Hold on Tight -2 of the most killer guitars I have ever seen

[King Guitar]

1959 Had the huge neck and the factory huge frets. It was the pinnacle of the model, in 1960 the necks got skinner.

I have had the pleasure of playing several bursts and goldtops and they are insane usually. I actually sold Kirk Hammett his 1958 Goldtop that he plays on record and in the videos, I bought it off a farmer on the eastern shore of Virginia back in like 1992. Sadly the prices now are too much for me to bear so I am having Tom Bartlett build be one of his replicas which I hope will be my #1 guitar when I get it.

We have a member here who owns Joe Walshs Hotel California Burst but I will leave it for him to id himself if he wants.

 

[Digital Jams]

So I am going to take it that the reissue 59s for $7000 are shit since people want these old ones?

If it were me I would go to Danzig to get a proper 59 built.

 

[King Guitar]

So I am going to take it that the reissue 59s for $7000 are shit since people want these old ones?

If it were me I would go to Danzig to get a proper 59 built.

I didnt know Glen built guitars?

 

[Digital Jams]

hahaha.............hehehe............

So I guess those $7000 59s are pieces of dog shit?

 

[King Guitar]

hahaha.............hehehe............

So I guess those $7000 59s are pieces of dog shit?

Huh? They are recreations of the original. The recreations can be killer but they are not the original. Lets see, the best ever, only so many made, made a long time ago, famous, everyone wants one, = big wampum.

I think the next best thing if you cant do the original is the Bartlett thats why he is making me one. Getting a Gibson reissue wouldnt not b my 3, 4 or 5th choice for a killer burst but I am sure there are great ones. I prefer mine to be hand built by one guy who is a fanatic to the Les Paul Sunburst. Just my opinion, your milage may vary.

Brad

 

[Gainzilla]

hahaha.............hehehe............

So I guess those $7000 59s are pieces of dog shit?

Huh? They are recreations of the original. The recreations can be killer but they are not the original. Lets see, the best ever, only so many made, made a long time ago, famous, everyone wants one, = big wampum.

I think the next best thing if you cant do the original is the Bartlett thats why he is making me one. Getting a Gibson reissue wouldnt not b my 3, 4 or 5th choice for a killer burst but I am sure there are great ones. I prefer mine to be hand built by one guy who is a fanatic to the Les Paul Sunburst. Just my opinion, your milage may vary.

Brad

So what is it about the Bartlett that makes it so special? Im not knocking the guy in any way whatsoever but the real mojo is in the old ass wood. Does he use aged wood?

 

[King Guitar]

hahaha.............hehehe............

So I guess those $7000 59s are pieces of dog shit?

Huh? They are recreations of the original. The recreations can be killer but they are not the original. Lets see, the best ever, only so many made, made a long time ago, famous, everyone wants one, = big wampum.

I think the next best thing if you cant do the original is the Bartlett thats why he is making me one. Getting a Gibson reissue wouldnt not b my 3, 4 or 5th choice for a killer burst but I am sure there are great ones. I prefer mine to be hand built by one guy who is a fanatic to the Les Paul Sunburst. Just my opinion, your milage may vary.

Brad

So what is it about the Bartlett that makes it so special? Im not knocking the guy in any way whatsoever but the real mojo is in the old ass wood. Does he use aged wood?

yes aged wood, the same animal glue, dead nuts hand made reproduction.

www.bartlettguitars.com

there is a thread floating around showing his shop and how he makes them, off the charts.

 

[Drew]

He owns a little music store in the suburbs of Pittsburgh...I used to live about 3 from it. Cool guy...he was one of the early collectors of bursts and has a lot of them.

Cool.

Put me in the club of guys who bought their first guitar from Vic (a Les Paul copy in 1974). But that was before he had his own shop and worked at Spriggs Music in Washignton, PA. I eventually bought or traded 3 or 4 Les Pauls from Vic and I try and stop in and see him whenever I am back visiting my parents who live right around the corner form his shop.

 

[Telephant]

I'd love to own a real one if the price wasn't ridiculous, but I don't know if they actually made lefties in '59. I'd prefer a smaller neck though.

It's cool collectors loan these guitars out to actual players. Reminds of the classical scene with Stradivarius violins.

 

[thegame]

I'd be happy to just try one unplugged for 5 minutes. The closest I ever got was a 1968 Les Paul Standard (I believe the first year they were brought back after being discontinued in the early 60's) which was by far the best sounding Gibson I've played. Unplugged it had this unreal singing tone that still had lots of chunk. It just kept on ringing effortlessly. Pure magic.

I wonder how much better a 59 would be. I've heard diehard 59 fanatics say even these can be hit or miss tonewise.

 

['63-Strat]

My old teacher had a '58 LP that I got to play, was a very cool guitar, but he was way more into teles. But he ended up selling it to Keith Scott (Bryan Adams' guitarist). Those '59s are beautiful, would love to play them lol.