Modified my Slash Les Paul

[Gridlock]

I got this 2020 Standard Slash in a trade before the holidays. A really nice high-quality guitar. A 50’s neck which I prefer, a cool color, hand wired, one piece back, and just a super nice guitar. In my opinion, almost a Custom Shop guitar (I’ve owned 7 CS Gibson’s)

My only only issues with the guitar were, the bare uncovered pickups and the lack of an installed pick-guard. Still, I really hesitated to mod the guitar, because I didn’t want to devalue the guitar with mods.

So much for the hesitation. Added chrome pickup covers, a pick-guard, and a Historic truss rod cover. I have a 5-ply black Gibson Les Paul Custom pick-guard on order. The 5-ply pick-guard will make the guitar standout even more.

 

[LocoTex]

Much better

 

[pondcaster]

Nice job!

 

[Danimal92Sport]

Love that color, and looks great with the mods!

 

[Gridlock]

I’ll get some new photos in better lighting once my 5-ply pick-guard arrives.

 

[JMP]

Damn, @Gridlock - you have lots of killer gear. Looks much better now. Nice work

 

[integra evan]

Nice, you should put some black with silver reflector knobs on it too.

 

[JPummil]

Solid choice IMHO! Love it...

 

[rjwilson37]

Sweet, looks great! More

 

[musicmaniac]

Nice!

 

[Renegade]

Great color...the mods look good and the 5 ply guard will look even better. Congrats!

 

[sparky2]

Very classy.

Great job by you!

 

[musicman10_1]

Looks good to me. I added the pick guard to my Slash LP too.

 

[jbash]

Did the same to mine, though I'm back to the original pickups- I may cover them at some point because I cannot find anything I like better for this guitar (which is very unusual for me)

Here's mine with some rewind T tops

 

[Gridlock]

Did the same to mine, though I'm back to the original pickups- I may cover them at some point because I cannot find anything I like better for this guitar (which is very unusual for me)

Here's mine with some rewind T tops

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A great looking guitar, maybe add some ‘57’s on mine down the road.

 

[Gridlock]

Nice, you should put some black with silver reflector knobs on it too.

I think that I’ll order some of these knobs this week.

 

[Christosterone]

Badass….and in slash tradition as he used to mod his guitars by immediately removing the guard and pup covers…

I am a cover on and guard guy so I wouldve done exactly what u did

love the top btw…badass color too

i especially loved slash’s black beauty custom used mostly in the studio…estranged video he brought it out…guard removed and gold pup covers gone too
go to 6:13 to see his bb custom

-chris

 

[FingerLakesFan]

Nice! I say it all the time: Slash are as close as you can get to Custom Shop. Here is mine:

 

[forsaken82]

where did you get your covers? ive been wanting to do the same.

 

[Gridlock]

Nice! I say it all the time: Slash are as close as you can get to Custom Shop. Here is mine:

Totally agree. Very nice guitar.