My Les Paul Forum

Who else loves a good lemon burst? I posted a pick of this one when I picked her up from Wildwood a month or so ago, and has quickly become one of my all time favorites - let’s see some lemon love and post some pics of yours!

I’ve finally gotten around to posting this as I’ve had the guitar since early July. A little background on how I came to buy this.

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Did some trading with a friend of mine for this 2013 R9. Nice but fairly subtle top, nice back, typical weight for a CS (8.8ish).

I think it'd be nice to see a thread that hopefully bypasses the Murphy Lab bashing and is a place for owners and prospective owners to discuss these guitars, their impressions, thoughts, photo's etc.

Got this absolute stunner yesterday and spent all night playing it. It's a 2021 R9 in iced tea burst. The pictures, even the first pic below which is from the dealer, do not do the top justice. The top has so much movement and depth to it that a camera can't capture...

I have been watching this guitar on Reverb for months but it was priced really high. The seller just dropped it $2000 so it was more realistically priced and I jumped on it...

Took the leap and bought a VOS 57 RI Black Beauty (2 pickup) yesterday (on my 55th birthday) from Melody Music in Bloomington, IN (back in June my wife and I moved to Southern Indiana about 1.5 hours from Bloomington). Cool shop, killer selection, and great staff that were very easy going and let me noodle to my heart's content over the course of 2 days before pulling the trigger.

2015 R8 TH in all her glory