Gibson Les Paul in Ebony P90s and Bigsby

rze99

One of mine, in Ebony with P90s and Bigsby.





  
 

Teyeplayer

Very nice, gets a wow from me! 

munckee

It’s an old cliche, however I’m not into les Paul’s but…

Offset

munckee said:

It’s an old cliche, however I’m not into les Paul’s but…

Bugger, I was just about to repeat the very same cliche...

DrumBob

That's really a great looking Les Paul. I had a black Pro like that years ago. I sold it because it was a Norlin era model that must have weighed 13-14 pounds. Maybe not quite that, but it was a boat anchor. 

hollywoodrox

That is really bloody nice , I’m not keen on the bigs yet if I were buying it for myself but it looks great ,congratulations on such a lovely guitar. I really like the cream pickguard , pickups and poker chip  and defo the aged looking switch tip . It’s perfect . Prefer it to all black . Well done 

rze99

DrumBob said:

That's really a great looking Les Paul. I had a black Pro like that years ago. I sold it because it was a Norlin era model that must have weighed 13-14 pounds. Maybe not quite that, but it was a boat anchor. 

Yes, I love the look of the Pro Deluxe but the Norlin ones can certainly be seriously weighty.

This is actually a pretty lightweight Les Paul Classic (2018) in origins. So a "Pro Deluxe" clone. I modded the Classic in numerous ways to get the look I wanted.  

rze99

hollywoodrox said:

That is really bloody nice , I’m not keen on the bigs yet if I were buying it for myself but it looks great ,congratulations on such a lovely guitar. I really like the cream pickguard , pickups and poker chip  and defo the aged looking switch tip . It’s perfect . Prefer it to all black . Well done 

There's a few tracks I do where I like a little wiggle, so I like Bigsbys for that. To me the Bigsby helps make this particular one complete.

Dontgiveupyourdayjob

I call Dibs if you ever sell it! 

tony99

lovely, did you darken that board too?

rze99

tony99 said:

lovely, did you darken that board too?

Yep. Couple of coats of leather die and oils. 

Offset

Nice Neil Young vibe to that.

Whitecat

Beautiful guitar!!

ThePrettyDamned

Ooo that's a pretty thing. 

abw1989

rze99 said:

This is actually a pretty lightweight Les Paul Classic (2018) in origins. So a "Pro Deluxe" clone. I modded the Classic in numerous ways to get the look I wanted.  

Impressive, my 2018 Classic was over 10.5lbs...! Sustained forever though.

Voxman

This combines 3 things I normally really don't like:

• Black guitars (unless a custom with gold fittings) as just too dull
• I'm not a great fan of P90's (esp P90's on a LP) because of aesthetics and noise (although I quite like the tone)
• Bigsby trems big, ugly, heavy & leaves holes if you take it off

....but you know what, the mixture of black with nickel hardware & the white P90's, pick guard and poker chip i think I could definitely live with that one - it kind of works in that it's more than the some of its parts.

Gassage

Morning Neil.

How is Poncho Sampedreo these days?

boogieman

Nice. Definitely like the overall vibe and think the bigsby and P90s are a good visual match. 

If it was mine I’d have black p/u covers and switch selector ring (I refuse to call it a poker chip ). No scratchplate either. 

Voxman

boogieman said:

Nice. Definitely like the overall vibe and think the bigsby and P90s are a good visual match. 

If it was mine I’d have black p/u covers and switch selector ring (I refuse to call it a poker chip ). No scratchplate either. 

C'mon -  No scratchplate??!!   - this is a Les Paul - now you're just being silly! 

hollywoodrox

Voxman said:

This combines 3 things I normally really don't like:

• Black guitars (unless a custom with gold fittings) as just too dull
• I'm not a great fan of P90's (esp P90's on a LP) because of aesthetics and noise (although I quite like the tone)
• Bigsby trems big, ugly, heavy & leaves holes if you take it off

....but you know what, the mixture of black with nickel hardware & the white P90's, pick guard and poker chip i think I could definitely live with that one - it kind of works in that it's more than the some of its parts.

Exactly 

simonhpieman

I've seen the LP classics with all black parts and I actively don't like them, this looks a ton better with the white guard and pickups.

I'm after a P90 guitar and this floats my boat 100% (sans Bigsby for me, though).