les paul..which is the most famous of them all

singemonkey

I'm trying to get what you're asking. The most famous (played by more famous players than any other - or players are famous for playing them) LP is the '59 LP Standard: Jimmy Page, Keith Richards, Peter Green, Martin Barre, Billy Gibbons, etc., etc..

The most popular Gibson LP? It is quite clearly the Gibson LP Studio because it's considerably cheaper than any other kind of LP.

The most famous existing individual guitars? Jimmy Page's no.1 '59 LP Standard, Peter Green/Gary Moore's '59 Standard, Billy Gibbons's "Pearly Gates" '59 LP Standard, etc. All the ones Gibson has made sigature models of.

What Gibson LP would players buy if price was no object? Most would opt for Custom Shop reissues of the '50s LPs.

brazmonki

singemonkey wrote: I'm trying to get what you're asking. The most famous (played by more famous players than any other - or players are famous for playing them) LP is the '59 LP Standard: Jimmy Page, Keith Richards, Peter Green, Martin Barre, Billy Gibbons, etc., etc..

The most popular Gibson LP? It is quite clearly the Gibson LP Studio because it's considerably cheaper than any other kind of LP.

The most famous existing individual guitars? Jimmy Page's no.1 '59 LP Standard, Peter Green/Gary Moore's '59 Standard, Billy Gibbons's "Pearly Gates" '59 LP Standard, etc. All the ones Gibson has made sigature models of.

What Gibson LP would players buy if price was no object? Most would opt for Custom Shop reissues of the '50s LPs.

yep, this pretty much answers everything. all fields that I can think of. thanks man! ?

Reinhard

I'll toss Mike Bloomfield and Duane Allman's Bursts into the mix as well. Also one can't forget the Beano burst either.
When it comes to famous left handed Les Pauls, Sir Paul McCartney's burst would qualify. He still plays it live too. Almost forgot about Paul Kossoffs's burst, the there is the mongrel burst Mark Bolan played. Some famous guitars the lot of them.

tonerider

singemonkey wrote: So a '59 flametop in good condition can go for upwards of $400,000. But it's a little irrelevant now, because there are few people rich enough to actually play them (i.e., not care if they get damaged and devalued) so they're mostly purely collector's items now. An exception would be Jimmy Page - who has so much freakin loot that if both his '59s were nicked, he could just buy two more.

Not THAT easily! To my knowledge only 643 Gibson Les Paul Standards (including Goldtops) were made during 1959. Total sunbursts made between 1958 and 1960 numbers only 1700. First you have to FIND one. Most are locked away in vaults in the US and Japan or the Smithsonian, and off course those that belong to the very lucky few. ?

tonerider

Incidentally, since this thread is about the most valuable/best Gibson Les Paul (the 59 standard), do you know that there is actually one here in Cape Town. I know this because I've played it.

I was a guest at my cousin's wedding (Kuilsrivier 1994) and there was a boere-orkes playing and I was totally mesmerized by the guitarist's sunburst Les Paul. In their break I introduced myself and asked about it. It was an old guy in his 60's and he showed me the guitar and I played it a bit through his Vox AC30. Sure as hell there was the serial number that started with 9, followed by a number I cannot remember. He said that he bought the guitar in the 1960's and that he'd been playing it ever since. There was no doubt that it was an old guitar and had many nicks from years of playing but was still in excellent condition.

I have tried in vain to re-connect with that band again in recent years but I've been told (through second and third parties) that he has passed on but that his wife still owns the guitar.

My search continues. (I'll put my house up for sale if I find it) ?

Bob-Dubery

There's a 57 gold top and TWO 1960 sunbursts for sale in SA right now

Stoner-Riff

brazmonki wrote: Just a random question that popped into my head.

What is the most popular Les Paul model? (Sold, preferred, on paper - it does not matter what angle you take)

Not reading a single post before posting this . . .

. . . is there a more popular model among the true Les Paul specialists/gurus/professors then the '58 & '59 bursts ?

Hell, just look on Amazon how many books have been published about the '58/'59's.

The most sought after LP's in the world !
So they must be the most famous.

Just ask Jimmy Page & Billy Gibbons 8)

http://www.amazon.com/Beauty-Burst-Yasuhiko-Iwanade/dp/0793573742/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1313791173&sr=1-1

And this is just one book about the '58/'59 Les Pauls.

singemonkey

AndreM wrote:
singemonkey wrote: So a '59 flametop in good condition can go for upwards of $400,000. But it's a little irrelevant now, because there are few people rich enough to actually play them (i.e., not care if they get damaged and devalued) so they're mostly purely collector's items now. An exception would be Jimmy Page - who has so much freakin loot that if both his '59s were nicked, he could just buy two more.
Not THAT easily! To my knowledge only 643 Gibson Les Paul Standards (including Goldtops) were made during 1959. Total sunbursts made between 1958 and 1960 numbers only 1700. First you have to FIND one. Most are locked away in vaults in the US and Japan or the Smithsonian, and off course those that belong to the very lucky few. ?

Erm... here are 6 that Jimmy Page could buy today:

http://www.gbase.com/gear/gibson-les-paul-standard-1959-sunburst-3

http://www.gbase.com/gear/gibson-les-paul-standard-burst-1959

http://www.gbase.com/gear/gibson-les-paul-standard-1959-cherry-sunburst

http://www.gbase.com/gear/gibson-les-paul-standard-1959-sunburst

http://www.gbase.com/gear/gibson-les-paul-standard-1959-sunburst-2

tonerider

Singe, there's something wrong with your links!

singemonkey

Dunno what though. They're all working for me still. Anyone else not able to click through?

vic

singemonkey wrote: Dunno what though. They're all working for me still. Anyone else not able to click through?

They're working fine for me. Thanks for posting those.

Now I know where to get one ! ?

Stoner-Riff

singemonkey wrote: Dunno what though. They're all working for me still. Anyone else not able to click through?

Works for me !

tonerider

Nope, links not working - just polling! It just says "waiting for www.gbase.com"
Must be iBurst blocking the site I guess! :'(

I'll try again tomorrow. I love looking at pics of old LP Standards.

Stoner-Riff

Above LP links is still working for me !