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

Grog · May 08, 2013, 08:18:58 PM

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 · May 09, 2013, 12:31:35 AM

The dangerous nature of collectorholism...

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

Basvarken · May 09, 2013, 03:50:49 AM

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

Grog · May 09, 2013, 05:21:40 AM

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 · May 09, 2013, 09:03:55 AM

It's a beauty!

Granny Gremlin · May 09, 2013, 11:23:04 AM

Congrats, so Jealous. She's a beaut.

jumbodbassman · May 09, 2013, 01:10:23 PM

that's sweet

clankenstein · May 09, 2013, 02:55:43 PM

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 · May 09, 2013, 05:18:55 PM

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

Grog · May 09, 2013, 07:37:45 PM

Quote from: Hörnisse on May 09, 2013, 05:18:55 PM
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 · May 09, 2013, 07:42:56 PM

Quote from: clankenstein on May 09, 2013, 02:55:43 PM
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 · May 09, 2013, 08:04:40 PM

Quote from: Grog on May 09, 2013, 07:37:45 PM
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 · May 10, 2013, 03:40:10 PM

Quote from: Grog on May 09, 2013, 05:21:40 AM
... They must have used the lighter mahogany ...

Helium chambered...?

Grog · May 13, 2013, 08:14:55 PM

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 · May 17, 2013, 10:37:30 PM

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