Newly acquired 1979 Gibson Les Paul Custom white

guitartsar · 07-23-2010, 04:08 PM

Hi All, here's my newly acquired 1979 Gibson Les Paul Custom in very aged white. Appears to be all original (apart from tuners and maybe knobs?) in good condish. One piece mahogany body (not sandwich) with three piece maple neck. Smaller volute than my '72 SG and fitted with Schaller tuners a long time ago as they've also got tobacco smoke stains!
Pots dated 78 while pick ups and control plate ink stamped April 79. Serial number confirms 79. Lovely patina ;-)
Any comments/thoughts gratefully received. Any expert opinions?
What about fretless wonder frets. Do I keep it original or go practical and fit taller ones?
Headstock looks a darker shade in pics but it's just the light.

TKOjams · 07-23-2010, 04:11 PM

Gemm · 07-23-2010, 04:17 PM

Congrats! I love maple neck Customs.

johnnyk · 07-23-2010, 05:18 PM

Nice score!
YOU should be the one to decide whether you can live with the tiny frets. I have a '74 Custom w/those frets and plan to re-fret to a larger size when I find a local (hopefully) luthier i can trust to do the job right.

Xavier_32 · 07-23-2010, 07:15 PM

+1 on the frets. Don't let us decide, figure out what works best for you. If you have to, go to a local guitar shop and A/B your guitar against something with taller frets, then decide.

That thing is GORGEOUS!

On a personal note, I'd put black/gold reflectors on there and swap the switch tip for a black one, but that's just me.

Off topic: Am I the only person who bends the pickguard mounting bracket so that the pickup cutouts are flush against the mounting rings? I think it looks better than being at an angle and touching the guitar body.

ledlover01 · 07-23-2010, 07:28 PM

yep the tuners are not orginal,knobs i dont know about but its very nice man.Congrats!

SteveGangi · 07-23-2010, 08:22 PM

Congrats!!!

BMS · 07-23-2010, 09:02 PM

Beauty! Congrats!

TU BE · 07-23-2010, 10:35 PM

That is awesome!

Cookie-boy · 07-24-2010, 12:29 AM

Yeah, nice guitar. Speed knobs are standard.

dlmorley · 07-24-2010, 03:59 AM

That is lovely.

circusboy28 · 07-24-2010, 04:09 AM

Wow, that really is a cool looking guitar

Satch0922 · 07-24-2010, 10:58 AM

SWEET!!!!!

Fracture · 07-24-2010, 11:02 AM

Nice find. 31 year old guitar.
Weight? close to 11 lbs?

guitartsar · 07-24-2010, 11:47 AM

Very close it's 10lbs and has a 50's style chunkier neck. It's a maple top Custom with non sandwich mahogany body.

Geetarguy · 07-24-2010, 11:50 AM

NICE!!!..and yeah....dump the frets for something useable!!!!

planks · 07-24-2010, 03:41 PM

Very nice ageing of the white!

diceman · 07-24-2010, 04:01 PM

Congrats!!

marantz1300 · 07-25-2010, 03:47 PM

Beautiful.I love it.Let me know if you ever sell it.

Shai`tan · 07-25-2010, 04:37 PM

Really IS a sweet find!

tazzboy · 07-25-2010, 05:58 PM

Yeah the tuner are definitely not original. You could get some Groves and replace those unless you happen to like these tuners.

roko · 07-26-2010, 10:58 AM

nice guitar

guitartsar · 07-26-2010, 04:56 PM

"You could get some Groves and replace those unless you happen to like these tuners".

I do actually like them, very nice action and they were ok for RR so ok for me ;-)
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jco.1 · 07-26-2010, 05:05 PM

That is really cool, and I'm not that partial to white. Nice score!

2350 · 07-26-2010, 07:25 PM

A Nashville on a '79?

Boleskinehouse · 07-26-2010, 07:33 PM

Nashvilles on everything since '76.. Some '75s as well.

Nice score.

2350 · 07-26-2010, 11:50 PM

Wow, THAT early?! I obviously didn't know that.

Thanks Boleskinehouse.

Boleskinehouse · 07-27-2010, 12:18 AM

That's not to say that a '77 or even a '79 never made it out with ABR-1.. The Norlin era didn't follow many rules.

Pix · 07-27-2010, 12:26 AM

God that is just what I needed to see right now. Droooool. I love cream customs, been wanting one forever. Nice score man!

07-23-2010, 04:08 PM	#1 (permalink)
guitartsar Junior Member Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: UK Posts: 29 Thanks: 0 Thanked 6 Times in 3 Posts	Newly acquired 1979 Gibson Les Paul Custom white Hi All, here's my newly acquired 1979 Gibson Les Paul Custom in very aged white. Appears to be all original (apart from tuners and maybe knobs?) in good condish. One piece mahogany body (not sandwich) with three piece maple neck. Smaller volute than my '72 SG and fitted with Schaller tuners a long time ago as they've also got tobacco smoke stains! Pots dated 78 while pick ups and control plate ink stamped April 79. Serial number confirms 79. Lovely patina ;-) Any comments/thoughts gratefully received. Any expert opinions? What about fretless wonder frets. Do I keep it original or go practical and fit taller ones? Headstock looks a darker shade in pics but it's just the light.

07-23-2010, 04:11 PM	#2 (permalink)
TKOjams Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Connecticut Posts: 9,586 Thanks: 92 Thanked 177 Times in 54 Posts	Re: Newly acquired 1979 Gibson Les Paul Custom white __________________ Flametop Special Build - Carvetop Doublecut Build - '57 Custom BB Replica Build - '56-ish Flame Top Build - Boudreau Celia build - Lefty Walnut Les Paul Build

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Gemm Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: UK Posts: 678 Thanks: 0 Thanked 5 Times in 2 Posts	Re: Newly acquired 1979 Gibson Les Paul Custom white Congrats! I love maple neck Customs.

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johnnyk Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Maine Posts: 186 Thanks: 6 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post	Re: Newly acquired 1979 Gibson Les Paul Custom white Nice score! YOU should be the one to decide whether you can live with the tiny frets. I have a '74 Custom w/those frets and plan to re-fret to a larger size when I find a local (hopefully) luthier i can trust to do the job right.

07-23-2010, 07:28 PM	#6 (permalink)
ledlover01 Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: New York Posts: 3,519 Thanks: 374 Thanked 114 Times in 44 Posts	Re: Newly acquired 1979 Gibson Les Paul Custom white yep the tuners are not orginal,knobs i dont know about but its very nice man.Congrats! __________________ Proud user of: Tone-Mojo Wiring Proud user of: Toms Short Pickups Proud user of Zhang Pickups

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07-23-2010, 08:22 PM	#7 (permalink)
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07-23-2010, 10:35 PM	#9 (permalink)
TU BE Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2010 Posts: 127 Thanks: 0 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post	Re: Newly acquired 1979 Gibson Les Paul Custom white That is awesome!

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Cookie-boy Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Under the care, custody and control of Matron. Posts: 15,236 Thanks: 554 Thanked 1,617 Times in 317 Posts	Re: Newly acquired 1979 Gibson Les Paul Custom white Yeah, nice guitar. Speed knobs are standard.

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dlmorley Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Belgium Posts: 1,408 Thanks: 5 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: Newly acquired 1979 Gibson Les Paul Custom white That is lovely. __________________ Guitars: Sid Poole LP and Telecaster, '81 Gibson LP, '91 CS Fender Strat, Jaydee Flying V, '81 Ibanez Lee Ritenour Amps: Laney TT20, Laney Supergroup 50w, Kingsley Deluxe 30, Musicman 65-112RD, Selmer Zodiac 30 www.davidmorley.com

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circusboy28 Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Petersham in sunny Sydney Posts: 5,450 Thanks: 193 Thanked 27 Times in 7 Posts	Re: Newly acquired 1979 Gibson Les Paul Custom white Wow, that really is a cool looking guitar

07-24-2010, 10:58 AM	#13 (permalink)
Satch0922 Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Posts: 2,964 Thanks: 8 Thanked 44 Times in 23 Posts	Re: Newly acquired 1979 Gibson Les Paul Custom white SWEET!!!!! __________________

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Fracture Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Midwest, near the ocean Posts: 6,578 Thanks: 298 Thanked 131 Times in 55 Posts	Re: Newly acquired 1979 Gibson Les Paul Custom white Nice find. 31 year old guitar. Weight? close to 11 lbs? __________________ It was desided that I would do my best with the cracks, and she would get a refinish. TKOjams

07-24-2010, 11:47 AM	#15 (permalink)
guitartsar Junior Member Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: UK Posts: 29 Thanks: 0 Thanked 6 Times in 3 Posts	Re: Newly acquired 1979 Gibson Les Paul Custom white Very close it's 10lbs and has a 50's style chunkier neck. It's a maple top Custom with non sandwich mahogany body.

07-24-2010, 03:41 PM	#17 (permalink)
planks Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2010 Posts: 14,799 Thanks: 1,111 Thanked 957 Times in 235 Posts	Re: Newly acquired 1979 Gibson Les Paul Custom white Very nice ageing of the white! __________________ Gibson R8 VOS Light Iced Tea Burst 1/25 Fender Jeff Beck Stratocaster Olympic White Godin Session Custom MF HG Lightburst PRS Bernie Marsden Signature Vintage Sunburst Furch S22-SR Cutaway Acoustic-Electric Natural http://soundcloud.com/planks

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Geetarguy Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Southern California Posts: 1,196 Thanks: 59 Thanked 9 Times in 6 Posts	Re: Newly acquired 1979 Gibson Les Paul Custom white NICE!!!..and yeah....dump the frets for something useable!!!! __________________ https://www.facebook.com/pages/The-O...13774991978807 http://www.fandalism.com/geetarguy

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diceman V.I.P. Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Montana Posts: 29,930 Thanks: 1,212 Thanked 419 Times in 83 Posts	Re: Newly acquired 1979 Gibson Les Paul Custom white Congrats!!

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marantz1300 Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2008 Posts: 1,276 Thanks: 3 Thanked 25 Times in 9 Posts	Re: Newly acquired 1979 Gibson Les Paul Custom white Beautiful.I love it.Let me know if you ever sell it.

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Shai`tan Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Edmonton, Canada Posts: 1,157 Thanks: 175 Thanked 2 Times in 2 Posts	Re: Newly acquired 1979 Gibson Les Paul Custom white Really IS a sweet find!

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tazzboy Bartlett Retrospec Member Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Oregon Posts: 12,337 Thanks: 441 Thanked 248 Times in 96 Posts	Re: Newly acquired 1979 Gibson Les Paul Custom white Yeah the tuner are definitely not original. You could get some Groves and replace those unless you happen to like these tuners. __________________

07-26-2010, 10:58 AM	#22 (permalink)
roko Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: croatia Posts: 107 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: Newly acquired 1979 Gibson Les Paul Custom white nice guitar

07-26-2010, 04:56 PM	#23 (permalink)
guitartsar Junior Member Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: UK Posts: 29 Thanks: 0 Thanked 6 Times in 3 Posts	Re: Newly acquired 1979 Gibson Les Paul Custom white "You could get some Groves and replace those unless you happen to like these tuners". I do actually like them, very nice action and they were ok for RR so ok for me ;-) __________________

07-26-2010, 05:05 PM	#24 (permalink)
jco.1 Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: MA, USA Posts: 1,470 Thanks: 50 Thanked 2 Times in 2 Posts	Re: Newly acquired 1979 Gibson Les Paul Custom white That is really cool, and I'm not that partial to white. Nice score!

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2350 Junior Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Posts: 20 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: Newly acquired 1979 Gibson Les Paul Custom white A Nashville on a '79?

07-26-2010, 07:33 PM	#26 (permalink)
Boleskinehouse Banned Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Next to Raleighwood Posts: 27,153 Thanks: 91 Thanked 673 Times in 114 Posts	Re: Newly acquired 1979 Gibson Les Paul Custom white Nashvilles on everything since '76.. Some '75s as well. Nice score.

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2350 Junior Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Posts: 20 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: Newly acquired 1979 Gibson Les Paul Custom white Wow, THAT early?! I obviously didn't know that. Thanks Boleskinehouse.

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Boleskinehouse Banned Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Next to Raleighwood Posts: 27,153 Thanks: 91 Thanked 673 Times in 114 Posts	Re: Newly acquired 1979 Gibson Les Paul Custom white That's not to say that a '77 or even a '79 never made it out with ABR-1.. The Norlin era didn't follow many rules.

07-27-2010, 12:26 AM	#29 (permalink)
Pix Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: GA Posts: 1,548 Thanks: 2 Thanked 6 Times in 4 Posts	Re: Newly acquired 1979 Gibson Les Paul Custom white God that is just what I needed to see right now. Droooool. I love cream customs, been wanting one forever. Nice score man! __________________ AKA - Marshallstakkk.

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