A bit of Les Paul.

[Eagle]

Murphy painted super light.
What’s not to like.

This really is far better than the original.
Obviously not the heritage but it sounds beautiful.

 

[Eagle]

These really are as good as is gets.

 

[DrewJD82]

Not that I’ll ever pay the kind of money for one, but that’s badass!

 

[Fireproof]

Ahh - that’s amazing. Love it!

 

[Eagle]

Not that I’ll ever pay the kind of money for one, but that’s badass!

Not mine unfortunately.

 

[DrewJD82]

Not mine unfortunately.

You at least get to spend some time really getting to know it, though. The older I get the more I realize that sometimes it’s better to experience a little bit of something rather than existing with it for years, for a myriad of reasons.

 

[Eagle]

You at least get to spend some time really getting to know it, though. The older I get the more I realize that sometimes it’s better to experience a little bit of something rather than existing with it for years, for a myriad of reasons.

Yes and it helps me not to buy more gear.

 

[DrewJD82]

Yes and it helps me not to buy more gear.

And keeps me single.

 

[spawnofthesith]

Breathtaking

 

[Eagle]

Just finished the pickup swap.

 

[State of Epicicity]

Just finished the pickup swap.

What's coming out and what's going in?

 

[Eagle]

9k paf style Arcanes are going in and the originals are going in storage.

 

[paisleywookiee]

Serious question, not being snarky (even though I'm not a big fan of LP's): are they doing any models with pre-broken headstocks, for both authenticity as well as strengthening? I heard rumors of it, but I can never tell when someone's just being a smartass.

 

[Eagle]

Serious question, not being snarky (even though I'm not a big fan of LP's): are they doing any models with pre-broken headstocks, for both authenticity as well as strengthening? I heard rumors of it, but I can never tell when someone's just being a smartass.

No and I don't think a well repaired clean break sounds any different. You only get differences starting to occur when you have to splice in splines.
Clean breaks don't usually need them.

 

[Eagle]

Here’s one I did a while ago.

Limited edition R0
Nice clean break when it arrived.
And afterwards;

A bit of a line is all that is visible;

Didn’t want to go any more opaque with the cherry nitro.
This is a money no object repair so a lot of carful spray work. Often people just want function and don’t want to pay for the cosmetics.

 

[paisleywookiee]

very nice work!