`61 L.P. Custom-Single Cutaway

[TM1]

Got to play this last weekend up in Canada. Mike60 came out as well and it was great to meet him!
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[Mike60]

Working Class Hero.....

...In addition to seeing a great show,It was an honour to get to meet you and the group and hang out for awhile.

And ya checking out this Black Beauty was cool,too.

 

[Mike60]

in VERY capable hands...

Stupid me,I forgot to get my picture taken with it

 

[TM1]

Mike; THANKS! Great shots. Next year I'll get Wayne to bring it down again and I'll take your photo with it. Great to hang with you too!!!!
Don

 

[Mike60]

...TM1...that would be cool...I hope you received all the pics I sent to you tonight.Let me know,if you didn't get 'em.

Even though I was only there Saturday,I think that was an awesome Festival...I hope you and the band come back next year.

 

[Hemply]

WOW

She's in Incredibly good shape!

Cheers!

 

[jkinnison90]

Beautiful!

 

[TM1]

Yeah, really nice guitar. That mahogany had a nice bark/growl to it!

 

[61LPSG]

OMG!!! What a rare BEAUTY...congrats!

 

[JimmyAce2006]

Must have been a special order guitar? Maybe ordered in late 1960 & built in 1961? This is only the second 1961 LP single cut away I have seen. The other was a Standard.

 

[TM1]

It's the first `61 I've seen or touched. To me they were only rumours I'd heard over the last 4 decades.

 

[dwagar]

that's awesome, thanks for sharing it.

I'm always a tad confused by how many Customs were made in '61. Did they run the whole year, or just a few months? Or just rollovers from '60?
I've never heard of a '61 Standard before re: JimmyAce2006's post above.

 

[Mike60]

dwagar...I posted a pic of a '61 three pickup custom awhile back in this Forum,as well as a pic of a '61 Burst...a couple of members figured I was FOS.

Walter Carter in one of his articles talks about the '61's a bit.Tried to find the article,but have been unable to.The article WAS on Gibson's website until they updated it a few years ago with their current format.I'm trying to find it as a few serial numbers were listed and was hoping this '61 Custom was one of them.

 

[Mike60]

...61 burst...1 0867..

 

[JimmyAce2006]

...61 burst...1 0867..

That looks like the pic I saw but I can not be sure. I had been googling, looking for a 1960s Les Paul and came across a remote store who had a pic on their site of one they had sold before. It also had a pic of the back of the head with the serial that started with a 1. There were not many of them.

 

[brimay]

in VERY capable hands...

Stupid me,I forgot to get my picture taken with it

i've been looking for a cowboy/western shirt.

 

[TheWellGoodShow]

in VERY capable hands...

Stupid me,I forgot to get my picture taken with it

Is that a bassman I see back there? Nice Les Paul By the way, its gorgeous.

 

[Mike60]

...Bassman...I erroneously thought it was a Showman...I was oogling the R4,the 339 and the '61 too much and didn't pay attention to the amps...TM1's choice in gear is top shelf for sure.

 

[585960]

Got to play this last weekend up in Canada. Mike60 came out as well and it was great to meet him!
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Not to be a pooper of the party, I would need to see the routing. The serial font is definately the font size of factory refins, so it 'could', notice, 'could', be a 54- 57, refinned and modded for PAFs in 1961, although they usually put the original serial # on, in the font that was used in 1961. Any cavity pics?

 

[Mike60]

Not to be a pooper of the party, I would need to see the routing. The serial font is definately the font size of factory refins, so it 'could', notice, 'could', be a 54- 57, refinned and modded for PAFs in 1961, although they usually put the original serial # on, in the font that was used in 1961. Any cavity pics?

...speculate all you want.it is a '61 Custom...