How many People own a Historic?

[Bluesgtr20]

How many People own a Historic? This part of the board is a little slow, so lets see you historic.

http://pic3.picturetrail.com/VOL18/609085/951278/22584453.jpg

[Bluesgtr20]

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[jazztop]

2002 58 RI Authentic, Darkburst


I also have a 2003 56 RI Goldtop. I had a 8.5 lb 54 RI
that was stolen from me. I bought this with the insurance money.

I am having the neck re-shaped on the 56RI to match a real 58 Sunburst Les Paul that I played. The necks on these guitar are still MUCH fatter than any of the original 50's Les Pauls that I have played. I've played a real 52, 54, 56 Custom, 57, and 58 burst and all had very comfortable necks that were nothing like the baseball bats that come standard on the reissues. Although, my 02' 58 RI has a more realistic neck than some of the others.
Great guitars!!
Phil

[FlameTop]

My 2002 R8 Authentic butterscotch:

http://www.flametop.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/geetars/lp58web1.jpg

[Bluesgtr20]

My 2002 R8 Authentic butterscotch:

http://www.flametop.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk/geetars/lp58web1.jpg

Wow I love that one nice!!

[joeyv]

Les Paul Custom 57 RI here only had it a couple weeks now....was thinking of selling it however ...its my best playing guitar right now and I need it for gigs...what can ya do?

[stevieboy]

Just did some trading and picked up a new '54 reissue last Saturday (that's the goldtop with P-90's and a wraparound tailpiece). It's my first Les Paul (unless you count my special) and it is awesome, I can't hardly put it down. Weighs 8.45 lbs (also the first guitar I've ever weighed!) balances nicely on my lap, unlike some other LP's I've tried.

The strings really have that "slinky" feel--wraparound tp?-- and it's a joy to play. The top three strings bind a little at the nut, I'll have to fix that. No pics yet, but unlike the bursts, the goldtops all look pretty much the same.

Now, if I can just stop playing Hideaway and Sen-sa-shun!

[Lance]

http://www.cstone.net/~lholland/guitars/images/blondes.jpg

A reeeeeal toss up....probably as amazing as any guitar I own including my NOS Nocaster. The neck is unreal.

[LightninBoy]

http://www.speedis.org/advance/images/5035/lesterpaul.jpg
My 2001 '59 reissue

[wildmanjack]

Just bought a 1967 Gibson B-45 12 string. Fantastic shape, sound wonderful, frets like butter. Now I have to choose between my Martin DC1E and my Gibson, but I think the Gibson will win out. Anyone know anything aobut this guitar? All info would be very helpful. Thanks.

[rbisherw]

R6GT, I purchased new last Friday.
To busy playing to take pics, but I'll take some soon!

[swijak]

1999 Historic 1957 Les Paul Goldtop


http://www.swijak.net\images\57lpgtsmall.jpg

A magic guitar....

[EMan]

This is the first one I've ever purchased. It's a '57 GT...Mar '03 with Braz fretboard. I got it about two months ago. I've been a Strat, Tele player for eons..but am really enjoying this one. Seems to be very well made, and plays/sounds great.

http://home.texoma.net/~flhh/Mvc-004s.jpg

[Paul in Colorado]

It's one of the "stingers" from Music Machine that someone bought two of and traded one. So I'm getting it. Quilt top in iced tea 'burst. If it's half as nice in real life as the pictures I'll be one happy camper! I had a '68 GT as a kid and let it go. This is the guitar I'm replacing it with. It's less then a '68 would cost, and from all I've heard, a better guitar.

[gibbur]

...with Braz board. Can't put it down. :D

[Roel from Holland]

...later this week or early next week. Pics will follow.

[Buffalosix]

I have two historics - a '01 SG/LP Reissue, and a '98 ES-345 reissue...

[Paul in Colorado]

My H-56 quilt top arrived on Nov. 18th. I only played it a little on the night I got it, but I wasn't impressed. I wasn't bonding with it. I was going to drive down to the store with the guitar I almost bought to compare them side by side. But first, I had to crank it up through my amp. After a couple of hours of putting it through it's paces, I knew I was in love. There was no point in driving down to the the music store.

[Luca P]

I play a ES295 from 1990.
Were they called Historic at the time?

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[Geo]

Bluesgtr20
That is one beautiful book matched top!
I love those ribbon flames better than others.

I have 2 R8s and a R6 all made in '94.
the R8s are plaintops and have a finish much
like Bluesgtr20's one.
This is their 10th anniversary.
All 3 have the same big neck. The R8s have
(original) different frets but are consectutive
serial numbers and Tom Murphey ones.
The R6 is most likely also as it is #039 or
8 4039.

[Geo]

Buffalosix
How do you like the ES-345?
Which finish is it?
I dig those double P-gram fret inlays.

[Bluesgtr20]

Bluesgtr20
That is one beautiful book matched top!
I love those ribbon flames better than others.

I have 2 R8s and a R6 all made in '94.
the R8s are plaintops and have a finish much
like Bluesgtr20's one.
This is their 10th anniversary.
All 3 have the same big neck. The R8s have
(original) different frets but are consectutive
serial numbers and Tom Murphey ones.
The R6 is most likely also as it is #039 or
8 4039.
thanks alot geo.
I added one more to my collection. Another '02 R8
here is a pic
http://pic3.picturetrail.com/VOL18/609085/951278/42300738.jpg

[Bluesgtr20]

Different angle

http://pic3.picturetrail.com/VOL18/609085/951278/39454665.jpg

[52Relic]

it's really something! just beautiful...it was clearly the best-sounding Paul (to me, of course) out of the 20 or so I played...

[Roel from Holland]

Different angle

http://pic3.picturetrail.com/VOL18/609085/951278/39454665.jpg

That one looks familiar :-) Did you buy it from Britam ?

[Bluesgtr20]

Different angle

http://pic3.picturetrail.com/VOL18/609085/951278/39454665.jpg

That one looks familiar :-) Did you buy it from Britam ?

nope I bought it from Vintage world guitars.
Certainly money well spent :D

[HHB]

I own a weird Historic, one they did'nt make many of, it a 68 LP Custom, a Historic reissue of the 68 reissue, long tenon, ABR-1, 57 classics, and the biggest neck they make! I really dig this guitar, it's not a feather weight, it's slightly over 10 lbs, but it sings like a birdhttp://www.bigblockdodge.com/LP2001.jpg

[sticko]

'02 R8
http://steveselvidge.com/r8.jpg

[spierdalaj]

Here is a pic of my '93 Historic LP Custom
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v506/donapronobis/lpcustommore003.jpg

[stevedenver]

02 gold top
02 58

love em both-

[sticko]

04 R8
http://steveselvidge.com/histo/04PT/P1010016.JPG

[VoodooVox]

My 04 R4 TQR



http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y89/voodoovox/LPTQtop.jpg

[Larry K. Williams]

Mine is a 2004 R7. Sweeeeeeeeet!

[JohnnyCrash]

'57 RI Les Paul Custom.

I turned the neck pickup around so the polepieces are closer to the bridge... this guitar is IT!

I love all of my guitars, but especially my ES-135, my Junior (the most used in my recordings), and my Telecaster... the other ones are OK too :)

My '72 Fender Champ and Marshall TSL60 love the '57.

[1959burst]

i have a bunch of vintage les pauls so i got me a bunch of historics to play out at gigs.... http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y241/585960/jam11.jpg

[Tom Grossheider]

'01 R7 Historic Authentic (aged hardware and plastic I suppose). Nice fat neck and superb tone. http://upload2.postimage.org/20003/goldie3.jpg (http://upload2.postimage.org/20003/photo_hosting.html)

[bj yoon]

My Avatar picture is my 1993 Historic 57 RI. Played it over 10 years and I am GASing for a flamed burst! 8)

[Eric K]

04 black 68 Authentic.

[64Strat]

2000 '57 Gold Top - changed the pups out to experimental pre-Burstbuckers I got from a friend that has inside connections. Changed the stoptail out to a Murphy aged lightweight piece. Sounds fabulous!

http://img.villagephotos.com/p/2002-11/71084/57_GT_full_sm.JPG

2004 Jimmy Page Signature Les Paul #1 - A '59 Burst relic'ed to look like Jimmy's #1. Awesome guitar! They say it's the best Historic ever and I believe it, best one of the Historics I've ever picked up and played. I've got it in an old peanut case and it looks like the real thing when you crack it open and peek at it for the first time.

http://img.villagephotos.com/p/2002-11/71084/JP_body_sm.JPG

[goldtop]

december 31,2005 , i got my first historic , R7GT,end of march i got my second , R8 plaintop (ice tea). i'll post pix soon as i get the hang of it. i'm hooked. :D

[KennyF]

'06 R8, '05 R4

http://www.kennyf.com/amp.jpg

[Butterscotch]

At Christmas I got a 2006 '59 Historic VOS in a darkburst finish! I'm thrilled to bits with it!

[sok66]

Gotcha, Stevie! I had an original '54 I bought from Mandolin Bros back in '91. The thing was hammered by the original owner, who, I was told, played it in church every weekend for 30+ years. The finish was battered, the gold was litterally falling off in spots, and it had capo rub-throughs all over the lower part of the neck. However, it barely weighed 8 lbs and not a single screw appeared to have ever been touched on it. As a result of having actually been used over the years it was loose as a goose and had some kind of mojo like you can't describe. I'd take it out to jams once in a while & play it cranked through a RI Bassman tweed and the crowd would be like "Holy *&^%!!!!!" I let Stan Jay sell it for me in the mid-90s as part of a "thin the collection" move and have regretted it ever since. If your Historic '54 ages like that guitar you're going to have to make a trip to the swamps & burn some bat wings!

[sok66]

Wow, Butterscotch! Great score, I can hear Duane now! Gimme some "Whippin' Post"!

[sok66]

Okay, I posted these in two other threads, but I can't let you guys get all the glory. My new '06 '59 'Burst in washed cherry, and my '95 Historic Goldtop.

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[BobboVisme]

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