NGD (x2): Les Paul Reissue Content

[scottosan]

Total gear shake up just happened. Within the past 2 weeks I have sold 3 amps, 2 guitars, and 3 cabs. In return, I got the 20the Anniversay Shiva half stack, 50th anniversary 1958 reissue aged by Tom Murphy and a 1959 reissue "Yamano" Les Pual.

First up, the Yamano "Ice Tea" Burst. Upgraded plastics, vintage sprauge PIO caps, RS pots, Zhangbucker pickups, COA, and lifton case. I had never heard of zhangbuckers til recently. They are hand wound pickups to customer specs. The winder, David Plummer is a great guy and is really great about communication what gear you have, waht you are looking for, and then custom winds to your taste. He doesn't have a website, but he posts frequently on the various les paul forums, seymour duncan foruns, and TGP. I can tell you that if you are the type of guy that like PAF and hot PAF type pickups, these are IT. I have never had a pickup sound so good through a high gain amp and still sound so open, clear, and balanced.

Next up is the 50th anniversary 1958 reissue murphy aged "Washed Cherry" Burst. This thing is pretty light weighing in at about 8.6lbs.

 

[steve_k]

Congrats on the new LP's. The Murphy's are awesome.

Steve

 

[jmgman69]

Very nice indeed!!!!!!

 

[gbsmusic]

Sweet guitars!! Congrats!

 

[Les Zombie]

You did great, I like both guitars.
I recently bought a 50th anni R9 and I love it and I wanna get a 50th R8 to go with it, Murphy did a nice job not over aging the 50th R8.

 

[scottosan]

Very nice. So which one sounds better?

Hmmmm.... I would have to say the 59, only because it's a player and has been set up. The Murphy hasn't been played, so it needs some love. The 59 also has some kick ass Pure Handwound Zhangbucker pickups hand wound by a guy named David Plummer out of California. They are a Hot Brownbucker 9.5k Alnico 2 in the bridge and Woodbucker 7.5k Alnico 2 in the neck.