Serious question: How do you play a Les Paul?

[duhvoodooman***]

....An older lady in the congregation gave him this beautiful Les Paul that had just been sitting in her attic.

He might want to have that guitar looked at by someone who knows their stuff. From what I've read, between 1958 and 1960, a total of roughly 1600 "Bursts" were produced, of which somewhere around half have been accounted for. And the question of how many are still out there waiting to be discovered is often couched in terms of these missing guitars "collecting dust in somebody's attic." So while it's a total long-shot, a Burst of that vintage in decent/unmodified shape is worth at least $100K and many are worth much more. Just sayin'....

[marnold***]

He might want to have that guitar looked at by someone who knows their stuff. From what I've read, between 1958 and 1960, a total of roughly 1600 "Bursts" were produced, of which somewhere around half have been accounted for. And the question of how many are still out there waiting to be discovered is often couched in terms of these missing guitars "collecting dust in somebody's attic." So while it's a total long-shot, a Burst of that vintage in decent/unmodified shape is worth at least $100K and many are worth much more. Just sayin'....

I suggested the same thing. I don't know if he took my advice or not. I'll look and see if I still have the picture.