THe Story Of My 1952/56 Goldtop Conversion

yngwie308 · Post by **yngwie308** » Sat Jun 21, 2008 6:24 am

Here is the story of my beloved 1952 Goldtop:
http://www.lespaulforum.com/forum/showt ... p?t=146888
Grab a cup of coffee and enjoy..

yngwie308

Yngve · Post by **Yngve** » Sat Jun 21, 2008 7:46 am

Great Story Buddy!

yngwie308 · Post by **yngwie308** » Sun Jun 22, 2008 10:39 pm

I am telling the story of one of my favorite guitars, which started life as a 1952 Les Paul Gold top when she left the Kalamazoo factory.
Back when I lived in Berwyn, Pennsylvania, I came to know Jack Romano, who already had quite a reputation as a master luthier in the Philadelphia, Tri-state area. Jack at the time had his shop based in his fathers paint store, next door to a beer distributor in Conshohocken, just south of Philadelphia, near the Schuylkill river. Jack lives not far from the shop and with the pizza/sub shop on the corner, it always was enjoyable to visit the little town and it

Yngve · Post by **Yngve** » Mon Jun 23, 2008 12:16 am

Just a tip to everyone here, when writing huge amounts of text, do some breaks so its pleasing to the eye and easy to read and keep track of where the next sentence starts. Just a tip!

I feel your enthusiasm Yngwie308n and passion.

yngwie308 · Post by **yngwie308** » Mon Jun 23, 2008 10:30 am

Yes that would be great, but I have to write on Word such a long post as it times out and you lose your post otherwise.
Thanks for the Guitar World Yngwie edition Yngve, I will be working on your DVD's soon.
yngwie308

Yngve · Post by **Yngve** » Mon Jun 23, 2008 6:51 pm

OH Cool! You got the Magazine! I thought it would never get there! Hope its not bent etc.

Cheers Buddy Anytime!

Yngve

yngwie308 · Post by **yngwie308** » Wed Jun 25, 2008 11:17 pm

Came in great shape thanks yngve, will work on the dvd's ect soon, been very busy.
Thanks again, killer poster foldout of the Duck!
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yngwie308 · Post by **yngwie308** » Tue Jul 22, 2008 4:22 am

Before the Philly show as jack and I were reminiscing about my '52 Goldtop, Jack brough up an important factoid.. he had matched the gold paint in the pickup cavity that had aged to a cinammon type brown. I believe I dscribed his spraying the guitar to represent a brand new finish, when this is actually far from the case.
He had darkened the paint somewhat to represent some aging of the finish, as it would have done from 1952, back in 1996 or so when it was painted.
I just wanted to clear this up as Jack is truly an artist with the spray paint. He mixed my color precisely adding the bronze powder, ect. No can of Re-Ranch here, not that they aren't great as well!
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