Les Paul-owned LP up on Reverb

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Over my head, but I do really like the finish and fretboard.

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1981 Gibson Les Paul Custom, Owned by Les Paul. All natural & Hard shell case | Reverb UK

Here is something quite unique. We have a very unusual Gibson Les Paul custom that was the property of Les Paul himself. This guitar was one of a pair and was part of the estate sale of Les Paul’s equipment through Julien’s auction house in 2012.It comes with a cd and auction provenance. Thi...
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“This man changed the game in so many ways”: One of Les Paul’s own Les Pauls – which has a rare maple fretboard – has been listed on Reverb

One of a pair of Les Pauls once owned by the late guitar pioneer, this ‘Blonde Beauty’ style creation heralds from the early ’80s, when Gibson’s maple experiments first took off
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Damn, it's beautiful. Schwing! Can't afford this one - but a LP Custom is on my bucket list.

At that price ($13,500) - it's unclear to me if it might be a good investment given it's connection to the original owner. Seems like this could appreciate nicely over time. Opinions on that anyone?
 
PorterhouseMusic said:
Damn, it's beautiful. Schwing! Can't afford this one - but a LP Custom is on my bucket list.

At that price ($13,500) - it's unclear to me if it might be a good investment given it's connection to the original owner. Seems like this could appreciate nicely over time. Opinions on that anyone?
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Every single Les Paul I've owned has appreciated in value, some substantially. I've only owned 3, and have just 1 now. $13,500 seems a bit overpriced, even given its history. Maybe $8,000 would be reasonable. Even at $8,000 I think you'd be waiting a long time for it to appreciate much (20 years?). I'm no guitar collector / expert, just my opinion.

I use to have a 81 Les Paul Standard - Paid $800 for it in 1986. Now they are around 2K - 4K. Then I bought a 1991 Les Paul Custom, Wine Red. That was my favorite. Paid $900, sold it for $1100. Looks like they are 5K and up now. Currently have a 2000 Les Paul Standard. Paid $2000 for it, might be worth $2500 - $3000 CDN $. That's over a period of 15 years or so.
 
Eric Malone said:
Every single Les Paul I've owned has appreciated in value, some substantially. I've only owned 3, and have just 1 now. $13,500 seems a bit overpriced, even given its history. Maybe $8,000 would be reasonable. Even at $8,000 I think you'd be waiting a long time for it to appreciate much (20 years?). I'm no guitar collector / expert, just my opinion.

I use to have a 81 Les Paul Standard - Paid $800 for it in 1986. Now they are around 2K - 4K. Then I bought a 1991 Les Paul Custom, Wine Red. That was my favorite. Paid $900, sold it for $1100. Looks like they are 5K and up now. Currently have a 2000 Les Paul Standard. Paid $2000 for it, might be worth $2500 - $3000 CDN $. That's over a period of 15 years or so.
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I've got two Les Paul's. This one is my first guitar - a '79 wine red Deluxe. My dad bought it for me used in 1981 when I was 12. The original owner routered out the bridge pup and installed a Dimarzio Super Distortion - no doubt, this decreases it's market value. But that doesn't matter by now. It will be burned with my body if I can get that done. It is well loved. I still play it every day.

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PorterhouseMusic said:
I've got two Les Paul's. This one is my first guitar - a '79 wine red Deluxe. My dad bought it for me used in 1981 when I was 12. The original owner routered out the bridge pup and installed a Dimarzio Super Distortion - no doubt, this decreases it's market value. But that doesn't matter by now. It will be burned with my body if I can get that done. It is well loved. I still play it every day.
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Wow, that's a nice one. I think my wine red had gold hardware, but I might be remembering incorrectly, this was like 30 years ago. This is my 2000 LP, nothing special but it does what LP's do for me. My dad bought my first Les Paul as well. I ended up selling it to my brother, and then it got stolen.
 

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Eric Malone said:
Wow, that's a nice one. I think my wine red had gold hardware, but I might be remembering incorrectly, this was like 30 years ago. This is my 2000 LP, nothing special but it does what LP's do for me. My dad bought my first Les Paul as well. I ended up selling it to my brother, and then it got stolen.
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Nice! Love that sunburst (I think that's what that's called).

That sucks the other one was stolen. That one above was stolen from me - but, thankfully, recovered by police days later at some crackhead lair.
 
It has Schaller humbuckers, which were the standard pickups for most Heritage guitars back then. It has a Schaller roller bridge and tailpiece. I have a pair of SD Seth Lovers, but the route wasn't deep enough for the long legs of the Seth Lovers.

Heritage switched to Duncan 59s as the stock pickup when Schaller quit making pickups some years ago. The standard bridge and tailpiece are now Pinnacle locking units. Their Custom Core line is a really nice guitar. It's roughly equal to the Gibson custom shop.
 
This is a little off topic. Paul's kid(s) hated him. I worked with someone who knew at least one of Les' kids, and they had nothing good to say about their father. I think his work was his life.
 
Snowman999 said:
This is a little off topic. Paul's kid(s) hated him. I worked with someone who knew at least one of Les' kids, and they had nothing good to say about their father. I think his work was his life.
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Must have been just one kid if any. One of his sons ( Rusty) was there to record all of his shows, and was also a respected guitarist. Also ran the museum. Another was an audio engineer. His grand kids seem to love and respect him as well. I’ve never read anyone say anything negative about the guy. Even his ex wives thought he was a swell guy. At any rate, he deserves much better than than unfounded rumors regarding his personal life being spread on the internet. You don’t accomplish the things he did in his life without pissing at least a few people off here and there.
 
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