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  • Fishboy7Fishboy7 Frets: 1965
    And the finish appears to consist of bird saliva...... I have a big chunk missing on the headsock where I leaned it gently against a wall plus 2 or 3 other spots from light playing.........  and I've broke the pickguard and lost the medallion .

    Lucky its only a £3.5k R9 not a £5.8k R9..... 
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  • Philly_QPhilly_Q Frets: 20197
    Fishboy7 said:
    I'm not sure I buy into the lighter = better thing with les pauls. Some of the really, really light ones I've tried actually sounded pretty crappy, likewise there are plenty of 11 or 12 pound customs that sound like Armageddon. 
    Fishboy7 said:
    And the finish appears to consist of bird saliva...... I have a big chunk missing on the headsock where I leaned it gently against a wall plus 2 or 3 other spots from light playing.........  and I've broke the pickguard and lost the medallion .

    Lucky its only a £3.5k R9 not a £5.8k R9..... 
    Okay, I've figured it out.  You are Wreck-It Ralph.  ;)

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  • dbphotodbphoto Frets: 716
    dbphoto said:
    One really anal thing I have noticed on mine is that on some of the saddles the slot is off centre?
    That's deliberate, don't worry about it - Collings do that as a matter of course, for example
    Why is that then?  I have never seen it on any guitar with a TOM bridge that I have owned, and I know it's a completely different beast, but my office Gibson has them centred?


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  • TwinfanTwinfan Frets: 1624
    ellwood said:

    Thank you! Mind now at ease...
    Not sure why it was an issue?  If they got it wrong at the factory it's easily flipped back if you want it that way.  I'm not bothered which way round any of them are as long as the intonation is correct  :)
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  • pmbombpmbomb Frets: 1169
    @dbphoto BFG fist bump.




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  • AdamskiAdamski Frets: 1271
    The light isn't great so you'll have to wait until the weekend for the real glamour shoot but here she is......





    £2499. Unbelievable. I am in amazement at how it plays. I've had a troubled past with Lesters, either getting some that were the right playability (I like specifically the '59 shape) but too heavy or not right at all, or too modern sounding or perfect in every way other than the finish.... but finally, finally i can say I've got my perfect Les Paul. 

    I think this one's a keeper. 
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  • mortmort Frets: 709
    Dibs
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  • Philly_QPhilly_Q Frets: 20197
    ^ That's a particularly nice colour and top.
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  • TwinfanTwinfan Frets: 1624
    Stunning - can't believe that was an R8!

    Did you get first dibs from a batch or something?
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  • Fifty9Fifty9 Frets: 459
    edited September 2018
    Adamski said:
    The light isn't great so you'll have to wait until the weekend for the real glamour shoot but here she is......


    £2499. Unbelievable. I am in amazement at how it plays. I've had a troubled past with Lesters, either getting some that were the right playability (I like specifically the '59 shape) but too heavy or not right at all, or too modern sounding or perfect in every way other than the finish.... but finally, finally i can say I've got my perfect Les Paul. 

    I think this one's a keeper. 

    Beauty! So that centre line doesn’t make you want to return it then?
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  • teradaterada Frets: 5113
    Ok, after seeing that I am broken
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  • teradaterada Frets: 5113
    If you EVER want to move it on, please let me know
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  • Adamski said:
    The light isn't great so you'll have to wait until the weekend for the real glamour shoot but here she is......





    £2499. Unbelievable. I am in amazement at how it plays. I've had a troubled past with Lesters, either getting some that were the right playability (I like specifically the '59 shape) but too heavy or not right at all, or too modern sounding or perfect in every way other than the finish.... but finally, finally i can say I've got my perfect Les Paul. 

    I think this one's a keeper. 
    Absolutely revolting. I’ll do you a favour though mate and take it off your hands for £13.50. Can’t say fairer than that
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  • terada said:
    If you EVER want to move it on, please let me know
    I’ve beaten you to first dibs on that I’m afraid! :-) 
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  • teradaterada Frets: 5113
    terada said:
    If you EVER want to move it on, please let me know
    I’ve beaten you to first dibs on that I’m afraid! :-) 
    Fairs fair - but I'm claiming second in line!
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  • AdamskiAdamski Frets: 1271
    Fifty9 said:

    Beauty! So that centre line doesn’t make you want to return it then?
    I did consider chopping it up for firewood at first but then I thought I could learn to see past the centre line and find the beauty within......
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  • @Adamski that is very pretty. What does it weigh?
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  • AdamskiAdamski Frets: 1271
    @Adamski that is very pretty. What does it weigh?
    8.7lbs 

    not the lightest here but by no means heavy. 
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  • Adamski said:
    The light isn't great so you'll have to wait until the weekend for the real glamour shoot but here she is......





    £2499. Unbelievable. I am in amazement at how it plays. I've had a troubled past with Lesters, either getting some that were the right playability (I like specifically the '59 shape) but too heavy or not right at all, or too modern sounding or perfect in every way other than the finish.... but finally, finally i can say I've got my perfect Les Paul. 

    I think this one's a keeper. 
    The most figured top of the R8’s. No argument.

    I can’t believe that one! 

    Well done. 
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  • teradaterada Frets: 5113
    Adamski said:
    @Adamski that is very pretty. What does it weigh?
    8.7lbs 

    not the lightest here but by no means heavy. 
    I'll give you a thunderbirds key ring, two fruit salads and a sherbet double dip for it
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  • AdamskiAdamski Frets: 1271
    terada said

    I'll give you a thunderbirds key ring, two fruit salads and a sherbet double dip for it
    I do like Sherbert dips.......
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  • Adamski said:
    @Adamski that is very pretty. What does it weigh?
    8.7lbs 

    not the lightest here but by no means heavy. 
    Here’s the thing.

    One month ago, any conversation about a historic weighing 8lbs 7oz might have called it “lightweight”. This batch have pushed the bar in terms of accepted wisdom and weights. Not many have been over 9 lbs, and that’s the weight I used to aim for, or slightly under if possible. 
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  • 84 pages of happiness, destroyed by Adamski. 

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  • teradaterada Frets: 5113
    Ossyrocks said:
    Adamski said:
    @Adamski that is very pretty. What does it weigh?
    8.7lbs 

    not the lightest here but by no means heavy. 
    Here’s the thing.

    One month ago, any conversation about a historic weighing 8lbs 7oz might have called it “lightweight”. This batch have pushed the bar in terms of accepted wisdom and weights. Not many have been over 9 lbs, and that’s the weight I used to aim for, or slightly under if possible. 
    This is so true, I was so chuffed to get a 9lb 2014 R8. It sounded great and was lighter than any non weight relieved body I'd played prior.




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  • AdamskiAdamski Frets: 1271
    CloudNine said:
    84 pages of happiness, destroyed by Adamski. 

    It had to end sometime. *drops mic. 

    I honestly think a lot of the plain tops displayed here are just as nice! We’ve all been very lucky and actually it’s been even nicer sharing it all, it’s what’s made an already special purchase even better. 
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  • teradaterada Frets: 5113
    Adamski said:
    CloudNine said:
    84 pages of happiness, destroyed by Adamski. 

    It had to end sometime. *drops mic. 

    I honestly think a lot of the plain tops displayed here are just as nice! We’ve all been very lucky and actually it’s been even nicer sharing it all, it’s what’s made an already special purchase even better. 
    Completely agree with this. I've really enjoyed sharing in the collective NGMonth. Been a bit of a forum guitar month in fairness. Cracking les pauls all around, each with their own character.


    And I'm glad that these deals seem to have mostly gone to people that take great pleasure from guitars, rather than scalpers etc.
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  • Adamski said:
    CloudNine said:
    84 pages of happiness, destroyed by Adamski. 

    It had to end sometime. *drops mic. 

    I honestly think a lot of the plain tops displayed here are just as nice! We’ve all been very lucky and actually it’s been even nicer sharing it all, it’s what’s made an already special purchase even better. 
    That's just a lovely thing to say man. Total bullshit, but you said it, and that makes you a good person. I bet you're really nice with old people too eh? 'Lovely boy that Adamski is'.
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  • AdamskiAdamski Frets: 1271
    CloudNine said:
    Adamski said:
    CloudNine said:
    84 pages of happiness, destroyed by Adamski. 

    It had to end sometime. *drops mic. 

    I honestly think a lot of the plain tops displayed here are just as nice! We’ve all been very lucky and actually it’s been even nicer sharing it all, it’s what’s made an already special purchase even better. 
    That's just a lovely thing to say man. Total bullshit, but you said it, and that makes you a good person. I bet you're really nice with old people too eh? 'Lovely boy that Adamski is'.
    I’m not gonna lie, they bloody love me. I reckon I’ve been written in to at least 10 strangers wills....
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  • Adamski said:
    CloudNine said:
    Adamski said:
    CloudNine said:
    84 pages of happiness, destroyed by Adamski. 

    It had to end sometime. *drops mic. 

    I honestly think a lot of the plain tops displayed here are just as nice! We’ve all been very lucky and actually it’s been even nicer sharing it all, it’s what’s made an already special purchase even better. 
    That's just a lovely thing to say man. Total bullshit, but you said it, and that makes you a good person. I bet you're really nice with old people too eh? 'Lovely boy that Adamski is'.
    I’m not gonna lie, they bloody love me. I reckon I’ve been written in to at least 10 strangers wills....
    No, the reason they love you is cos you smell like piss and Werthers Originals
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  • robertyroberty Frets: 10231
    edited September 2018
    dbphoto said:
    dbphoto said:
    One really anal thing I have noticed on mine is that on some of the saddles the slot is off centre?
    That's deliberate, don't worry about it - Collings do that as a matter of course, for example
    Why is that then?  I have never seen it on any guitar with a TOM bridge that I have owned, and I know it's a completely different beast, but my office Gibson has them centred?


    That's a Nashville bridge, the travel is further therefore no need to reverse saddles

    The historic bridges are ABR-1. They screw directly into the body (no bushings). The screws protrude on the ABR-1, so the bridge is rotated 180 degrees with the screws facing out to allow the strings to clear
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