It took too many years of searching and deliberating, but I finally pulled the trigger and couldn’t be more pissed that I didn’t do it sooner. This thing is a beast. Nicknamed by its previous owner “Ronson” after the late under-acclaimed guitarist and collaborator of David Bowie’s Ziggy Stardust years (among other things) because of the natural wood finish, this guitar is a 1981 Les Paul Custom. All stock except the professional refret job by the Gibson custom shop in Nashville. Sick.
Mick Ronson in 1973 as one of the “Spiders from Mars” with his similar Les Paul Custom:
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[...] had my eye on this combo in the shop since I bought my Les Paul Custom in June. I kept to the idea that if it was still in the shop in the new year, it was meant to be. [...]
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