axeman3d Posted December 11, 2008 Share Posted December 11, 2008 Hi folks i have just purchased second hand my first Les Paul, having been a strat man since i started playing guitar, i got it for 1k when i bought a custom shop strat from a guy local, really dont know much about thrm any help on spec and stuff would be great and did i pay too much? it has stunning flame and its 2007 model. it has a custom shop certificate and its a 1960 VOS i believe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KSG_Standard Posted December 11, 2008 Share Posted December 11, 2008 Welcome and congratulations! Please post some pictures so we can oogle them and provide our opinions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
axeman3d Posted December 11, 2008 Author Share Posted December 11, 2008 how do you add pics on this forum? i press the pics button and it just has img img? cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BIGBENDS Posted December 11, 2008 Share Posted December 11, 2008 Yes! Definitely show us some photos of that R0 (top & bottom, front and back). Let me get this straight. You paid $1000.00 for a Gibson R0? I hope you got the real thing. Open a free account at photobucket.com, then upload pics to your account. Then you have an Img code for each pic on photobucket. Click the img code and then paste it to your reply here at the forum. easy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wild_Rose Posted December 11, 2008 Share Posted December 11, 2008 how do you add pics on this forum? i press the pics button and it just has img img?cheers use a free host like http://imageshack.us/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FennRx Posted December 11, 2008 Share Posted December 11, 2008 for $1000, im guessing its a LP Classic, which is nothing like a R0. but that's still a good price assuming the guitar is in good shape. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
axeman3d Posted December 11, 2008 Author Share Posted December 11, 2008 hi guys its £1000 British i paid and here are the photos(i hope) [ or go here http://s293.photobucket.com/albums/mm51/andyallan_photo/Guitars/?albumview=slideshow cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FennRx Posted December 11, 2008 Share Posted December 11, 2008 very very nice. that is indeed an R0. they normally sell used for around $4k plus or minus. congrats! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
axeman3d Posted December 11, 2008 Author Share Posted December 11, 2008 thanks so with the exchange rate i paid 1500 US, looks like my gut feeling was good, i must admit it feels quite special i have played some standards in my time but for not being a Les Paul man i really like it. only picked it up yesterday. cheers:d/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FennRx Posted December 11, 2008 Share Posted December 11, 2008 thanks so with the exchange rate i paid 1500 US' date=' looks like my gut feeling was good, i must admit it feels quite special i have played some standards in my time but for not being a Les Paul man i really like it. only picked it up yesterday.cheers:d/ [/quote'] whoever sold that to you for that price must not have known what he had. unless the neck has been reset or something..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silverbursted Posted December 11, 2008 Share Posted December 11, 2008 Freakin beautiful. Congratulations, that is a fine Les Paul to get started in. The only problem is, just about everything else will be inferior (including your Strat). Hehehe =D> =D> Edit: I just realized I need to change my signature, I am referring of course to the other AXE. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
axeman3d Posted December 11, 2008 Author Share Posted December 11, 2008 no there is nothing wrong at all i always give guitars a good check, there is no marks near the neck, whats the low down on spec on these? there seems to be a massive doffrence in price from r7 ro an r0 why is that? cheers andy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KSG_Standard Posted December 11, 2008 Share Posted December 11, 2008 Sweeet! You are the greatest guitar buyer in the world. It looks like you got a great deal. Enjoy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FennRx Posted December 11, 2008 Share Posted December 11, 2008 no there is nothing wrong at all i always give guitars a good check' date=' there is no marks near the neck, whats the low down on spec on these? there seems to be a massive doffrence in price from r7 ro an r0 why is that?cheers andy[/quote'] you pay a huge upcharge for the flame top on the r9/r0. r7s and r8 are the same except for the finish and sometimes the neck size. r9s are the same as r7/r8s except for the flame top and the usually slimmer neck. r0s are the same as r9s except for a thinner neck, reflectors an double ring tuners. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silverbursted Posted December 11, 2008 Share Posted December 11, 2008 R9 will likely come aboard and correct me (he is our resident Reissue expert). But the R0 is the second year Gibson Les Paul Standard was offered in a flamed maple top. Additionally it was the first year they went to a slimmer tappered neck. Here is a link to the Gibson Custom Shop page that describes your guitar. Gibson Custom Shop Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daveinspain Posted December 11, 2008 Share Posted December 11, 2008 What ever the case that is a great guitar for $1500 US.... You did great!!! So do you know this guy you bought it from? I can't help but think he is a total idiot or its a hot guitar.... Lets hope he is a total idiot... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
axeman3d Posted December 11, 2008 Author Share Posted December 11, 2008 Hi no the guys i s alocal business man that has ordered a a Suhr that he wants to pay for, he already had a John English stealth Esquire that i would have loved and a EJ strat. so i got a heavy relic strat and R0 for £2100 i paid 100 more for the Strat? thanks guys looks like i am going to be converted here. cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FennRx Posted December 11, 2008 Share Posted December 11, 2008 R9 will likely come aboard and correct me (he is our resident Reissue expert). But the R0 is the second year Gibson Les Paul Standard was offered in a flamed maple top. Additionally it was the first year they went to a slimmer tappered neck.Here is a link to the Gibson Custom Shop page that describes your guitar. Gibson Custom Shop i'm not sure what you mean...i assume you are saying that 1960 was the second year gibson had flame tops? if so this is incorrect. a quick look at BOTB will show you that 58s were flame tops. as for the R8, Gibson makes them as plaintops now, but in the past they were flamed as well (and the Chambered R8s are currently flametops too) interestingly enough, gibson actually used flamed maple on their goldtops, at least occasionally. i have seen 195x/1959 conversions that had nice figuring under the gold finish. as for the neck, they varied. the so-called "thin neck" really only occurred in the 2nd half of 1960, along with the reflectors, double rings, etc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BIGBENDS Posted December 11, 2008 Share Posted December 11, 2008 Very nice R0! You should be very proud to own & play such a beauty. Soon you'll have those Scottish girls dying to be your groupie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silverbursted Posted December 11, 2008 Share Posted December 11, 2008 Thanks Fenn, I probably should have stayed quiet. So Axeman, disregard all after hello and up to Gibson Custom Shop. Sorry guys. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KingMetalHeart Posted December 11, 2008 Share Posted December 11, 2008 Hi folks i have just purchased second hand my first Les Paul' date=' having been a strat man since i started playing guitar, i got it for 1k when i bought a custom shop strat from a guy local, really dont know much about thrm any help on spec and stuff would be great and did i pay too much? it has stunning flame and its 2007 model. it has a custom shop certificate and its a 1960 VOS i believe.[/quote'] Welcome aboard...very nice guitar for a first too....have you got a pic of the peghead? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AXE® Posted December 11, 2008 Share Posted December 11, 2008 That is the deal of the day for d*mn sure... Welcome to the forum... and i officially hate you.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saturn Posted December 11, 2008 Share Posted December 11, 2008 SCORE! Welcome to the forum and way to make us all jealous Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flight959 Posted December 12, 2008 Share Posted December 12, 2008 Welcome and congratulations! Please post some pictures so we can oogle them and provide our opinions. +1 Where in Scotland?? Flight959 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
axeman3d Posted December 13, 2008 Author Share Posted December 13, 2008 outside edinburgh Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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