MIJ Ornett Les Pauls.

[Hoddy]

These are seldom mentioned around here but they are among the higher end of the MIJ Les Paul Clones and they have some interesting features...check out the headstock...no truss rod cover, you adust the truss rod at the other end of the neck like most Fenders...this would seem to make a much stronger neck to headstock transition and not so much prone to the breaks like most Gibson style headstocks. Overall a very nice guitar.

 

Here's a link to the auction:

 

http://cgi.ebay.com/2004-Ornetts-GM5HC-VGL-Guitar-OHSC-Tags_W0QQitemZ330194968876QQihZ014QQcategoryZ38086QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

 

Here's a link to the page that the auction refers you to for more pics of the guitar:

 

http://www.guitarsjapan.com/2004_Ornetts_GM5HC_VGL_Les_Paul.html

[aclarke]

$1450?? That`s pretty pricey - that`s a current model, and lists for 100,000

[zenbu]

heres mine from the first series...maybe 8 years or so ago. Honduras mahogany at that time and I`ve seen the new ones up close but to me they look cheaper, like they`ve been put together much faster...they kinda lost that high end feeling they used to have. This is the headstock that folks should be looking for on Ornettes...from the original series...