While in Gatlinburg we stopped at a place called Music Outlet in Sevierville. We passed by it for the last two years but they were always closed (Sunday) We made a trip out today to hit the Lodgeware store and this place. I was met at the door by 2 labs, a golden named Hank and a chocolate by the name of Tracey. The smell of leather and wood was everywhere. Dulcimers, violins, autoharps, mandolins, and more acoustics as far as the eye could see... The electric section was about 1/5th of the shop. It was for the most part a Country music shop. I wandered around for a bit, got schooled by a 9yo on the Mandolin(kid had some killer chops), played a rather nice tele that looked interesting with a P90 in the neck and was ready to leave. I asked for the bathroom and was pointed by towards the PA gear. As I went back there I saw a tobacco burst LP on the wall that caught my eye.
(http://i.imgur.com/UEsK8EAl.jpg) (http://imgur.com/UEsK8EA)
I'm freaking stoked. I *do* love me some Les Pauls. I occasionally enjoy wandering into Jimilee's territory. This one had about 7 years of dust on it when I picked it up. It's still brand new. The plastic is on the pickguard. Inspection sticker is on the headstock, and they have all the stuff to register it with epiphone for warrantee. Yes those are pedal steel guitars in the background. They don't even HAVE the needed strings to restring it. This was a guitar that had no earthly business being there. When my wife found me she asked only two questions,
1) Is that a 7 string Les Paul ?!? (She was as shocked as I was...)
2) Have you paid for it yet, there's some cool leather straps I want you to look at.
The shop guy and I haggled only briefly. This guitar hadn't made him any money since 2000, most likely wasn't going to, and I was willing to put cold hard cash in his hand. I paid, we shook, it's a done deal. They're gonna clean it up, set it up, and have it ready for me when we pass by on our way back next Friday. I'll have better pictures next weekend. I didn't want to take it to a cabin in Asheville, NC then back to Cincinnati a week later, but then I didn't want to leave it either... but common sense prevailed.
New Seven String Les Paul Day!!!
Heck man, I don't even know what to do with the six strings I have... ::)
That's a nice catch for sure! Congrats on a new baby!
Never saw one of those!
Josh
Wow. Not likely you're ever going to see another one in a shop, good stroke of luck there for you :)
Very cool find! I've never seen one of those before either.
Nice grab! My buddy with who i recorded couple pedal clips (those with skills lulz) have one exactly like that. I'm a long time 7 string guitar player and does, do deliver the goods.
If you really dig into it, you'll probably end up needing to re-pup it, the Low B tends to sound Tuba-ish with the stocks one, but still nice to start of.
Congrats!
Nice score!!
Thanks all! I'm really stoked about it, I'm also really bummed it's not with me. But this week there's trails to be hiked, breweries to invade, good food to eat, and friends to share it all with. Guitar playing can wait until next week.
AlanP - exactly. I've only seen these on ebay used and abused (for what I just paid for it) or in pristine condition asking MSRP.
Muddyfox: Until I had one, I said the same thing. You get one, and you learn your way around it.
Lee, Lincolnic, Josh: 1 year production guitar, flopped because it wasn't black, and had a Les Paul neck profile.
Rej: You gots PM.
Quote from: Clayford on May 18, 2014, 12:46:45 PM
Thanks all! I'm really stoked about it, I'm also really bummed it's not with me. But this week there's trails to be hiked, breweries to invade, good food to eat, and friends to share it all with. Guitar playing can wait until tomorrow.
Awesome find Clayford. On a side note I LOVE Asheville. Have done a lot of mountain biking and hiking in the Brevard area (Pisgah Nat. Forest, etc.). Got to get back there soon.
Quote from: pryde on May 18, 2014, 01:03:29 PM
Quote from: Clayford on May 18, 2014, 12:46:45 PM
Thanks all! I'm really stoked about it, I'm also really bummed it's not with me. But this week there's trails to be hiked, breweries to invade, good food to eat, and friends to share it all with. Guitar playing can wait until tomorrow.
Awesome find Clayford. On a side note I LOVE Asheville. Have done a lot of mountain biking and hiking in the Brevard area (Pisgah Nat. Forest, etc.). Got to get back there soon.
;D Guess where we're going tomorrow ;D
Leaving Gatlinburg today after finishing up some touristy crap(shopping) and headed to Asheville. I think dinner at Luella's tonight then we're off to the Pisgah National Forest tomorrow! I wish I was in shape enough to mountain bike, but I'm not... But that's ok I'll walk it. We're there through Friday morning.
Quote from: Clayford on May 18, 2014, 01:16:32 PM
Quote from: pryde on May 18, 2014, 01:03:29 PM
Quote from: Clayford on May 18, 2014, 12:46:45 PM
Thanks all! I'm really stoked about it, I'm also really bummed it's not with me. But this week there's trails to be hiked, breweries to invade, good food to eat, and friends to share it all with. Guitar playing can wait until tomorrow.
Dupont State Forest is also great hiking if you haven't been. "Last of the Mohicans" filmed there with some killer waterfalls and rock formations as well. Have a great time.
Awesome find Clayford. On a side note I LOVE Asheville. Have done a lot of mountain biking and hiking in the Brevard area (Pisgah Nat. Forest, etc.). Got to get back there soon.
;D Guess where we're going tomorrow ;D
Leaving Gatlinburg today after finishing up some touristy crap(shopping) and headed to Asheville. I think dinner at Luella's tonight then we're off to the Pisgah National Forest tomorrow! I wish I was in shape enough to mountain bike, but I'm not... But that's ok I'll walk it. We're there through Friday morning.
Never seen a 7 string Paul. Looks awesome.
Cody
Congrats on the guitar! Enjoy Asheville, it is a great town. I live about a half hour west of it and can recommend a couple of music gear shops in town if have the time. Sherwoods and Axis Guitars are both on Patton in downtown and have some great stuff. The Moog factory tour is available during the week and I think Make Noise Synths will let you drop by. Black Out Effectors has a showroom close to downtown and they host bands there as well. Have fun!
Quote from: sonarchotic on May 19, 2014, 02:00:18 AM
Congrats on the guitar! Enjoy Asheville, it is a great town. I live about a half hour west of it and can recommend a couple of music gear shops in town if have the time. Sherwoods and Axis Guitars are both on Patton in downtown and have some great stuff. The Moog factory tour is available during the week and I think Make Noise Synths will let you drop by. Black Out Effectors has a showroom close to downtown and they host bands there as well. Have fun!
THIS. Thank you. We only knew about the Moog tour. We stopped into Sherwoods last year and I ALMOST came home with a Green Flake Gretch Jet, but I was not willing to pay what they were asking. Would be funny if it was still there...
As an aside, I have ordered a set of ZEBRA Crunch Lab and Liquifires to go in this beauty. This will be a classy looking guitar that will push tubes into singing.
Asheville is cool, and one of my best friends just got a job there, so we will be down there more.
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Whoa. I didn't know such a creature existed. :o
I've seen a couple of these. Working in the music store certainly made that happen a bit easier. Nice score Clayford!! What kind of awesomeness do you intend on shredding? I would take Rej's advice on the pick-ups. The low B does tend to gum up. Some Duncan's or DiMarzio's should do the trick.
Quote from: flanagan0718 on May 19, 2014, 12:54:49 PM
I've seen a couple of these. Working in the music store certainly made that happen a bit easier. Nice score Clayford!! What kind of awesomeness do you intend on shredding? I would take Rej's advice on the pick-ups. The low B does tend to gum up. Some Duncan's or DiMarzio's should do the trick.
Quote from: Clayford on May 19, 2014, 02:22:15 AM
As an aside, I have ordered a set of ZEBRA Crunch Lab and Liquifires to go in this beauty. This will be a classy looking guitar that will push tubes into singing.
I've yet to hear a stock 7/8 string pup that qualified as ok, unless you're getting into $2k+ models, even then it's a crap shoot, and you have to hope it doesn't come routed for those god awful EMG soapbars. Mr. Duncan however has solved that problem for us. Even $60 hexbuckers are an improvement over most stock 7 pups. I don't normally like DiMarzios but they nailed it just right with the CL/LF for me. Kinda like a JB and a Jazz or a JB and a '59 for a 6 string.
CL/LF 7's in Zebra(gonna keep it classy, and hide the thrashy) are ordered and on the way as of Monday. What am I shredding? Mostly originals, though God of Thunder and NIB *do* sound pretty effin awesome all the way down on a B, not that KISS or Sabbath ever needed help being heavy...
Off to play in the woods! See some rocks and falls.
I'd love to play one of those old 7 string Jazz boxes. What's really interesting is that 7 strings were super popular back in the 50's and 60's for Jazz players, and then they sorta died out for a while before being resurrected by Korn and the like.
Never really played one, but since Metal isn't my thing, I've never seen a 7 string guitar I might own, including that Epi. But I bet it's lots of fun.
Jacob