Upside down Les Paul

Andy79

Ever seen this before?
most bizarre 

https://reverb.com/uk/item/50044120-gibson-les-paul-standard-2005-honeyburst-flametop-backward-inlays-non-chambered-pro-repair

ICBM

When an apprentice doesn't understand the instructions but they sell the guitar anyway...


Would actually look OK on a Flying V.

jdgm

Repair does look excellent. 

Perhaps the neck inlays were done that way because the flame is sort of reversed?

Philly_Q

Is it actually a neck repair, or have they scarf-jointed the old headstock onto a new neck (or vice versa)?

ICBM

Philly_Q said:

Is it actually a neck repair, or have they scarf-jointed the old headstock onto a new neck (or vice versa)?

That's a very good point. The headstock looks original, but the finish and wood grain on the back of the neck section looks odd, and not like a Gibson. If it's had a *neck* replacement including a new fingerboard, but re-using the original headstock, perhaps the luthier reversed the inlays intentionally as a 'signature' or a sort of visual joke.

Kittyfrisk

Just me that finds the markings on the sofa/settee far more disturbing that the inverted trapezoids ...? 

jca74

Call me wierd, but it was the backwards flame my eyes were drawn to. I didn't even look at the fretboard inlays until I read the comments!

DLM

Kittyfrisk said:

Just me that finds the markings on the sofa/settee far more disturbing that the inverted trapezoids ...? 

Shall we just hope that the owner was a huge Oasis fan in their teens?

eru

jca74 said:

Call me wierd, but it was the backwards flame my eyes were drawn to. I didn't even look at the fretboard inlays until I read the comments!

Same here, I couldn't find anything else upside-down looking about it.

sawyer

Does deffo look like a scarf joint. Very odd mystery guitar. Would be interesting to know the story behind this.

chrisj1602

£1,595…

idiotwindow

I like the idea of a Gibson with a well done scarf joint. If it plays well, that guitar looks like a nice Gibson to own.

ICBM

sawyer said:

Does deffo look like a scarf joint. Very odd mystery guitar. Would be interesting to know the story behind this.

It's undoubtedly a scarf joint. The question is which part is original - and if it's the headstock, is there actually another repair in the more usual place behind the nut... or is it just a dark grain line.

Power-Beef

Why am I getting seasickness from just looking at that LP?

Craigeymac86

I had to look at that twice lol

Weird, think it would be cool if it was a solid finish and just the lefty board on a righty

Paul_C

I'm intrigued as to what the neck is made of, the big contrast in colour and lack of grain suggests it's either been painted (why?) or it's maybe maple (or painted maple ) ?

Craigeymac86

Paul_C said:

I'm intrigued as to what the neck is made of, the big contrast in colour and lack of grain suggests it's either been painted (why?) or it's maybe maple (or painted maple ) ?

Headstock repair, if you look at the back of the headstock you can just make out the cracked area that now looks like a faint black line

matt_sefton

I’ll just say this quietly but the inlays look better that way round. I’ve always thought guitars have a natural “direction” towards the headstock and the inlays emphasise that. Or something…

darthed1981

DLM said:

Kittyfrisk said:

Just me that finds the markings on the sofa/settee far more disturbing that the inverted trapezoids ...? 

Shall we just hope that the owner was a huge Oasis fan in their teens?

That's the reason for my profile pic guitar, I'd like to clarify...

Rocker

What is wrong with the guitar?  I can’t see the problem with it, I am not a Gibson expert, if it plays well and is OK structurally, it is and looks a decent guitar. 

Bellycaster

It's handy that it still fits into the "Right way up" case though