Ultimate Rhoads

This just blew my mind
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But the wear on the back & the what looks like a burn between the knobs!!



Not to mention the case!!

Also, if you look closely at Crazy Train from After Hours, all that wear and tear happened after that was filmed. Right at the beginning of the song, between him flippin' the toggle and then bending the neck you can clearly see a shot of the back of the guitar... It looks pretty pristine in that vid.

You can also see the brass cavity covers.. But I never noticed that before it was mentioned in regards to this guitar.

Randy Mjst have been grinding that guitar into dust for the last few months of his life, had he lived for another few years i bet when they opened the case they would have found a pile of chipings a few knobs a little wiring and some rusty strings!!

So is this an actual photo of the one Gibson just released?

From the last show. Maybe it's from all the belts he started wearing on the last tour. The belt he wore with the purple vest would eat up some finish quick!

I'd hate it to see my guitar like that..

Stewie wrote:I'd hate it to see my guitar like that..

A Les Paul is just one of those guitars that still looks OK after taking a beating. It's just like a well-used tool. I dont mind that guitar looking like that. A flametop would be different, but a plain old LP like that, it still looks great IMO.

AceVader wrote:

Stewie wrote:I'd hate it to see my guitar like that..

A Les Paul is just one of those guitars that still looks OK after taking a beating. It's just like a well-used tool. I dont mind that guitar looking like that. A flametop would be different, but a plain old LP like that, it still looks great IMO.

Battle scars is the word I think you were looking for. Find me an LP without any - that LP hasn't been played.

Efrum wrote:From the last show. Maybe it's from all the belts he started wearing on the last tour. The belt he wore with the purple vest would eat up some finish quick!

Brother,you'd swear that with the quality and the blue squigg's at the bottom of that photo,it was vid.

It's a grey material covered vocal monitor.

Never realized how much wear Randy's LP had...

There's nothing worse than a guitar sitting in a case neglected. It makes them sad. Randy's '74 was no doubt proud to be the object of his affection nightly, and she felt loved. I'm sure she misses him dearly.

Cool to see it in detail, all we need to see is the headstock now, thanks for sharing photos.