Comments on: Sunburst and unburst Les Pauls from the late 50ies

By: JT

JT — Sun, 18 Sep 2011 01:36:40 +0000

OK – let me correct the date for #9 0006. I’ve also emailed to Stanislav’s website. It’s not an ’84 or a ’79 – it’s an ’83. Gibson first “officially” started making LP reissues in 1983 (before this they had made special reissue runs for different music stores – Strings and Things, Leo’s, Guitar Trader). The Gibson reissues were officially named the Flametop ’59 Reissue. The very first run of them had serial numbers coded “9 xxxx” and after that they switched to a “Y xxxx” format, with Y being equal to the last character of the year produced. So, to be an ’84, it would be 4 xxxx. I own #9 0004 and it dates to about the second week of June, 1983, and has been verified by Gibson. I hope this helps correct a common misconception about Mark’s #9 0006.

By: Stanislav Petrov

Stanislav Petrov — Sun, 11 Oct 2009 07:34:40 +0000

Hello Ingo. Thanks for your blog and old website. But now I’m trying to make a update of our guitars section at our website and I had my “private investigation” about Mark’s Les Paul. There are a lot wrong information. A lot of it cames from Guitar & Styles book. Actually Mark has 4 Gibson LP guitars: 2 original guitars ’58 & ’59 and 2 re-ussues: first has s/n 90006. The wrong info that this guitar produced in 1984. It is mystake. If you are trying to decode the s/n in accordance with Gibson Blue Book, you can find that the first digit “9″ means year of production so 90006 is sitxth guitar was produced in 1979 (not in 1989, Mark got it from Rudy Pensa in 1984) Second re-issue was buil by Gibson Custom Shop with Mark’s birthdate as the serial number – 12849. Mark told about it in his old interview for Vintage guitar mazagine in 2001. But there is not any info – when and where Mark can use this guitar.

By: Dermot O'Reilly

Dermot O'Reilly — Fri, 06 Feb 2009 16:58:04 +0000

Ingo .. I think that one appeared around 2005 – it’s very close to one that appeared on a stand with other guitars before the show. It’s certainly not the one that appeared during the 1985-6 tour with his birth date as serial number or as you say the first 84 one. Just to add Neil dorfsman mentioned Money For Nothing been played on a Les Paul Junior when we all thought it was the 1984 LP .. he proberly meant the Les Paul Special as that always seemed to be a favourite studio guitar.

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By: Ingo

Ingo — Thu, 27 Nov 2008 14:14:24 +0000

I first thought Knopfler’s reissue (center on picture) was the 1984 he played in the BIQ era, but it isn’t (I compared the flame grain). Does anyone know what year it is? I think I read something but cannote remember.