=family1077.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i642.photobucket.com/albums/uu148/dawg086/family1077.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket"></a> Yep - exactly like that only in Wine. Impossible to really photograph well with my camera - especially this color. I was an extremely limited run back in 05 based on what Gibson/Epiphone told me. Some sort of weird special dealer only production - who knows? It's definately cooler looking than the traditional quilted top. Never saw one like yours though - cool. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dawg086 Posted November 16, 2010 Share Posted November 16, 2010 This is my 95 Birdseye Epi LP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cjlandry Posted November 16, 2010 Share Posted November 16, 2010 "Bird's eye" looks like Ostrich. I'm not seeing anything close to that in the OP's pics. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hungrycat Posted November 16, 2010 Share Posted November 16, 2010 I've uploaded another photo that hopefully shows the Birdseye Maple better... (If you saw it in person, you'd know it's a different cap) Yes. I can see it now. Figuring can be very difficult to photograph. I had a bear of a time getting the flame in my Strat neck to show up clearly. And it's very flamed. I really think Wire-red is the best color for LP Standards. It's very nice, indeed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crust Posted November 16, 2010 Share Posted November 16, 2010 This is my 95 Birdseye Epi LP I really think that is the nicest Epiphone LP I've ever seen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
claydots Posted November 17, 2010 Share Posted November 17, 2010 Nice looking guitar, it's not "over the top" in quilt. I never have been a fan of flames and birdseyes.. I prefer a plain top or a painted body. Phat Cats are really nice PUP's, they need to be driven more as they are single coils and do the job quite nicely. If you decide to do another try Duncan 59's.. I put those in my Epi LP and reworked the wiring. Major improvement.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dawg086 Posted November 17, 2010 Share Posted November 17, 2010 Here is another pic of my Birdseye. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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