Aldo Nova Signature Les Paul

Custom53 · 01-07-2011, 06:28 PM

Anyone have one of these...?

I know, it has been discussed. I just want to run across one in person....
I have no idea how many they made...

captain tightpants · 01-07-2011, 06:32 PM

Never could figure out why he wanted that headstock on a Les Paul. My eyes refuse to accept it, it's just too weird.

Custom53 · 01-07-2011, 06:35 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by captain tightpants

Never could figure out why he wanted that headstock on a Les Paul. My eyes refuse to accept it, it's just too weird.

lol, yeah I admit it is "different"...

captain tightpants · 01-07-2011, 06:38 PM

I've never actually seen one in person. I don't think they made that many, but I have no idea.

JimmyT · 01-07-2011, 06:40 PM

What are the black things on the bass-side of the pickup rings?

BMS · 01-07-2011, 07:00 PM

Do they call that the "Fantasy" model? I had no idea that he had a signature Gibby? What is he up to these days?

Custom53 · 01-07-2011, 07:02 PM

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Originally Posted by BMS

Do they call that the "Fantasy" model? I had no idea that he had a signature Gibby? What is he up to these days?

They should have called it that. I met him years ago (right after that song came out) Nice guy.. Started his career playing George in a Beatles tribute band. Not sure what he is up to now... He was a pretty good player although I never saw him use that model...

Cheesy video...

You Tube

Emmitt Fitzhume · 01-07-2011, 08:13 PM

I still have the "Fantasy" 45 here at home, haven't spun it in years.

According to Wikipedia he is a songwriter and producer now.

trovador · 01-07-2011, 10:06 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by captain tightpants

Never could figure out why he wanted that headstock on a Les Paul. My eyes refuse to accept it, it's just too weird.

Were you living in the 80's?

Those pointy guitars where everywhere

. Remember the Neal Schon guitar?

Now it is painful to watch but when I was 14 in 1985 all I wanted was a Charvel (a Jackson really but they were more expensive)...

Custom53 · 01-08-2011, 01:24 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by trovador

Were you living in the 80's?

Those pointy guitars where everywhere

. Remember the Neal Schon guitar?

Now it is painful to watch but when I was 14 in 1985 all I wanted was a Charvel (a Jackson really but they were more expensive)...

I hear ya...!

captain tightpants · 01-08-2011, 01:35 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by trovador

Were you living in the 80's?

Those pointy guitars where everywhere

. Remember the Neal Schon guitar?

Now it is painful to watch but when I was 14 in 1985 all I wanted was a Charvel (a Jackson really but they were more expensive)...

I guarantee you the only guy on the planet that had a better mullet than me in '88 was Joe Elliot

That answer your question?

I fully remember Aldo Nova and his odd Lester. Just saying I never liked it. Too weird.

I hear you on the Charvels, but I was the guy looking for the P-90 Les Pauls nobody wanted back then. They were dirt cheap back then. Those were the days.

Custom53 · 01-08-2011, 07:55 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by captain tightpants

I guarantee you the only guy on the planet that had a better mullet than me in '88 was Joe Elliot

That answer your question?

I fully remember Aldo Nova and his odd Lester. Just saying I never liked it. Too weird.

I hear you on the Charvels, but I was the guy looking for the P-90 Les Pauls nobody wanted back then. They were dirt cheap back then. Those were the days.

in 1980 I paid $325 for a '70s Sunburst Les Paul Custom.... Yep, those days are long gone...

Deftone · 01-08-2011, 08:01 AM

I thought there was a member here that had one.

Here's my 80's guitar:

27sauce · 01-08-2011, 09:26 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by JimmyT

What are the black things on the bass-side of the pickup rings?

A sticker that says Pat. Appl. For

LongBeach · 01-08-2011, 11:11 AM

I remember when one of my buddies picked that album up on vinyl when it came out.
Went over to his house to listen to it, wow, couldnt believe it.
Never liked the headstock.

LesLuvva · 01-08-2011, 12:50 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Custom53

Anyone have one of these...?

I know, it has been discussed. I just want to run across one in person....
I have no idea how many they made...

Oh yeah, I had one of those. Guitar sounded horrible. But if you needed to break in to a warehouse where you had a gig, you could aim the headstock at the door and laserbeams came shooting out - worked every time. I ended up selling it to a squirrely looking dude named "Henry Juszkiewicz" (yeah right - like that's his real name). Never heard from him again.

LeftyF2003 · 01-08-2011, 12:58 PM

Here's my hangover from the 80s:

It sounds / plays great but my Wife hates it so much she forbids me from playing it out.

Throwing7 · 01-08-2011, 01:06 PM

I know Rick Nielsen has one of the Aldo Nova looking lesters because I saw him playing it at a show last year.

EasyAce · 01-08-2011, 02:04 PM

I wouldn't be caught dead with one of those. Far as I was concerned then and now, whoever came up with that idea should have been prosecuted for rape.

EasyAce · 01-08-2011, 02:07 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by trovador

Were you living in the 80's?

Those pointy guitars where everywhere

.

So were hair metal bands, Michael Jackson gloves, artificial turf baseball parks, and (for the first half of the decade, anyway) Culture Club, but it didn't mean I had to like them.

I like a guitar to look like a guitar, not a handheld weapon of mass destruction . . .

dynabite · 01-08-2011, 02:11 PM

YouTube - Novas dream.wmv Excuse me while I scream!!!

captain tightpants · 01-08-2011, 02:54 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Custom53

in 1980 I paid $325 for a '70s Sunburst Les Paul Custom.... Yep, those days are long gone...

Yeah, I paid the same for my '77 Deluxe, and something like $375 for my double cut Special. Good times.

Satch0922 · 01-09-2011, 08:33 AM

1987.....$197 for a 1979 LP Custom....hard to believe.

charveldan · 01-09-2011, 06:53 PM

Did the strypes myself.

Emmitt Fitzhume · 01-09-2011, 08:46 PM

Here is a picture of my 80's guitar, it had split coil humuckers and was actually very versatile. It's a Fender Performer, which was only made for 1 year, MIJ. Very rare nowadays and worth quite a bit. Unfortunately I sold mine in the mid 90's when they weren't worth nearly as much.

nicolasrivera · 01-09-2011, 11:03 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by captain tightpants

Never could figure out why he wanted that headstock on a Les Paul. My eyes refuse to accept it, it's just too weird.

+1. atrocious.

zontar · 01-10-2011, 03:03 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Custom53

Cheesy video...

YouTube - ALDO NOVA - Fantasy

Always thought it was quite similar to Jefferson Starship's Jane-
Not identical, but similar--and they were out around the same time.
Similar guitar riff, similar keyboard riff, etc.

YouTube - Jefferson Starship- Jane

Nix · 01-10-2011, 04:34 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Custom53

Anyone have one of these...?

I know, it has been discussed. I just want to run across one in person....
I have no idea how many they made...

Sacrilege.

And yes I messed with the tags so I wouldn't needlessly violate anyone's eyes with that image again.

Custom53 · 01-10-2011, 11:57 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Throwing7

I know Rick Nielsen has one of the Aldo Nova looking lesters because I saw him playing it at a show last year.

I know I saw him play one years ago but never knew what it was at the time...

Custom53 · 01-10-2011, 11:58 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by zontar

Always thought it was quite similar to Jefferson Starship's Jane-
Not identical, but similar--and they were out around the same time.
Similar guitar riff, similar keyboard riff, etc.
YouTube - Jefferson Starship- Jane

Yeah, but if we started comparing artist to artist what songs sound simliar we would be here a very loooooooooooooooooooooong time...

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captain tightpants Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: In the pit rubbing the lotion on it's skin. It doesn't like the hose. Posts: 12,300 Thanks: 184 Thanked 174 Times in 32 Posts	Re: Aldo Nova Signature Les Paul Never could figure out why he wanted that headstock on a Les Paul. My eyes refuse to accept it, it's just too weird.

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Emmitt Fitzhume Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: North Jersey Posts: 1,066 Thanks: 1 Thanked 2 Times in 1 Post	Re: Aldo Nova Signature Les Paul I still have the "Fantasy" 45 here at home, haven't spun it in years. According to Wikipedia he is a songwriter and producer now.

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LeftyF2003 Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: An island in the middle of a lake somewhere Posts: 3,048 Thanks: 9 Thanked 19 Times in 8 Posts	Re: Aldo Nova Signature Les Paul Here's my hangover from the 80s: It sounds / plays great but my Wife hates it so much she forbids me from playing it out.

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Emmitt Fitzhume Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: North Jersey Posts: 1,066 Thanks: 1 Thanked 2 Times in 1 Post	Re: Aldo Nova Signature Les Paul Here is a picture of my 80's guitar, it had split coil humuckers and was actually very versatile. It's a Fender Performer, which was only made for 1 year, MIJ. Very rare nowadays and worth quite a bit. Unfortunately I sold mine in the mid 90's when they weren't worth nearly as much.

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