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Originally Posted by lp59aholicDon
Long Tenon necks and Holly vaneer heastocks were part of 50s original Les Pauls, as was nitrocell,
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Certainly were. But did all the reissues have them? I thought they were introduced in the late 80s maybe even early 90s - just wondered if anyone knew when. Similarly I gather the necks on early '59s were not as chunky as they became when the '60 reissue came out, so wondered if 1992 was the first year they bothered making the neck profiles "authentic".
(I've got a 1990 USA Standard that has what we would now call a 60s profile neck, but when the Classic came out they started making the Standard necks chunkier to differentiate. Or so it appeared to me.)
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59 Re issues in the Norlin era started as early as 83, maybe 82, with Leo's and Guitar Trader Re Issues and Jimmy Wallace
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Really? I'm sure in the UK we just got the "Heritage" models, which were basically a standard with different machine heads and curly tops. Little attempt to make them into a reissue. The Bacon and Day book lists the first year of reissues as 1985.
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54's sometime in the late 90s
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Bacon and Day have gone for 1992 for this, but if no-one can corroborate this I'll move it back into the late 90s.
Anyhow, thanks for the info, I've updated the list, and added a something I'd forgotten....
Sunbursts.
Heritage Les Paul introduced 1980
Les Paul '59 reissue introduced 1985 (Could even be 82/83)
Les Paul '60 reissue introduced 1992
Les Paul '58 reissue introduced ?? ("Re-introduced" in 2001 with "less figured" Top)
Les Paul '57 reissue introduced 1985
Les Paul '56 reissue introduced 1989
Les Paul '52 reissue introduced ??
Nitro cellulose finish
Nickel hardware
Small headstock
Holly veneer headstock
Correct body binding around cutaway
Long tenon body
Classic 57 pickups
Burstbuckers
Bumblebee caps 2003
CTS pots 2003
Authentic neck profiles 1992?
Brazilian rosewood fingerboards available ?-2003?
Tops get ridiculously "curly"
"Aged" guitars acailable from factory
Plain tops available 2001?
VOS 2007?
Junior/Special
Custom
Black Beauty '54 Reissue 1992
Black Beauty '57 Reissue 2PU 1992
Black Beauty '57 Reissue 3PU 1992
Custom reissue '68