I played my buddy Shawn's super rare silver anniversary LP Custom last night. That one I posted pics of the other day. Holy shitballs.
First off, the guitar is 40 years old and there is not a scratch on it. There are tiny tiny buckle-dents, not even rash, on the back, but they don't go through the clearcoat. They're more like impressions than scratches. You see worse damage on new guitars in a shop just from people fingerbanging them to death. So this thing is pretty mint. Original frets, original tuners, pickups, perfect binding, everything is great. This thing spent a lot of time in it's case in a closet somewhere. I don't know how to "grade" collectible guitars, but if I were calling the shots I'd give it a 9.8/10. It's silver sparkle, but it has ever so slightly turned a little green like the silverbursts tend to do. You can just barely see it greening up a little bit. It's gorgeous.
What really caught me by surprise was how low, smooth, and effortless it plays. When I grabbed it, my first though was "no way, the action is too low". I mean this action is LOW. But there's not a fret buzz or bend choke out anywhere to be found. Every single note on the fretboard rings clean and true with no buzz - I checked. Unfreakingbelievable. I've never felt action that low and soft without any noise, not even on shredtard guitars. It played like butta.
So that's all. Just wanted to shre with you guys my impressions on that truly fine piece of guitar. I'm glad he has it. It's a special guitar.
