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Old 07-25-2008, 09:07 AM   #67 (permalink)
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Re: The 1959 Les Paul Debate ...What made them So Great ?

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Originally Posted by swankmotee View Post
I had the fortune of becoming good friends with Chris Derrig back in the early 80's when he worked for Atlanta Guitar Works.
I'm a huge replica fan (Monty, Guitar Clinic and Bobburst) and have always lamented that there seems no estimate of how many replicas Chris made. Could you possibly help there? And in almost 15 years of watching for LP replicas, I haven't seen a single Derrig for sale anywhere, anyhow.

In my opinion, an excellent luthier, using the same woods and construction methods will get incredibly close, and superior in the odd case, to the vintage tone.
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