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VERY nice. Sienna, maple fretboard, SSS... perfect! Also, looks like ash to me, if that means anything to you!

I never post it in an ad and I censor it out of photos, but I'll happily give up the serial to an interested buyer privately.

Jayzuz, but you boys know {censored} all:wave: That guitar is pretty damn awesome, but it would look much better with zebra or covered pickups, sooo...

I like both. I also like both chrome and gold hardware. I also like both covered and un-covered pickups. Oh boy, I wanna list some opinions: - Plain > flame > spalt > quilt - Nickel > chrome > gold - Covered > zebra > double black > double cream

Depends on the specific guitar, but in general, I prefer plain over flame. I can't stand uniform flame - no offense to the (previous) owner, but this one posted in this thread is the worst to me: But some of the wilder flame posted here is gorgeous! It also depends on the finish - flame with cherry sunburst doesn't do much for me because it's SO overdone, but flame on rootbeer, wine red, natural, amber, and others can look amazing. Here be my own honeyburst plaintop: The color is a bit off in this shot, but it shows the grain nicely:

Awesome guitar, man. But, juuuuust for future reference: the guitar is very chilly so I don't want to warm it up too fast by playing it. I just opened up the case real quick to take some quick photos...... then closed it again. As long as you opened the case, you might as well dive right in, because any damage that would have been caused by temperature would have ocured at the moment you opened the case.

It actually distracts people from yer arse!

The early Les Paul Classic was a more vintage-accurate guitar, the closest thing to a replica available in the early 90's, I believe. It's the precursor to the Historic series, which are made by a division of the Custom Shop, so there's a tenuous link there. In its later years, the Classic was changed to be more like a modified Standard, which is why the early ones are much more sought after.

Be sure to check for the most damning sign of fakeness of all, the fretboard binding.

This is sweet. Counteroffer $1850, the last penny you have for the month, tell him you know it's low but it's the best you can do and you'd consider it a favor. When he takes it show up in blackface with a certified check and tell him in a thick nigerian accent you are the man to take delivery and here is the check. If he says "cash only" tell him you have the proper ATM deposit if hell take that. Then whip out a rubber footlongdoubledong and hit him in the mouth as hard as you can. Hopefully you break his teeth. While stunned, hit him three or four times to the now protected face until you see blood streaming out of his nostrils. Wrap the dong around his neck and choke him until he falls to the ground. {censored} him hard in the ass with the dong and as he comes to from the rectum shredding agony, shriek at the top of your lungs, "ONE ATM DEPOSIT, COMING UP!" then take the buggering end of the double dong and shove it in his bloody mouth as he chokes on it. While he frantically flails his arms, counter-offer him $14 dollars. I'll bet he'll take it. The Aristocrats

well why wouldnt they be allowed in that as well? It's not really a matter of being 'allowed' in that sort of judgment, I just mean that it's hard to hold all types of music to one standard like that. For electronica and similar music, a lot of what makes it appealing is the delivery, the samples, the synths... stuff beyond just melodies and chords. It just seems like a strange standard to hold music to.

thats kinda like the litmus test of a good album you have to be able to strip down the sound with just the melody/chords and have it be golden Well that's arbitrary as all hell. What about electronica bands?

Either confirm it's fake and state exactly why with evidence or shut the {censored} up. - The case, if real, is the type issued with non-Custom production Gibsons, and not appropriate for the guitar. - The headstock is misshapen - too much room between the tuners and open book. - Tuners are too close to the edge of the headstock. - The sticker on the back has no business being there. - It appears to have a rosewood fretboard. No Gibson Les Paul Custom, artist series or not, has a rosewood board. - The cavity plate is symmetrical - it's asymmetrical on authentic Gibsons. - The knobs are placed incorrectly. The volume and tone knobs for each pickup should be parallel with the neck/strings, but they're askew. Also, there's more room between the bridge controls than the neck ones, when it should be the same distance for both. Happy now, prick?

The Bends is damn good, but OK Computer is one of those rare "perfect" albums. I personally dig In Rainbows a bit more than The Bends as well, but they're hard to compare directly because they're so different.

How about that reverse V piece of {censored} Gibson just came out with? When I read this post, I had to check the date to make sure I wasn't reading a 3 year-old thread.