jhe888
One of the Regulars
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- Texas, United States
Thanks.Joao the Stetson is GREAT! Your new one with the glued "ribbon" is SPECTACULAR.
Thanks. Is it possible to have a custom title?Joao, once again, showing why you're the King of the Westerns with your 5X Stetson!
Joao, another wide brim winner!
Thanks.
Your weapon looks intimidating but mine is moreJust returned from more training, so not the usual head gear...
Happy birthday. Now that is a find.Today is my 30th Birthday. Not making a big thing of it - just a drink at our favorite local haunt - E9 Tavern. It did warrant a special hat:
1910's Congress Double Ring Beaver by Trimble. Originally sold less than an hour from where I sit right now.
Not as reaching 40.I turn 30 in July.........is it as traumatic as I've been told??
Not a very nice thing to... do. My brother lost a cellphone that way...Well, I lost my new Akubra Banjo Paterson a few days ago when I hung it on my car's bike rack for a sec and...um...forgot to take it off as I drove away.
For today this (floppy) 4x beaver Stetson.
Copying Terry's photo...
Epiphone Les Paul Goth Edition
Copying Terry's photo...
Epiphone Les Paul Goth Edition
Ha! Excellent! Love that set up buddy!...I'd love to get my hands on an actual Gibson Les Paul. The '50s models of the Les Paul are going for pretty big money too.
Wow, good for you, great accomplishment!:first:
With a 1950's Les Paul you are buying a whole lot more than a guitar for playing alone.
There are many factors in play that make them valuable just like old cars or anything else.
Thanks.Ha! Excellent! Love that set up buddy!...I'd love to get my hands on an actual Gibson Les Paul. The '50s models of the Les Paul are going for pretty big money too.
They sure are.....and for honestly no reason. I have been around music my entire life and have studied vintage instruments (especially Gibsons) for about 20 years. I have played a 50's Les Paul and 50's Strat......all the stuff that goes for incredibly ridiculous money and honestly......they are not worth it. They play no different....actually.....a bit worse than modern American Made Gibson's and Fender's. The thing that people gravitate to is the sound the instrument gets from the vintage pickups. They do have a very uniquely vintage sound, but with all the custom pickup manufactures around these days who take apart old pickups and replicate them exactly, that sound can be replicated in a modern day instrument for about $200-$300 per pickup set. The best deal in Modern day Gibson's are the 2014 SG J14's that guitar center sells for $544 brand new. Slap a couple hundred bucks more in custom 57' style pickups, better sound/tone pots, and vintage style tuners and you will have a guitar that will outplay, sound better, and outlast a 56 Les Goldtop. The souped up SG.....around $1100 customized......the 56 Goldtop.......about $30k. Even a overpriced modern Les Paul Standard with a little pickup and pot customization will outperform a vintage 58-59 Les Paul Standard.
With a 1950's Les Paul you are buying a whole lot more than a guitar for playing alone.
There are many factors in play that make them valuable just like old cars or anything else.
Thanks. Picture is not great, doesn't show some details.Joao - great guitar pic.
If in bad, you mean bad azz, I concur you guys look great! M.O.S. men of style!Everyone is looking sharp today.
A bad pic of us in a linen cap and a Borsalino.a