What is meant by a ‘double-0’ burst?

[skydog]

Gibson Les Paul Standard 1960 REDUCED PRICE

One of the "double-0" bursts from early in 1960, this guitar appears to have been oversprayed with red-tinted lacquer. The neck pickup is a zebra-coil PAF and the bridge is double-black. All three of the black coils failed to survive the years of smoke and grim, and they had to be rewound (by...

cartervintage.com

 

[DeafDumbBlind Kid]

jesus fuck, you'd think if they were trying to sell a 300K guitar that they could afford to turn some goddam fucking lights on and illuminate the fucker better than that. Those pictures are almost as bad as shitty CL pics. And use a ligher color backdrop. What fucking workingman can afford a 300K guitar, I want that job.

seriously Carter Vintage, can't you do better than that?

 

[jrkhav]

jesus fuck, you'd think if they were trying to sell a 300K guitar that they could afford to turn some goddam fucking lights on and illuminate the fucker better than that. Those pictures are almost as bad as shitty CL pics. And use a ligher color backdrop. What fucking workingman can afford a 300K guitar, I want that job.

seriously Carter Vintage, can't you do better than that?

You're not wrong, that's some seriously unflattering lighting, and not the greatest pics either. I think they'll have to drop it a fair bit below $290,000 to get it moved.

 

[slug]

The demo was good.

 

[DelawareGold]

"00" is a very early 1960 Les Paul, with 1959 specifications.
"A working mans guitar"
$290,000
Nice work if you can get it.​

 

[Bobby Mahogany]

OK so $290,000 for a refinished guitar.

I'm out!

 

[Danelectro]

I interpreted that statement as the serial number is 0 0XXX. An early 1960 model which still has 1959 features.

 

[DelawareGold]

P. T. Barnum must have written that ad, and set the price.​

 

[jbash]

Pickups were rewound too.

 

[lpfan1980]

Whas that one of the Tomato soup bursts before all the shit and grime collected on it?

 

[jbash]

I think that's called fugglyburst

 

[mudface]

29 Murphy Labs would be a better deal me thinks.


For the OP's question. double zero means the early serial sequence for a '59 spec 1960 Standard. Of course with all the changes.....refinish.... rewound pups...and a rather plain top....there isn't much that is '59 spec. Knobs maybe?

 

[DelawareGold]

Whas that one of the Tomato soup bursts before all the shit and grime collected on it?

I think that's called fugglyburst

I'm pretty sure the euphemism would be "Clown Burst"​

 

[shark]

a working mans guitar?

working for who?

the Cali cartel?

 

[THDNUT]

That guitar must have been sitting in Courtney Love's living room for the last 25 years with her 5 pack a day cigarette habit.

 

[DelawareGold]

Price dropped to 250,000 .

You're killin me, Smalls !​

 

[2Muchgear]

Oh don’t worry, some techno-zit who doesnt play but has made $1b in the fixed stock market will decide this is just the thing to adorn the wall of one of his 7 homes.

 

[Cozmik Cowboy]

29 Murphy Labs would be a better deal me thinks.


For the OP's question. double zero means the early serial sequence for a '59 spec 1960 Standard. Of course with all the changes.....refinish.... rewound pups...and a rather palin top....there isn't much that is '59 spec. Knobs maybe?

Or ~100 Original Series.

 

[derFunkenstein]

jesus fuck, you'd think if they were trying to sell a 300K guitar that they could afford to turn some goddam fucking lights on and illuminate the fucker better than that. Those pictures are almost as bad as shitty CL pics. And use a ligher color backdrop. What fucking workingman can afford a 300K guitar, I want that job.

seriously Carter Vintage, can't you do better than that?

I was in Nashville this week and saw it in person yesterday. There’s a reason the lighting sucks in those photos, that’s all I’ll say about it. You will want to look in person before dropping 2x my house’s value on it.

 

[painter33]

At that price it should have a new Porsche turbo in it, not rewounds.