Guitar Demo 2010 Gibson custom shop Les Paul R7 with Creamery '59

This model re-issues the 'Goldtop' and, to all intents and purposes, is the same guitar as the hallowed 'burst that in original vintage form can command the price of a small house. Quite why is a question that only a select few of shadowy figures seem to know and often results in original goldtops being stripped of the finish in the hope that underneath there is a semblance of centre matched flamed maple onto which a sunburst finish can be sprayed. This of course results in a many fold increase in worth and the concept of a 'conversion' whereby a perfectly respectable older model is bashed into the shape of a 1958/59 model in order to either dupe a gullible purchaser or to satisfy the cravings for this magical unicorn guitar that apparently conveys mystical powers and authentic mojo™

​This is a lovely example of a re-issue sold with Burstbucker 1 and 2 pickups and a lightback finish.

The Burstbuckers sound fine. Quite mid heavy but a good sound. However, this was purchased with the intention of trying out some modern PAF re-issues and I have a test with Gibson Custombuckers, OX4 and Creamery sets, the outcome of which has resulted in one of them staying in!

The test is up on YouTube on my channel. Creamery '59s won!

After the test I fitted aged hardware from Crazyparts in Germany: an aged ABR-1, stop tail with studs and thumbwheels. I also have new knobs from the same place to replace the current ones as one of them is cracked.

I also have some new potentiometers from Crazyparts with a soft taper I want to try out.
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I am also possibly going to fit aged covers but it sounds so good at the moment, so we will see.

​Notable on this is the absolutely huge C shape neck. Just massive. It's a completely different neck to the '58 and '59 re-issues I have and even bigger than the 1968 re-issue too. It takes a bit of getting used to.

Recorded with a Carr Skylark cranked with attenuator.

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