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Old 08-14-2009, 12:47 AM
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Nice Lesters, Super Duty D! Here's a shot of mine



A cheap Special; I saw it at Sam Ash, it was used and marked at $350.00; not bad for an American made Gibson! I told the wife about it, she said "why didn't you get it?" I picked it up the next day on my lunch break!

My '88 Standard, humbucker sized P-90s. I've had her since 1990, done a ton of gigs and recordings, she's an extension of my hands! I prefer P-90s; roll the volume down and they clean up real nice, plus for drop D tuning you still get nice note articulation.

My '58 Standard Flame Top Historic, picked her up in '99. Traded a real '57 Les Paul Special for it; those Specials are now worth $12-15k. Oh well! The picture doesn't really do the flame justice; beautiful guitar, sounds great.

My '54 Custom Black Beauty Historic. The Customs don't have a maple top and the tone was a bit dark; none of the spank and sparkle without that maple cap! That front pickup was wicked, especially with the tone rolled all the way off. I sold that to help fund my GTO.

My '57 Special Historic. Yeah, I've got a thing for P-90s! She sounded great, I sold that to help fund my GTO.

I've never really been a Marshall guy, I prefer Fenders but nothing sounds like a Les Paul cranked through a Marshall. Then again, that Flame Top Historic through my '66 Deluxe Reverb cranked to 7 or 8...

Thanks again, Mr Polsfuss. RIP

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