Musical Santa Claus Came Early!

[Ron Earp]

Santa Claus came a bit early this year and brought me a Gibson Les Paul Custom, early 70s model. I've been looking at electrics on and off for about a year and Jeff found this one for me and convinced me I should get it. So a bunch of benjamins later it is a Merry Christmas to me present!

I'm pretty excited about it! The local Les Paul expert says it plays extremely well, although I'm still too much of a hack to really know the difference. Maybe over 2008 I can better my guitar skills, or at least quit making the cat run and hide!

 

[Rob]

Cool..
Boy you're quite the multi faceted guy.... do you cook too?

 

[Ron Earp]

As a matter of fact I do!

Today for our Xmas dinner we're having grilled KC strip steaks, panned and grilled shrimp, twice baked potatoes, some homemade rice pilaf, mixed vegetables, and a bunch of other stuff. I can't take credit for all of that though, just the good stuff!

Can't take credit for playing much guitar either!

 

[Chris Kouba]

NICE Ron!

I had a 1980 custom just like that (got stolen though) with uncovered humbuckers in both slots. That bridge PU was a SCREAMER! Looks like you've got a great combination there.

I still have two Pauls- a gold top and a sunburst- and love them dearly but if you ever get a chance to play a Guild Bluesbird, I HIGHLY recommend them. I discovered them basically by accident and they are fantastic. I added a Bigsby to an otherwise gorgeous stock guitar and LOVE it. I was totally a Gibson dork until I played one and think the world of it (read: casually looking for a second one).

Merry Christmas indeed. Rock on!

First pic is off the net, second is mine (I'm in the hat on left):