If you see this LP on the market you might not want to buy it

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I've had one Gibson over the years with a head stock break and it wasn't the one that fell off my wall during an earthquake or the ones that I gigged and toured with that would be handled like Nazi POWs during the loading/unloading process. It was one that I bought that way.

I know that the design isn't the best, but I think it's a luck of the draw of the grain combined with truss and string tension.
I have a few multi-centuries old violins and cellos that are made in similar one piece fashion (although many are made with separate scrolls) and none have had their scrolls (head stock) broken over their lives despite accidents and incurring other damages. Although they aren't mahogany.

Anyways, I'll still buy a Gibson over most other copy models/brands. Mainly for the nitro and the tan pants tax that holds well if I don't jive with it.
 
I bought an LP that had a headstock repair so I got it really cheap. Shocked me that I had to keep it, because I was always a 'new guitar' kinda guy, or at least very well cared for. The repair looks solid and such. Point being- I played so many Gibsons and just did not jive at all with any of them. Rode the hate train for awhile and dodged them unless I was in person in a shop. The one I walked away with felt so damn perfect in my hands. I also realized that certain tones in my head ARE that guitar. I tried replicating it but you really can't. A good Gibson is lie nothing else. Just like a good Strat, etc.

TLDR: Sometimes you have to find that perfect one for you and live with the flaws, whatever they may be.
 
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Well, maybe Norman's Rare Guitars will fix it and it will be the perfect "relic'd" Les Paul. I don't know if it was mentioned in the comments but I wonder what the history of this guitar is and how this came about?
 
jchrisf said:
Well, maybe Norman's Rare Guitars will fix it and it will be the perfect "relic'd" Les Paul. I don't know if it was mentioned in the comments but I wonder what the history of this guitar is and how this came about?
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I wonder if it was a chibson used for the video? Nut looks off, doesn't appear to have nibs, and rear control plates don't look right. I dunno, didn't really give any good shots of the guitar in the video. It would kind of make sense that it took that and broke where it did because it probably has a scarf joint...?‍♀️
 
NowYou'rePlayingWithPower said:
I wonder if it was a chibson used for the video? Nut looks off, doesn't appear to have nibs, and rear control plates don't look right. I dunno, didn't really give any good shots of the guitar in the video. It would kind of make sense that it took that and broke where it did because it probably has a scarf joint...?‍♀️
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You might be right since he is known to only play cheap guitars which surprises me that he has a relationship with Norman's.
 
I would get one with a broken headstock. People are asking big money for them now surprisingly.
 
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