1957 Les Paul "Black Beauty" - Lefty model sells for $247K - LULU - 6-:24 -0-09-20
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This might be the highest price ever paid at auction for a "non-
celebrity" guitar. Only 283 Gibson's of this model were produced in
1957, and very few were left-handed instruments. Gibson's 57, Custom
Re-issue, currently in production, can be purchased in a lefty
configuration for @ $5K. Dr. Barry bought himself a nice guitar and
his estate acquired a valuble investment at his passing.
Enjoy,
Lulu : )
http://www.forbes.com/2007/04/17/gibson-auction-guitar-forbeslife-cx_nw_0418pow.html
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Re: 1957 Les Paul "Black Beauty" - Lefty model sells for $247K - ed s - 6-:24 -0-09-20
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On Jun 24, 12:51=A0pm, LULU <lulupakal...@yahoo.com> wrote:
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> This might be the highest price ever paid at auction for a "non-
> celebrity" guitar. =A0Only 283 Gibson's of this model were produced in
> 1957, and very few were left-handed instruments. =A0Gibson's 57, Custom
> Re-issue, currently in production, can be purchased in a lefty
> configuration for @ $5K. =A0Dr. Barry bought himself a nice guitar and
> his estate acquired a valuble investment at his passing.
>
> Enjoy,
> Lulu : )
>
> http://www.forbes.com/2007/04/17/gibson-auction-guitar-forbeslife-cx_...
Thats way to much cash to waiste - can't even drive it. ed
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Re: 1957 Les Paul "Black Beauty" - Lefty model sells for $247K - Tony Done - 6-:24 -0-09-20
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"LULU" <lulupakalolo@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:bd3b578e-338d-4527-bc06-c3e02f34ec79@n7g2000prc.googlegroups.com...
> X-No-Archive: yes
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> This might be the highest price ever paid at auction for a "non-
> celebrity" guitar. Only 283 Gibson's of this model were produced in
> 1957, and very few were left-handed instruments. Gibson's 57, Custom
> Re-issue, currently in production, can be purchased in a lefty
> configuration for @ $5K. Dr. Barry bought himself a nice guitar and
> his estate acquired a valuble investment at his passing.
>
> Enjoy,
> Lulu : )
>
> http://www.forbes.com/2007/04/17/gibson-auction-guitar-forbeslife-cx_nw_0418pow.html
It made me think of an acquaintance of mine in the UK. He was a performer,
and ran a small business in PA construction and hire, and high quality
vintage guitars. He had an black LP from the early period when Gibson were
documented as only producing goldtops. I had a close look at it, and the
chips in the finish certainly didn't show any sign that it was a refinish.
This was a few years ago, so the information superhighway may have yielded
more info on early unusual Gibsons , but assuming that "black goldtops" are
still supposedly non-existent or very rare, I wonder how much it would be
worth. He also had a 1930s 00 size all-koa Martin that left the factory as
mahogany. He reckoned that was also worth significant $.
Tony D
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ed s wrote:
> On Jun 24, 12:51 pm, LULU <lulupakal...@yahoo.com> wrote:
>> X-No-Archive: yes
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>> This might be the highest price ever paid at auction for a "non-
>> celebrity" guitar. Only 283 Gibson's of this model were produced in
>> 1957, and very few were left-handed instruments. Gibson's 57, Custom
>> Re-issue, currently in production, can be purchased in a lefty
>> configuration for @ $5K. Dr. Barry bought himself a nice guitar and
>> his estate acquired a valuble investment at his passing.
>>
>> Enjoy,
>> Lulu : )
>>
>> http://www.forbes.com/2007/04/17/gibson-auction-guitar-forbeslife-cx_...
>
> Thats way to much cash to waiste - can't even drive it. ed
When the LPCs go collecter status, the bubble is a bust. :-) M
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Re: 1957 Les Paul "Black Beauty" - Lefty model sells for $247K - Restless Fingers Syndrome - 6-:24 -0-09-20
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Re: 1957 Les Paul "Black Beauty" - Lefty model sells for $247K - LULU - 6-:25 -0-09-20
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On Jun 24, 6:42=A0pm, Restless Fingers Syndrome <r...@itch.com> wrote:
> =A0 What is really rare is the 3 knobs ...
The three pickup, 1957, Les Paul Custom (there are two pickup Custom
models also) was typically wired with a standard, three position
pickup selector switch. The 3 positions were wired: [neck] ~ [middle
(out of phase)+bridge] ~ [bridge]. Both the neck and bridge pickups
were wired to individual tone and volume pots. The middle pickup had
no tone stack and went straight to the pickup selector. If you
disassemble a number of Customs, you will see several variations on
this standard wiring schematic. Some may have been custom wired by
Gibson but, most are after purchase mods. I suspect that this
particular Custom has three independent volume controls and no tone
pots. I cannot find any information from Gibson or other sources to
validate this assumption. It's unlikely that any of the pots are push/
pull switches given the time-frame of the instrument's manufacture.
The 3 pot configuration is a rarity indeed.
Lulu : )
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Re: 1957 Les Paul "Black Beauty" - Lefty model sells for $247K - Meat Plow - 6-:25 -0-09-20
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On Wed, 24 Jun 2009 10:51:44 -0700 (PDT), LULU
<lulupakalolo@yahoo.com>wrote:
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>This might be the highest price ever paid at auction for a "non-
>celebrity" guitar. Only 283 Gibson's of this model were produced in
>1957, and very few were left-handed instruments. Gibson's 57, Custom
>Re-issue, currently in production, can be purchased in a lefty
>configuration for @ $5K. Dr. Barry bought himself a nice guitar and
>his estate acquired a valuble investment at his passing.
>
>Enjoy,
>Lulu : )
>
>http://www.forbes.com/2007/04/17/gibson-auction-guitar-forbeslife-cx_nw_0418pow.html
Who bought it?
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Re: 1957 Les Paul "Black Beauty" - Lefty model sells for $247K - LULU - 6-:25 -0-09-20
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On Jun 25, 7:38=A0am, Meat Plow <m...@petitmorte.net> wrote:
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> Who bought it?
I don't know who purchased the guitar. The auction house website did
not make such info public. I guess that it would be sort of like a
yellow-pages directory for theives if they listed buyers?
Lulu : )
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Re: 1957 Les Paul "Black Beauty" - Lefty model sells for $247K - LULU - 6-:25 -0-09-20
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> > =A0 What is really rare is the 3 knobs ...
>
> The three pickup, 1957, Les Paul Custom (there are two pickup Custom
> models also) was typically wired with a standard, three position
> pickup selector switch. =A0The 3 positions were wired: [neck] ~ [middle
> (out of phase)+bridge] ~ [bridge]. =A0Both the neck and bridge pickups
> were wired to individual tone and volume pots. =A0The middle pickup had
> no tone stack and went straight to the pickup selector. =A0If you
> disassemble a number of Customs, you will see several variations on
> this standard wiring schematic. =A0Some may have been custom wired by
> Gibson but, most are after purchase mods. =A0I suspect that this
> particular Custom has three independent volume controls and no tone
> pots. =A0I cannot find any information from Gibson or other sources to
> validate this assumption. =A0It's unlikely that any of the pots are push/
> pull switches given the time-frame of the instrument's manufacture.
> The 3 pot configuration is a rarity indeed.
>
> Lulu : )
Here's some additional photos from artfact.com. It looks like there
are three volume pots in a row and a master tone pot in the positon
normally occupied by the pickup selector switch. I've seen this
configuration a couple times before. It's a fairly rare, from the
factory, wiring schematic. I have also seen this set-up once on a
three pickup Explorer. Interesting instrument.
Lulu : )
http://www.artfact.com/auction-lot/1957-gibson-les-paul-custom-black-beauty=
-1-p-qn1st4tdfa#
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Re: 1957 Les Paul "Black Beauty" - Lefty model sells for $247K - Meat Plow - 6-:25 -0-09-20
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On Thu, 25 Jun 2009 08:03:46 -0700 (PDT), LULU
<lulupakalolo@yahoo.com>wrote:
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>> > ? What is really rare is the 3 knobs ...
>>
>> The three pickup, 1957, Les Paul Custom (there are two pickup Custom
>> models also) was typically wired with a standard, three position
>> pickup selector switch. ?The 3 positions were wired: [neck] ~ [middle
>> (out of phase)+bridge] ~ [bridge]. ?Both the neck and bridge pickups
>> were wired to individual tone and volume pots. ?The middle pickup had
>> no tone stack and went straight to the pickup selector. ?If you
>> disassemble a number of Customs, you will see several variations on
>> this standard wiring schematic. ?Some may have been custom wired by
>> Gibson but, most are after purchase mods. ?I suspect that this
>> particular Custom has three independent volume controls and no tone
>> pots. ?I cannot find any information from Gibson or other sources to
>> validate this assumption. ?It's unlikely that any of the pots are push/
>> pull switches given the time-frame of the instrument's manufacture.
>> The 3 pot configuration is a rarity indeed.
>>
>> Lulu : )
>
>
>Here's some additional photos from artfact.com. It looks like there
>are three volume pots in a row and a master tone pot in the positon
>normally occupied by the pickup selector switch. I've seen this
>configuration a couple times before. It's a fairly rare, from the
>factory, wiring schematic. I have also seen this set-up once on a
>three pickup Explorer. Interesting instrument.
>
>Lulu : )
>
>http://www.artfact.com/auction-lot/1957-gibson-les-paul-custom-black-beauty-1-p-qn1st4tdfa#
I've never seen that configuration. Ace started using a 3 pup delux in
75 but I've never took notice of anything unusual on his.
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