Les Paul Studios (again)

[JD01]

Still looking at them fairly often but for a while none caught my eye, they were always the red dyed ones made in the last 10 years... a few more slightly older ones have started popping up along with this.

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/224565562386 ... Sw30phBqiS

It seems that they're basically worth about 700 quid all day so I'll have no trouble getting my money back out of it if I don't like it.

[rayc]

Any guarantee it's not a Chibson? I'm very wary of ebay these days.

[Greg_L]

The people that make Chibsons don't bother with copying Studios. They usually counterfeit the higher end stuff.

I'm sure one probably exists somewhere but I've never seen a Chibson Les Paul Studio.

[JD01]

The people that make Chibsons don't bother with copying Studios. They usually counterfeit the higher end stuff.

I'm sure one probably exists somewhere but I've never seen a Chibson Les Paul Studio.

Yeah. Cloning a cheap, readily available, model would be an odd thing to do. I think the Les Paul studio is an itch I may need to scratch.

[Greg_L]

Yeah. Cloning a cheap, readily available, model would be an odd thing to do. I think the Les Paul studio is an itch I may need to scratch.

I think for the same money or maybe just a touch more you could find a nice 90s Studio with an Ebony board and trapezoid inlays and original case and pickups.

[JD01]

Yeah. Cloning a cheap, readily available, model would be an odd thing to do. I think the Les Paul studio is an itch I may need to scratch.

I think for the same money or maybe just a touch more you could find a nice 90s Studio with an Ebony board and trapezoid inlays and original case and pickups.

You think that one is a bit over priced for one that's been messed about with?

[Greg_L]

You think that one is a bit over priced for one that's been messed about with?

No not really. If it is indeed from the 80s that's not a bad price. But it has been fiddled with and that pretty much negates any "vintage" value it might have now or in the future. Non-original case that doesn't really fit well, non-original mystery pickups, non-original tuners. And inlays don't really matter, but Les Pauls are just more Les Paul with the big inlays. And, like I said, Ebony fretboards are a very common option on a lot of Studios. You could find one in the same money ballpark that's probably better.

[JD01]

Cheers, mate. Tidy advice.