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Was the Les Paul that was bought from the Guitar Center for Randy used at the time or brand new? I thought that I read that it was used.

ThreeMan wrote:Was the Les Paul that was given to Randy from the Guitar Center used at the time or brand new? I thought that I read that it was used.

it was not given to him by guitar center from what i read in the quiet riot days randys manager tould randy to go in the back room of the house and when randy opened the door the les paul was laying on the bed randy really liked the les paul so his manger gave the les paul to him

at the time it was fairly new so it was probbly still white and had not aged i will post the full story i got this infromation from in a few hours i am being lazy today

randy will never die wrote:

ThreeMan wrote:Was the Les Paul that was given to Randy from the Guitar Center used at the time or brand new? I thought that I read that it was used.

it was not given to him by guitar center from what i read in the quiet riot days randys manager tould randy to go in the back room of the house and when randy opened the door the les paul was laying on the bed randy really liked the les paul so his manger gave the les paul to him

at the time it was fairly new so it was probbly still white and had not aged i will post the full story i got this infromation from in a few hours i am being lazy today

Oh, I know it was given to him by Guitar Center. I meant that it was bought for him at the Guitar Center. I guess I worded that weird.

I thought they got it from a pawn shop?

Tito wrote:I thought they got it from a pawn shop?

NO he got the black 3 pickup les paul in a pawn shop

Good correction! my apologies!!!

Tito wrote:Good correction! my apologies!!!

Thanks. Tito

ThreeMan wrote:I guess it would of had to have been

that doesn't make any sense whatsoever.

Stiltzkin wrote:

ThreeMan wrote:I guess it would of had to have been

that doesn't make any sense whatsoever.

"of" should be "have". So sorry! Wow...

na three man he got the lp in 75 n bieng that it was a 74 model it wasnt too used at all..at that if you look at early pics of qr it was white..it changed colors quick because it was painted with nitrocellulose paint i believe..oh and forgive my spelling im sure i got the paint name wrong!!!lol

The colour of Randy's Les Paul also changed because back in the day you could smoke inside to watch a QR show. Randy being a heavy smoker too helped change the white Les Paul changed to the colour we know it today.

barossadude wrote:The colour of Randy's Les Paul also changed because back in the day you could smoke inside to watch a QR show. Randy being a heavy smoker too helped change the white Les Paul changed to the colour we know it today.

yup...lotta smokers and outside shows in the california sun

Correct me if I'm wrong, but I thought the LP was a gift from band and Mom. Like it was a surprise. He didn't actually pick it out.

distortionplus wrote:Correct me if I'm wrong, but I thought the LP was a gift from band and Mom. Like it was a surprise. He didn't actually pick it out.

Yes, it was a surprise. Their manager, Dennis Wageman, bought it for Randy from the Guitar Center for $800. Randy did pay him back for it.