General Music Chat

It's a les paul, you can tell by the inlay on the headstock and the "moustache" style top of the headstock. Classic gibson.

But what about the cutaway...too rounded for a Les Paul, no?

Dax,

Click on the link that Mike posted, and all will become clear!
It's an old interview with the man himself, an he discusses that very Les Paul.

Howlin'

Dax,

Click on the link that Mike posted, and all will become clear!
It's an old interview with the man himself, an he discusses that very Les Paul.

Howlin'

Yep...I didn't read far enough before throwing my 2 cents in

Yep. They made history with that one. Came out around the same time as Edgar Winter's "Frankenstein," & it was the 1st time there were ever 2 instrumentals on the top 10 list in the same year. In fact, it was the only time, if I'm not mistaken.

I was obsessed by both tunes when they came out.

Had a bud in the 70's had a real sweet Paul. Been a long time ago and lots of dope under the bridge but me thinks he said it was a 60's custom.
or classic? Very simular to the guitar in question.

Here is another excerpt from an interview he did with a guitar magazine awhile back about that same customized Les Paul.


"You do seem to be associated with the black Les Paul Custom.

Yes, but I can play just as easily on a Fender Telecaster Thinline or a Gretsch White Falcon. I got my original black Les Paul when I joined Focus, and I put a Gretsch pickup in the neck position, probably wired out of phase. Unfortunately, it got wrecked in 1974. My favorite guitar is still an early-’70s Les Paul Personal that was modified by Paul Hamer, who put a tiger-stripe maple top on it and replaced the original low-impedance pick-ups with old humbuckers."