Jeff Beck Les Paul Standard

Completion Date: December 2002 Body: Mahogany body, maple cap -- standard Les Paul Standard. Neck: One-piece mahogany. '59 Les Paul profile. Rosewood fingerboard. Pickups: Two standard Gibson USA PAFs. The wiring is standard Les Paul. Finish: Black nitrocellulose lacquer with clear lacquer topcoats. Brief Description: This guitar was in an absolutely trashed state when I received it. I bought the guitar from a pawnbroker friend of mine that had taken it on a trade. The neck was cracked, the headstock had a huge crack in it, a Kahler Flyer tremolo had been installed, and whomever tried to fix it did a very second-tier job. I brought this guitar back from the dead. Because I had to plug the Kahler hole, I decided to make a Les Paul that look like the one played by my idol, Jeff Beck. While the guitar is not "ox-blood" brown, I believe it looks a great deal like the Les Paul on "Blow By Blow" and "Wired." Oh by the way…it sounds great.
Trivia Question: On which Jeff Beck album cover did these four photos appear?

Here is a photo of the actual "oxblood" Les Paul. Note the position of the bridge humbucker. I believe this is because the front of the pickup cavity is actually the front of the original P-90 cavity. Note how the pickguard doesn't line up with the pickup ring. We chose not to go this route! Click here for a full description of the building process.