Les Paul Personal................

[Grog]

This came in the mail today....................



This rounds out my low impedance collection. The first Hobbit I bought around 1991 for $300.00 has cost me a small fortune!

[Highlander]

The dangerous nature of collectorholism...

What a beautiful instrument... she looks pristine, too...

[Basvarken]

Beautiful! Do these sounds as good as their bass brethren?

[Grog]

They have incredible harmonics & sustain. The LP Personal seems a little lighter than the LP Professional & a lot lighter than the LP Bass. They must have used the lighter mahogany on the higher end guitars, giving the heaviest to the basses. This guitar has a LP Custom feel, it likely has the same neck as a Custom. Most of these I've seen have all of the gold worn off and the mic knob cracked, it must hit the case just wrong. This one has a few minor issues, but I'm happy with it. There were only 370 produced.

[Dave W]

It's a beauty!

[Granny Gremlin]

Congrats, so Jealous. She's a beaut.

[jumbodbassman]

that's sweet

[clankenstein]

wow .a friend of mine has one of those that he bought in philadelphia in 1971.he eventualy changed the bridge for one with steel saddles.sounds pretty mean.years ago i mounted the transformer inside the guitar for him as he never used it low impedance.lots of good sounds to be had fiddling with the decade switch an a phaser...

[Hörnisse]

Very nice!  Is this the model that Terry Kath used to play?

[Grog]

Very nice!  Is this the model that Terry Kath used to play?

I think Terry Kath played the Les Paul Professional, but I'm not 100% sure.

[Grog]

wow .a friend of mine has one of those that he bought in philadelphia in 1971.he eventualy changed the bridge for one with steel saddles.sounds pretty mean.years ago i mounted the transformer inside the guitar for him as he never used it low impedance.lots of good sounds to be had fiddling with the decade switch an a phaser...

My Les Paul Professional had a mic transformer soldered in when I bought it also. I changed it back to it's original setup.

[Hörnisse]

I think Terry Kath played the Les Paul Professional, but I'm not 100% sure.

I believe you are correct.  I'd never seen a LP Personal before yours.  Very cool guitar.  I missed out on a Professional a few years back at the local GC.  They had it for what I thought was a good price of $899. 

[Highlander]

... They must have used the lighter mahogany ...

Helium chambered...?

[Grog]

My lighter, (Hellium Chambered) Mahogany seemed to gain weight as time goes on, so I pulled out the bathroom scale. The Personal came in at 11.4 lbs and the Professional came in at 10.6 lbs. I guess I was pumped up & the guitar seemed lighter than it was. So much for my theory of using the lighter mahogany on the higher end models..................

[Grog]

I took a few better shots of the guitar & its brothers..........