How many 59 les pauls were made

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On the other hand, quite a few people and people with money to spend want a Burst from But how rare? Gibson has various sets of records from this period.

I have seen the shelf in the dusty closet. But I have also seen the gap where the book for this period should be—the book in which the factory workers logged details of models shipped and their serial numbers, ordered by date.

These day books, as Gibson called them, end with one that covers the period up to June 30, The one after that, the one that would cover the Bursts, is missing and presumed lost. Frustrating is one word for it. For , the entry shows ; for , ; and for , There are two overlaps in those numbers, one at the start and one at the end. So, in the absence of the missing day book, we have to take a couple of guesses. Messages 2, I've always suspected that there are more '59s in existance now then were built in ' I know a lot have gone to collectors outside of the US.

I'm sure quite a few never survived, and there are sure to be more undiscovered in closets and attics. Shnook Silver Supporting Member. Messages 4, I believe there are about that are not accounted for. Blue Strat Member. Messages 30, I was lucky enough to run into about 20 of them at a collector's home in Houston a while back.

Even got to play them! What a humbling experience. I read something somewhere that of the 2, or so that were made, 4, have been accounted for. Peppy Member. Messages 6, How many left? In good shape? I hear that cash register ringing. Messages 13, The Grover Rotomatics now on the guitar were fitted around the time Mike Gooch took ownership of the guitar but additional offset screwholes suggest a third set was fitted between the Klusons and the current machineheads.

Jamie Dickson is Editor-in-Chief of Guitarist magazine, Britain's best-selling and longest-running monthly for guitar players. He joined Guitarist in and since then it has been his privilege to interview everyone from B. King to St. Vincent for Guitarist 's readers, while sharing insights into scores of historic guitars, from Rory Gallagher's '61 Strat to the first Martin D ever made.

Guitar World. Image 1 of 4. Now, Gibson is seeking to reclaim its history. Anybody who thinks they have a qualifying item can email 59Ledger gibson. The company prototyped the guitar in in tandem with the Flying V and Explorer but did not put it into production until Billy Gibbons of ZZ Top has claimed to own an original, but has never allowed anyone to photograph or inspect it for authenticity. Meanwhile, the nitrocellulose lacquer used to set the neck to the body evaporates over time, turning the guitar into one long tuning fork with tonal qualities that evolve with age.

So when you put that all together, it's no wonder why the values are large fractions of a million dollars for originals. Nielsen still has the receipt for the Les Paul sold to Jeff Beck. Nielsen in with his burgeoning guitar collection, including several Gibson Les Pauls.