Gibson / Les Paul Custom / 1973 / Guitar
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This 1973 Les Paul Black Beauty still has the mahogany neck, albeit three piece. For my ears, and I admit it's just my own opinion, a Les Paul needs a mahogany neck. I know Mike Ness from Social Distortion favors the maple neck, and Pete Townsend certainly used them, but for the big fat quintessential Les Paul tone you need mahogany.
This Custom has been owed by the same guy since new; not a pro, it was mainly used around the house, and well taken care of. Only change a good fret job, as the guy didn't like the 'fretless wonder' frets, and reflector knobs instead of the original witches' hat knobs.
Comes with a nice hard shell case, which has a blue interior, so I don't think is original...
Chelsea Guitars, USA 
If you love old, classic guitars you owe it to yourself to check this place out. The place is tiny; basically what you see in the display window is most of what they got. Go inside and it's like dropping in to a friend's apartment, albeit a tiny apt. But it's cool; Dan and whoever else is there are just hanging out. If you need help, they're glad to do it but if you just want to hang, they'll give you space. They let me put a lot of time in with the guitar that I eventually bought and also let me play an incredibly expensive guitar just so I could see what it felt like.
But what I really like is that they're just regular, no BS kinda people who obviously love old guitars for their character. Some of what they've got is collector-level expensive but I bought an awesome Japanese tele copy at a really reasonable price. So whatever
We are also home of the Chelsea Hotelecaster - Telecasters made out of civil war era pine from the legendary Chelsea hotel NYC. Made by our resident luthier Dean Gordon.
More info at https://www.deangordonguitars.com/
chelseaguitars@gmail.com
Phone +1 (212) 675-4993
Address 220 W 23rd St, New York, NY, 10011-2301
chelseaguitars@gmail.com
Phone +1 (212) 675-4993
Address 220 W 23rd St, New York, NY, 10011-2301
5-10% restocking fees apply to our sales.
