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Yuh. You asked for it - I give it to you.

It's the Holy Grail for MIJ Lester peoples - an Orville by Gibson '59 Reissue series. Only made in '93-'94 @ FujiGen, the LPS-59R was 125,000Y new & featured a nitro finish, top quality woods, SOLID maple top, fret edge binding, blank 2-screw truss rod cover, correct angle headstock, THICK '50s neck, US-made Gibson PAFs & all the other best goodies they could come up with. Maybe the best Japanese copy of a '59 evar & deff. the best guitar I've personally played. Mine has a nice amount of regular wear & has obviously been played regularly since new. Frets will probably start giving me issues in a few years - someone before me REALLY liked bendy stuff on the tiny strings above the 12th fret. Love how all the nickel hardware has aged, so, so, so hot. Also, its Man-Heavy. Like, heavy enough to bother some folks. I think its in excess of 11lbs. And its a plain-top, which seems pretty rare from what I've seen on the Japanese LP forums, etc. And I like plain tops.

Pix:

super sex. how long have you had it?

That is drop-dead gorgeous. The grain on the top is perfect, and exactly what I wish my LP looked like. That's EXACTLY how I like them to look, 58-60 RIs and the like being my favorites but usually seeing them with much flamier tops.

These are great pics, thanks very much. First shot makes me droooool.

I really like that.

Had it maybe ~6mos.

Some friends on another forum posted the auction on eBay w/ all the specs & stuff (I was clueless other than a vague awareness of the popularity of brands like Tokai, Edwards, Orville, Greko, etc.) I checked out the auction b/c I was bored - buying a new guitar was the LAST thing on my mind. The B-I-N price was ~ 1/2 of fair market value & the auction had just gone up. The guy had posted pix of a slight crack in the nitro on the heel of the neck - the sort of thing you see all the time on an older set-neck nitro guitar - and had lowered the price accordingly.

I couldn't help myself. Hadn't had a Les Paul in over 10yrs. Very happy w/ my Fenders. Had NO extra money. Hit buy-it-now, put it on a credit card, sold some really nice pedals & my Tiny Terror to pay back the card. Will never look back. This guitar is SO much better than I deserve. All my guitars, but ESPECIALLY this one.

bonared.

If this was TGP I'd post the little drooly-face emoticon.

Lovely lovely guitar. I like plain tops so much more.

Lovely, especially with all that vintage spec detail! I myself have had a very good experience with the quality coming from the Orvilles I've handled.

A bit less on the mojo, but Edwards' current Jimmy Pagesque LP comes to mind.

cool. i like the color. the less red in the burst, the better.
i've been coveting this tokai for a long time now:

drasp wrote:

super classy!

But this is in the wrong forum. Are we putting Gibsons in the shortscale section now?

good point!

I actually love this guitar.


WTF.

Mike wrote:I actually love this guitar.

And Mezz is listening to The Anix.

We're fucked.

Mike wrote:I actually love this guitar.


WTF.

Who are you and what have you done with our captain salty britches.

Mike wrote:I actually love this guitar.


WTF.

LPs, tubescreamers and there was talk of a blues junior at doogfest.

i scared.

Me too. I dunno What Happen?

I am thinking seriously about selling the Tiny Terror.