![]() ![]() Set-Neck Memphis Les Paul - built before 1988 were built by Matsumoku of Japan. Memphis guitars came from two places as far as I know:ġ. ![]() Now I’m not saying Gibson sued Matsumoto directly, but this is certainly a ‘law suit’ type guitar. I guess what becomes apparent is this company marketed cheap beginner guitars (I paid $125 new out the door at a music store in Walnut Creek, California around 1982) and instruments of such a high quality they forced a company like Gibson to sue them. I really have taken a shine to this guitar.īecause I’ve had these things for forty years, off and on obviously, somehow I developed some at least psychological attachment to the company and always thought about the duplicity of my first guitar vs. It needs a ton of work, much of which I’ve already done, but its heavy and such high quality, it really feels like its right up there with my Gibsons. It even has the sandwich body of the eighties Gibsons. Maple cap, fifties style neck (no volute) and a dead on copy of a real Les Paul. Don’t waste your money, they weren’t quality when they were new and age has not increased their construction or quality of materials no matter what any one says.įast forward to a couple weeks ago and Mike brings by a Memphis Les Paul set neck, mahogany body beauty with a pearl inlay headstock in tobacco sunburst. I’ve seen these on eBay for upwards of $400. It had the cheap painted on gold logo on the headstock. My buddy Mike had a Memphis natural blond strat copy that was really nice, so I always wondered why the Les Paul was such a pile of garbage. I had a really crappy Memphis bolt-on neck Les Paul copy in eighth grade as a first guitar and got rid of it quickly. ![]()
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