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It is indeed, I learn so much about Les Paul on there, how to spot fakes…there are so many fakes and so many threads about worrying buying a fake and people getting conned….also learn about the slight differences between each LP models, the good and bad years, the hatred of the 2015 models….that debate will drag on for the entire year I think.
I am very very happy I got mine now, I feel the price of them are going to go up soon with the new model getting a 30% spike as a result. I wanted one last year but couldn't find a new one I liked, so a month or so ago I began keeping an eye out for a used one more closely. Checking Reverb, eBay, forums etc. Came across Faded series, Gary Moore, Standard, even an R8 but my want were quite specific and long and none of the ones I saw I was 100% happy with.
I wanted:
1 – No gold top
2 – No cherry burst
3 – No burst with black edges
4 – No red back, has to be brown
5 – No pickguard
6 – With pick up covers
7 – Traditional style, so no coil tap
8 – Not too battered condition. Some signs of use is perfectly fine
9 – Original stock spec, no mods
10 – No refret
11 – All papers included if possible
12 – Close enough to drive and see in person (very important)
13 – With binding
14 – In original case
15 – Under £2,000
16 – Made between late 90's to 2012
17 – Weigh in at 9lb or under
18 - Not a baseball bat neck, i.e. no 58 neck.
I was willing to wait for the right one to come along, I gave myself the whole year pretty much to take my time and look for it, but as these things always goes, sometimes the right one just comes up. World Guitars is an hour from my house, they offered me a decent trade in price for the PRS meaning I was way under my budget. And the guitar ticked every box on my list (I broke 1 rule, it is 9 ounces over…lol), and I didn't need to look anymore.
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