Let's See Your Vintage Black Beauties

[Alex]

Always loved the way 50's Black Beauties sound - fat, warm and sweet! Here's my clean '56 LPC. Lightweight, about 8.5 lbs.

Now, let's see yours!

 

[Jimmi]

Always loved the way 50's Black Beauties sound - fat, warm and sweet! Here's my clean '56 LPC. Lightweight, about 8.5 lbs.



Now, let's see yours!

Nice looking guitar! That is very light for one of these, congrats!

 

[zhivago]

wow Alex, I am so happy you scored it!

how do you find her?

here's my '56...round 9.2lbs


It was a good year

 

[Shadowplayer]

this count?

 

[Alvinfan]

1957

Here with some old friends ( 1957 Jun & 1952 Standard )

 

[Jimmi]

this count?

Where you ever able to buy this one back?

 

[Shadowplayer]

Where you ever able to buy this one back?

Sadly no.

Hopefully one day...but I gotta go through college then pay it off before I can think about buying it back

 

[Rich H]

1958 original 3 pickup with changed tuners and one change control knob. Killer player with a 59 neck profile and original big frets. 9.5lbs dead on, later period case. The sad part is that I sold it yesterday. The good part is that it has gone to a nice guy who is a great player and a real vintage connoisseur.

 

[Midnight Blues]

Love 'em!

 

[Shadowplayer]

1958 original 3 pickup with changed tuners and one change control knob. Killer player with a 59 neck profile and original big frets. 9.5lbs dead on, later period case. The sad part is that I sold it yesterday. The good part is that it has gone to a nice guy who is a great player and a real vintage connoisseur.

Believe me dude, I know how it feels to sell one of these

 

[7gtop]

Love 'em!

To The Po!nt

 

[marantz1300]

You sold it.
That's got to hurt.
My 69.I got it to replace the 71 GT I let go and missed.

 

[zhivago]

a couple more pics of mine

 

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Lovely stuff!

Here's a couple of mine:

1958





Early '68

 

[zhivago]

Lovely stuff!

Here's a couple of mine:

1958

I love this '58...wonderful looking guitar!

 

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Thanks man! It weighs sub 8.5lb and has a genuinely huge neck so is a pretty remarkable example. I had a '54 LPC PAF conversion too which I'll dig out pics of..

 

[J.T.]

My '57 Alnico - it's the best playing guitar I've ever owned. I'm thinking about having another guitar's neck shaved to match this one. It's perfect. Weighs between 9.5 & 10. Came with some Cornell Dubilier caps, which were OK. Replaced them with some vintage bees, and it really helped in dialing in tone. A PO blocked the bridge pickup, but I think it's a bit high. I need to bring it down a little to balance them out. Great guitar. So far, it's the one that's going in the coffin with me..!

 

[Busso]

My '57 Alnico - it's the best playing guitar I've ever owned. I'm thinking about having another guitar's neck shaved to match this one. It's perfect. Weighs between 9.5 & 10. Came with some Cornell Dubilier caps, which were OK. Replaced them with some vintage bees, and it really helped in dialing in tone. A PO blocked the bridge pickup, but I think it's a bit high. I need to bring it down a little to balance them out. Great guitar. So far, it's the one that's going in the coffin with me..!

Beautiful guitar. Just curious about the neck profile as you mentioned you're considering having another guitar's neck shaved to match this one. Are custom necks comparable to standards of the same year or are they slimmer?

 

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Here's '55/'59 PAF conversion- again lightweight, with a wonderful soft V profile neck and super fat, ringing midrange- very cool!

 

[J.T.]

Beautiful guitar. Just curious about the neck profile as you mentioned you're considering having another guitar's neck shaved to match this one. Are custom necks comparable to standards of the same year or are they slimmer?

It's big but not fat. Not as big as my '54 goldtop, for certain. Probably closer to '58 or '59 Standards. I've not played a lot of '50's Customs, so I don't have much of a frame of reference for comparison. I do know it fits like a glove on me...