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8 1443 · 03-14-2008, 09:06 PM

What makes the 50's Les Pauls so special? OLD GROWTH HONDURAS MAHOGANY!!! MICHIGAN MAPLE TOPS, AND OF COURSE THE PICKUPS AND SUPERB HAND CRAFTSMANSHIP. Oh, I forgot the Nitrocellulose Lacquer and the Capacitors and the playability and the durability and well, everything about them!!!!

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8 1443 Junior Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 4 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: The 1959 Les Paul Debate ...What made them So Great ? What makes the 50's Les Pauls so special? OLD GROWTH HONDURAS MAHOGANY!!! MICHIGAN MAPLE TOPS, AND OF COURSE THE PICKUPS AND SUPERB HAND CRAFTSMANSHIP. Oh, I forgot the Nitrocellulose Lacquer and the Capacitors and the playability and the durability and well, everything about them!!!!