When I still had a good choice of guitars to pick up.
I wonder where these are now.
L-R: 94 PRS Standard 24 (HFS/VB pickups). Les Paul Standard in flamed cherry. 94 PRS Classic 24, would later be refinished by Ash into a flamed cherry.
Here's my third build from some 1950s sapele taken from an RNZN vessel decommissioned in the 70s.
puriri fingerboard, rewarewa inlays, 5 piece neck from vitex, padauk and narrah. Since this pic was taken I've reshaped the neck (it was fatter than fat) and changed the bridge pup for a USA Tremonti pickup. It rips.
Gringo wrote:When I still had a good choice of guitars to pick up.
I wonder where these are now.
L-R: 94 PRS Standard 24 (HFS/VB pickups). Les Paul Standard in flamed cherry. 94 PRS Classic 24, would later be refinished by Ash into a flamed cherry.
I have a Les Paul identical I got from someone on here.. love it despite the back pain after a few hours practice..
No one ever died of hard work.. but why take the risk..
jvpp wrote:
Simply Stunning - do you pay a premium for a Yamano? How is it identified as a Yamano?
Yamano were a store in Tokyo (I think they're no longer around ) who imported premium Gibsons in to Japan when their economy was very strong. Thanks to the volume they bought they were able to hand pick their instruments straight off the factory lines and consequently they tend to not only be nice to look at but exceptionally fine to play. They generally come with a Yamano booklet in the case along with the usual Gibson paraphenalia. Definitely the very best of the Custom Shop fare.
This is the guy who doesn't actually play, yeah? Love his taste.
