anyone see the les paul custom on 'pawn stars" on history channel on fri night

Keira-WitherKay · 2011-09-10T14:52:26+00:00

there's a program "pawn stars" i am addicted to on history channel on fridays...... where they follow the buys of a LA pawn shop and this week dude walks into the store trying to sell what he thought was a 1960 Gibson les paul custom ........ he had owned the guitar since the 80's and obviously the store calls in an expert and was way cool cos the expert run through everything to look for in a 60's les paul........ after examination by the LA guitar expert it was revealed that it was genuine Gibson but NOT a 1960 as the owner was thinking but prob a mid 70's one ... the dude who owned it looked devastated by the news........ the expert said the one he had was a really nice one ....... but not worth the price of a 1960 's on they still offered him $3000 for it but the muso walked out with it and did not sell, saying if he was only gonna get that he would rather keep it since he toured with it since the 80's and would take it back on the road....... so i assume he (the muso) was duped into thinking it was a 1960 lespaul when he bought it .bummer or else he was trying his luck in a con ,...... who knows.. but in his favour the look on his face when the guitar expert said it was not a 1960 les paul but a mid 70's one was one of pure shock so maybe he was tricked..... anyway was cool hearing what the dude said and seeing the guitar ....... it was a black ...well roadworn , mid 70's les paul custom in original condition.... as in all the stock tuners and control knobs ect ........

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If you had been playing guitar and toured since the 80s, surely you would have half a brain to know these things have serial numbers and know you can check up if yo uhave 60s LP or not???? :-\ Fail
Or am I missing something...

Norman86

Brentcgp wrote If you had been playing guitar and toured since the 80s, surely you would have half a brain to know these things have serial numbers and know you can check up if yo uhave 60s LP or not???? :-\ Fail
Or am I missing something...

I believe its because Gibson messed up the serial numbers that time making it hard to know what year your guitar was truly made!!

vic

Norman86 wrote
Brentcgp wrote If you had been playing guitar and toured since the 80s, surely you would have half a brain to know these things have serial numbers and know you can check up if yo uhave 60s LP or not???? :-\ Fail
Or am I missing something...
I believe its because Gibson messed up the serial numbers that time making it hard to know what year your guitar was truly made!!

The serial numbers for '60 Les Pauls start with a 0 (zero)...so no confusion there. Even if the ser no is in doubt, one would look for futher evidence of age such as pot numbers, PAF numbers, etc. Futhermore that guitar has a volute which is a 70's feature (Singe said that earlier).
As mentioned, this was a staged incident...very disappointing indeed.

singemonkey

Neck volute. End of story.

Every LP nut knows that a neck volute means it's a Norlin. It was all phoney.

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