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Topic: Les Paul #1 Prototype Up For Auction |
Jim Fogle
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North Carolina, Winston-Salem, USA
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Posted 10 Oct 2021 7:23 am |
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If you have a spare $100,000 - $150,000 on hand you might enjoy owning the first Gibson Les Paul ever manufactured.
The official Christie's auction webpage is labeled "A SOLID-BODY ELECTRIC GUITAR KNOWN AS NUMBER ONE LES PAUL MODEL ARTIST'S PROTOTYPE". Believe it or not the webpage has a lot of good reading. https://www.christies.com/lot/lot-6338680?ldp_breadcrumb=back&intObjectID=6338680&from=salessummary&lid=1
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Jack Hanson
From:
San Luis Valley, USA
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Posted 14 Oct 2021 3:41 pm
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| More like $930,000. Plus. |
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Bill Sinclair
From:
Waynesboro, PA, USA
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Posted 15 Oct 2021 6:17 am
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| Yoiks! Somebody wanted that guitar really bad. Looks like it included one of Les Paul's Ampex console tape recorders and the bar stool he used during his stint at Fat Tuesdays. |
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Dan Kelly
From:
Boston, MA
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Posted 15 Oct 2021 7:39 am
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Yeah, I quit bidding somewhere around $835,000... It needed a fret job and the the pots were a little scratchy! 
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George Piburn
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The Land of Enchantment New Mexico
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Posted 2 Nov 2021 8:44 am Gibson on the Head ?
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In my limited understanding, Gibson refused to put a Gibson Logo on the first Les Paul's.
Somewhere it is written that the conversation included , "What are we going to call this thing?", and the answer was Les Paul.
Am I Correct?
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