1978 Les Paul - original owner

[hitparader]

Sold

 

[gts]

What's it weigh?

 

[hitparader]

Hi, never weighted it actually. Heavy I guess. It is a sustain monster, with the Boogie master volume under 2 you can basically hold a note indefinitely. But I've owned three LP's and can't say it is appreciably heaver than those.

Now, if you are used to a strat or an SG, then yes your shoulder will be sore at the end of the night. If you play an Explorer it will be light...

 

[gts]

Guess this means you don't have a scale.?!

This period of LP's can be pretty "heavy".
For example I have weighed a Custom and it came in at 11.9lb

But yours being a Standard... 'maybe' it'd be a little lighter

 

[DangerMoney]

Can't tell from the pics if it's a:
-pancake body
-three-piece maple neck.

Can you enlighten us?
TIA

 

[Heritage Softail]

It is stamped as a Second. What was the defect that made it a factory second?

 

[hitparader]

Hello, Sorry for the (long!) delay in replying, I have been travelling overseas since before Thanksgiving and have just returned. To be honest, I don't know what the defect is, there is some (microscopic) bleeding of the red stain into the binding for about 1/4 inch, or perhaps the color of the stain is slightly off (others I have seen are more purple in hue). When I bought it at Guitar Trader in Red Bank they could not identify it either.

@DangerMoney - sorry I don't know what a pancake body is.

Again apologies for being offline all of these months.

 

[DangerMoney]

This is a pancake body: Two slabs of mahogany, one on top of another, like two stacked pancakes.

Is the guitar still for sale?

 

[hitparader]

No on the pancake body, yes on the 3-piece neck...

 

[SonVolt]

I normally see '78's going for $3,000+. I guess being a second hurts the resale value... That or you're screwing yourself.

 

[gts]

I normally see '78's going for $3,000+. I guess being a second hurts the resale value... That or you're screwing yourself.

$3k, Really!?! Where did you find/ see this info?
Most '78 Standards sell in the $1500 range.
Maybe you are thinking about "some" LP Customs?