Framptons '54 Custom found - Page 37

JCarno · 02-13-2012, 11:48 AM

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Originally Posted by csplayer089

Offical video from Frampton's website, check it out!

Peter Frampton

Damn.......That gave me chills!!!!!!!....... What a great time to be Alive!!!!!!!

Benwave · 02-13-2012, 12:26 PM

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Originally Posted by JCarno

Damn.......That gave me chills!!!!!!!.......

Me to...... beautifull to see the man again with that guitar

jonesy77777 · 02-13-2012, 12:43 PM

that was cool, you could see the genuine emotion in his face.

Red Flametop · 02-13-2012, 04:59 PM

....and that, gentlemen, is THAT.

Good to see something positive happen for one of the "nice guys" in music, and that a long-lost LP Custom is back in the hands of its master.

Lowdown · 02-14-2012, 03:05 AM

Wow. Just wow.

GooCart · 02-14-2012, 06:12 AM

Dammit, that video made me all emotional! It's a really nice story.

I wonder what pickups they choose for the guitar, sorry if it have been discussed earlier.

Midnight Blues · 02-14-2012, 07:20 AM

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Originally Posted by Benwave

Just send a mail to the manager, i`m still waiting.. i hope it get soon the wait is killing me ..

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Originally Posted by Benwave

Just got some news, apparently Gibson send the guitar to me last week.
So its now a matter of days....cant wait..cant wait to play it....

Very cool Ben!!!! Post some pictures when you get her!!!!

Quote:

Originally Posted by csplayer089

Offical video from Frampton's website, check it out!

Peter Frampton

Quote:

Originally Posted by JCarno

Damn.......That gave me chills!!!!!!!....... What a great time to be Alive!!!!!!!

Me too!

Quote:

Originally Posted by Wilko

I saw that, thought it would be good to include his note about the Beacon Show.

Yeah, I asked him about that Saturday night when I spoke with him (see post# 1073) and he said it should be ready.

My guess is that this story may be documented as part of the DVD they are planning on shooting at the Beacon Theatre.

The Peter Frampton Appreciation Thread

ctkarslake · 02-14-2012, 08:12 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by csplayer089

Offical video from Frampton's website, check it out!

Peter Frampton

Thanks for this link. Does anyone have a list of what was done to bring her up to speed? Looks like it was refretted in the video, no? Those Custom Shop clips are too short! Glad to see the headstock is left as is. I also wonder if it reeks of smoke?

mapleflame · 02-14-2012, 08:20 AM

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Originally Posted by GooCart

Dammit, that video made me all emotional! It's a really nice story.

I wonder what pickups they choose for the guitar, sorry if it have been discussed earlier.

They special wound a set for him. I believe that was mentioned in the earlier post.

Wilko · 02-14-2012, 01:37 PM

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Originally Posted by ctkarslake

Does anyone have a list of what was done to bring her up to speed? Looks like it was refretted in the video, no?

Period Pots, New frets, Pat sticker pickups, fill extra holes and replace with proper screws, Setup.

RevWillie · 02-14-2012, 05:32 PM

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Originally Posted by mapleflame

They special wound a set for him. I believe that was mentioned in the earlier post.

So he's going with new Gibson pickups, or somebody else's?

FLICKOFLASH · 02-14-2012, 05:52 PM

Peter Frampton

view it big start then pause it you can move the scroll frame by frame
The guitar has all frets pulled and wood was added inside the cavity under the knobs

FLICKOFLASH · 02-14-2012, 05:54 PM

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Originally Posted by RevWillie

So he's going with new Gibson pickups, or somebody else's?

No believe I read somewhere Joe Glaser found him a set of patent stickered PAFs

JMusic27 · 02-15-2012, 11:56 AM

I joined MLP three days ago.....and could not be more happy that I did- especially finding this amazing thread.

I saw Peter at the Greek Theatre in Los Angeles several months ago (2011)...he was great. And now to read this....really made my week. Wow.

Thanks everyone for all of the information and insight. Maybe someday people will get this excited over a lost and re-discovered Les Paul belonging to one of us!!!

Wilko · 02-15-2012, 02:34 PM

Peter says HE found the "patent number pickups":

Gemm · 02-15-2012, 04:19 PM

Update from Peter's Facebook page..... It's getting closer!

Day off in Brooklyn, NY. Love it here. Tomorrow is Theatre at Westbury, Long Island. Then the Beacon Theater, NYC on Saturday. I get my '54 Les Paul back from Gibson just in time to bring it out on stage Saturday night for the first time in 31 years!!!! A day I never imagined could be and a day I will never forget!

FLICKOFLASH · 02-15-2012, 04:32 PM

Maybe someone could drop him a message to stop by this thread

73lemon · 02-15-2012, 05:37 PM

I read every page of this thread in one sitting and man are my eyes tired.

Great story with the best of endings. Congratulations to Donald and Ben for "doing the right thing". Peter must be thrilled beyond belief. It's amazing that the guitar was basically unchanged from the day it was lost.

One question...I apologize if the answer is in this thread and I missed it. Did the guy who was playing that guitar for the last 25 years indicate that he had ANY idea idea that this guitar MAY have been Frampton's, or that anyone even suggested to him over those 25 years that it may have been?

FLICKOFLASH · 02-15-2012, 05:47 PM

In the video where it shows Peter getting the guitar anyone notice his only concern to comfirm it was looking at the back of the neck behind the nut ? Wonder what he was looking for ? a break repar ?

jco.1 · 02-15-2012, 05:56 PM

Saw that too; he didn't take too long to figure it out. Dropped it on his lap, quick look and feel and a smile. Cool stuff.

FLICKOFLASH · 02-15-2012, 06:02 PM

He ran his thumb up that area as well

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature...&v=ll018kpTfc8

Red Flametop · 02-15-2012, 07:03 PM

I'd say he knows the feel of that neck like the back of his own hands...always said one of the main thing that attracted him was the incredibly thin neck profile resulting from all of the work Mark Mariana performed on it prior to loaning/gifting the guitar to Frampton.

Few musicians are so connected to a single instrument as Frampton was/is to that old '54 Custom...Page and his '59, Peter Green&Gary Moore to "Greeny". EVH and Frankie...hell, we all know the list. I'm just smiling at the fact that he's so emotionally attatched to the guitar that he's putting it back in place as his primary instrument(most would put it in a museum somewhere).

Aside from all of the classics he wrote/performed on that guitar, part of me wants to see/hear him pull off his version of Soundgarden's "Black Hole Sun" with his "baby"...regardless of what he plays, he won't be able to see the audience for the tears of joy blinding him.

Wilko · 02-15-2012, 07:21 PM

the back of the headstock and nut area got burned. Missing wood has changed the look shape of the treble side.

FLICKOFLASH · 02-15-2012, 07:31 PM

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Originally Posted by FLICKOFLASH

He ran his thumb up that area as well

Peter Frampton Lost Guitar - YouTube

At 1;38 Mike McGuire is pointing and discussing that same area ,wonder if they veneered it ? got to be some reason Gibson kept the guitar extra time.

FLICKOFLASH · 02-15-2012, 07:34 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Wilko

the back of the headstock and nut area got burned. Missing wood has changed the look shape of the treble side.

Lowdown · 02-15-2012, 08:00 PM

Ah yes. See what you mean now.
That's a lotta wood shaved away there.
It sure was,not sure how to phrase this correctly,odd how instantly he knew it was indeed his. I don't mean this in a doubtful way at all. I just expected him to sit and play with it a little longer before giving it the thumbs up,considering all that it has been through in 30 odd years.
I guess it just goes to show how much it truly is a part of him.

* what are the readings on those pups? I can't make out the neck…?

b3john · 02-15-2012, 08:42 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Lowdown

Ah yes. See what you mean now.
That's a lotta wood shaved away there.
It sure was,not sure how to phrase this correctly,odd how instantly he knew it was indeed his. I don't mean this in a doubtful way at all. I just expected him to sit and play with it a little longer before giving it the thumbs up,considering all that it has been through in 30 odd years.
I guess it just goes to show how much it truly is a part of him.

It had been pretty well vetted by others by that point, no?

RevWillie · 02-15-2012, 09:26 PM

Does anybody know if he kept the Nashville bridge, or went back to the vintage bridge & post set-up?

Wilko · 02-16-2012, 01:12 AM

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Originally Posted by RevWillie

Does anybody know if he kept the Nashville bridge, or went back to the vintage bridge & post set-up?

looks like it stayed Nashville:

Benwave · 02-16-2012, 04:10 AM

Tomorrow ( Friday) the big day for me...I`m expecting Fedex with a little package.......

02-13-2012, 12:43 PM	#1083 (permalink)
jonesy77777 Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Canada Posts: 1,640 Thanks: 38 Thanked 64 Times in 16 Posts	Re: Framptons '54 Custom found that was cool, you could see the genuine emotion in his face. takmagic and jco.1 like this.

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JMusic27 Member Join Date: Feb 2012 Location: Pasadena, Ca. Posts: 86 Thanks: 4 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: Framptons '54 Custom found I joined MLP three days ago.....and could not be more happy that I did- especially finding this amazing thread. I saw Peter at the Greek Theatre in Los Angeles several months ago (2011)...he was great. And now to read this....really made my week. Wow. Thanks everyone for all of the information and insight. Maybe someday people will get this excited over a lost and re-discovered Les Paul belonging to one of us!!! Led Zep Fan likes this.

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Gemm Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: UK Posts: 678 Thanks: 0 Thanked 5 Times in 2 Posts	Re: Framptons '54 Custom found Update from Peter's Facebook page..... It's getting closer! Day off in Brooklyn, NY. Love it here. Tomorrow is Theatre at Westbury, Long Island. Then the Beacon Theater, NYC on Saturday. I get my '54 Les Paul back from Gibson just in time to bring it out on stage Saturday night for the first time in 31 years!!!! A day I never imagined could be and a day I will never forget! Lowdown and Midnight Blues like this.

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FLICKOFLASH V.I.P. Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Hagerstown,MD USA Posts: 24,433 Thanks: 945 Thanked 2,142 Times in 619 Posts	Re: Framptons '54 Custom found Maybe someone could drop him a message to stop by this thread Lowdown likes this. __________________ FLICKOFLASH...!!! ® https://www.facebook.com/pages/FLICKOFLASH/112374901404

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73lemon Junior Member Join Date: Feb 2012 Posts: 4 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: Framptons '54 Custom found I read every page of this thread in one sitting and man are my eyes tired. Great story with the best of endings. Congratulations to Donald and Ben for "doing the right thing". Peter must be thrilled beyond belief. It's amazing that the guitar was basically unchanged from the day it was lost. One question...I apologize if the answer is in this thread and I missed it. Did the guy who was playing that guitar for the last 25 years indicate that he had ANY idea idea that this guitar MAY have been Frampton's, or that anyone even suggested to him over those 25 years that it may have been?

02-15-2012, 05:47 PM	#1099 (permalink)
FLICKOFLASH V.I.P. Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Hagerstown,MD USA Posts: 24,433 Thanks: 945 Thanked 2,142 Times in 619 Posts	Re: Framptons '54 Custom found In the video where it shows Peter getting the guitar anyone notice his only concern to comfirm it was looking at the back of the neck behind the nut ? Wonder what he was looking for ? a break repar ? Midnight Blues likes this. __________________ FLICKOFLASH...!!! ® https://www.facebook.com/pages/FLICKOFLASH/112374901404

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jco.1 Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: MA, USA Posts: 1,470 Thanks: 50 Thanked 2 Times in 2 Posts	Re: Framptons '54 Custom found Saw that too; he didn't take too long to figure it out. Dropped it on his lap, quick look and feel and a smile. Cool stuff.

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FLICKOFLASH V.I.P. Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Hagerstown,MD USA Posts: 24,433 Thanks: 945 Thanked 2,142 Times in 619 Posts	Re: Framptons '54 Custom found He ran his thumb up that area as well http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature...&v=ll018kpTfc8 __________________ FLICKOFLASH...!!! ® https://www.facebook.com/pages/FLICKOFLASH/112374901404

02-15-2012, 07:03 PM	#1102 (permalink)
Red Flametop Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2010 Location: Indianapolis, IN Posts: 366 Thanks: 52 Thanked 5 Times in 1 Post	Re: Framptons '54 Custom found I'd say he knows the feel of that neck like the back of his own hands...always said one of the main thing that attracted him was the incredibly thin neck profile resulting from all of the work Mark Mariana performed on it prior to loaning/gifting the guitar to Frampton. Few musicians are so connected to a single instrument as Frampton was/is to that old '54 Custom...Page and his '59, Peter Green&Gary Moore to "Greeny". EVH and Frankie...hell, we all know the list. I'm just smiling at the fact that he's so emotionally attatched to the guitar that he's putting it back in place as his primary instrument(most would put it in a museum somewhere). Aside from all of the classics he wrote/performed on that guitar, part of me wants to see/hear him pull off his version of Soundgarden's "Black Hole Sun" with his "baby"...regardless of what he plays, he won't be able to see the audience for the tears of joy blinding him.

02-15-2012, 07:21 PM	#1103 (permalink)
Wilko Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: San Diego Posts: 393 Thanks: 0 Thanked 6 Times in 4 Posts	Re: Framptons '54 Custom found the back of the headstock and nut area got burned. Missing wood has changed the look shape of the treble side.

02-15-2012, 08:00 PM	#1106 (permalink)
Lowdown Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2009 Posts: 3,843 Thanks: 158 Thanked 44 Times in 14 Posts	Re: Framptons '54 Custom found Ah yes. See what you mean now. That's a lotta wood shaved away there. It sure was,not sure how to phrase this correctly,odd how instantly he knew it was indeed his. I don't mean this in a doubtful way at all. I just expected him to sit and play with it a little longer before giving it the thumbs up,considering all that it has been through in 30 odd years. I guess it just goes to show how much it truly is a part of him. * what are the readings on those pups? I can't make out the neck…?

02-15-2012, 09:26 PM	#1108 (permalink)
RevWillie Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: SE.US Posts: 289 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: Framptons '54 Custom found Does anybody know if he kept the Nashville bridge, or went back to the vintage bridge & post set-up?

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Benwave Member Join Date: Dec 2011 Posts: 63 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: Framptons '54 Custom found Tomorrow ( Friday) the big day for me...I`m expecting Fedex with a little package....... b3john, JCarno, joshhohensee and 1 others like this.

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