A 1959 Les Paul in need of TLC

blazer · Post by **blazer** » Wed Jun 13, 2007 11:31 am

http://cgi.ebay.com/Vintage-59-Gibson-Les-Paul-Special-Luthier-Project-NR_W0QQitemZ320125743518QQihZ011QQcategoryZ118992QQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

This is why when you've damaged your guitar, you should take it to a professional repairman and don't try and fix it yourself.

charlyg · Post by **charlyg** » Wed Jun 13, 2007 11:53 am

"try and fix it yourself."

I am not sure this qualifies as "fixing"!!!!!

elysrand · Post by **elysrand** » Wed Jun 13, 2007 12:01 pm

THat is the most..... surprising ......method of reinforcing the neck to the body that I have EVER seen in all my years of avoiding guitar abuse. I cannot verify that there were no guitars harmed in the making of that movie.

In fact, this is the most cruelly butchered 59 LP that I could ever imagine there being. There isn't enough of it left to distantly interest me in trying last-minute life-saving heroic measures. But, from the bids, there are some who think they can save it.

kcole4001 · Post by **kcole4001** » Wed Jun 13, 2007 12:01 pm

Looks like they're really just bidding on the pickups, etc.
That has to be the worst mess yet.
There's not much left to fix!

jingle_jangle · Post by **jingle_jangle** » Wed Jun 13, 2007 12:44 pm

It is restorable, and if I was a GibbieGuy I'd bid on it in a heartbeat...That is the only year they made that model in a double-cut.

lyle_from_minneapolis · Wed Jun 13, 2007 12:51 pm

A fresh can of spray paint and maybe polish up those clamps and you're good to go.

doctorwho · Post by **doctorwho** » Wed Jun 13, 2007 5:02 pm

Hey Paul, that turnbuckle neck-pocket-tensioning system was used on how many different guitars?

wmthor · Post by **wmthor** » Wed Jun 13, 2007 5:21 pm

Anybody else notice this LP that's probably worth a couple of bucks.

sharkboy · Post by **sharkboy** » Wed Jun 13, 2007 5:43 pm

At least fourteen.

About the first one:

I wonder how long it will take the external truss tensioning system to catch on.

That strikes me as a bad guitar to play nekkid.

beatlefreak · Post by **beatlefreak** » Wed Jun 13, 2007 6:01 pm

Well, those body-to-neck clamps give it a convenient way to hang it on the wall...

bassduke49 · Post by **bassduke49** » Wed Jun 13, 2007 6:13 pm

I think I've seen it all, now, Lord!

jingle_jangle · Post by **jingle_jangle** » Thu Jun 14, 2007 3:18 am

It's merely a workmanlike approach to a knotty problem.

I really would like to meet the guy who did this and pick his miniscule brain.

peewee · Post by **peewee** » Thu Jun 14, 2007 3:45 am

HA! This same auction was posted on another forum that I'm a mod on. It's scary what some folks will do to "fix" an instrument....reminds me of the genius that cut off half the headstock of an ES-335 12 string because he wanted a 6 instead!

charlyg · Post by **charlyg** » Thu Jun 14, 2007 4:03 am

It may only take one pick, Paul!

jingle_jangle · Post by **jingle_jangle** » Thu Jun 14, 2007 4:13 am

Think about it--dual truss rods are just internalized versions of dual turnbuckles.