56 VOS Les Paul Gold Top Neil Young Old Black Bigsby Custom Guitar Shop Start Price USD 0.99 Current Price USD 3,350.00 Time Left - Bid Count 16 Buy It Now Price USD 5,495.00 Reserve Price - Start Time Wednesday, November 19, 2008 End Time Wednesday, November 26, 2008 Location Carlisle, PA See more about '56 VOS Les Paul Gold Top Neil Young Old Black Bigsby' Description "Tonights the Night!" We've all wondered just what does Mr. Soul got going on with his axe!!! That Sound!!!  Unmistakeable!!! Just in time for Christmas!  Here at Skylers' Custom Guitars, we have a Replica of Neil Young's Priceless Guitar "Old Black"..... This is one of the Most Reconizeable sounds in RocknRoll out there! Looks and Sounds just like it, Thats because we got all the right parts, 56 VOS series P-90 Pickup with Chrome Cover in the Rythym section, and a Seymore Duncan Antiquity Firebird pickup in the Bridge, I Put Vintage CTS (Chicago Telephone Supply) matched 500K Poteniometers All 4 Guarenteed to Read 500+, Gibson Skips this Step. None of thier Pots were even close to 500K, Sprauge Capacitors Exactly what is in Old Black, Bypass Hot Tone Switch, All Vintage 50's wireing, Heavy Guage aluminum Pick guard  very controlable feedback,Vintage Schaller Machine heads, Vintage , Made in The USA B-7 Bigsby, and proper control knobs With Point Indicators, 1950's Retro 50's Guitar Case. Genuine 50's New Old stock ACE Peace and Dove Strap Sewn onto Denim. This guitar is the 1956 VOS Gibson Les Paul Gold Top Reissue,  1 piece Mahogny Body with Carved Maple top, 1 piece Mahogny Neck! It was already fitted for P-90's and has gone through a painstaking process to capture Neil's  Amazing Instrument. The Skunk Stripe has been inlaid. All heavy guage Aluminum Hand Made, Control Cover, P90 Cover, Truss Rod Cover, Pickguard, Pickup Selection Cover, and the New Center Plate. All Parts have been Carefully aged to reflect 50 years of wear. This is The Holy Grail of Guitars for those who want That Neil Tone and Look! This Guitar Rocks!  If you have a Tube Amp and a Real Spring Reverb You can Realy bring the House Down!!, Action is Great! Frets are Perfect and the Neck feels Wonderful in your hand. I have had Great Feedback on these Guitars, I realy havent seen any others of these out there, But I do this out of the Greatest respect for Neil Young, and his Fans! I remember when I was younger how bad I wanted my guitar to sound like His, and wished I could just go out and buy one! So here is Your Chance! I also include a Cerificate Of Authinticity From Skyler's custom Guitar Shop Numvered dated and Signed bt me. This Guitar is Number 007 out of 007 This will also be the last time I can offer the Paint Scheme on the Guitar Case, I was contacted and asked very politely, not to replicate it again. Starting .99 You set The Price!  or You can Buy it Now  for 5495.00  BID WITH CONFIDENCE I HAVE 100% FEEDBACK !!! Shipping in the USA is a Flat 55.00 in the lower 48. Contact me with any Questions at :       joeyschuyler@comcast.net  Here are a few comments from previous customers: Man, whoever bulit that bad boy did a really nice job.  He is really well engineered.  Electronics sing.  All the hardware feels perfectly aligned.  I restore old cars, and I know what it feels like when everything is working together just right.  This guitar sings.Please stay in touch!Peace Dude!   Hey Joey –    Guitar sounds just awesome.  You were right – very playable, neck nice and easy, you had the whole beast set up very nice.  We broke him in on “Country Home” and “River of Pride/White Line” we are going through a heavy Ragged Glory phase. Again, stay in touch.  Let us know if you want to sell that Peace/Doves strap!   Peace, Mike and Ned   Joey; All we can say is you rock dude.  The guitar, plugged into our Fender deluxe, sounds just awesome. That Firebird Pick sounds exactly like Neils,  We will have trouble putting it down tonight!  Shaking the walls down here in our guitar room.  It will sleep next to the D-45, so will be in good company.   Hey Joey, I just wanted to tell you GREAT guitar, I never had so much fun playing Neil with this guitar. You got it it right. I am just going to raise action a little for my playing, but this guitar plays great, sounds great, looks great. THANK YOU. PS guitar looks great with my Peace/Dove strap. Scott Also I saw you had another one up on Ebay, that looks good also, man if I had the cash I would by it. God luck with future guitars. Keep in Touch, ScottThanks again!Peace,   Dear Joey, It's Incredible!!! The wear on the body looks Great!! And the tarnish and pitting even on the aluminum--fantastic! I opened up the control cover and saw your signature...and those caps are huge! I couldn't appreciate the scale and the detail in photos.  I put it down just for a quick minute just to write you after putting it through some riffs and licks on the deluxe reverb. The sound just envelopes you! And how powerful that P-90 is on the neck--whooooeee! I'm so proud of this baby...which means I'm proud of Your Work! Thank you so much for all your work and your correspondence with patient explanations and your photos galore...So Well Done! It's calling me back again...gotta go! Peace, Bill     Good Luck and Happy Bidding! There are alot of questions about what Year Neil Youngs Guitar is? So I went straight to the horses mouth, here is a partial interview with Larry Cragg , He has been working as Neils Guitar Tech since 1976. Larry Cragg began working with Neil and on Neils guitars in 1972 and has toured as his tech since 1976. Larry has played banjo, pedal steel and sax for Neil and he's doubled on keyboards and guitars in Nils Lofgrens band since 1985. "Neil has played that black Les Paul since before I started working with him. He calls it Old Black, but its a 1953 gold top that used to have a trapeze bridge. Years ago he lost the bridge pickup for it, so they put in a Dearmond adjustable-pole pickup, like on an early Gretsch. He had that for about two years, and then he had me put in the chrome Firebird pickup thats been on there ever since. Its gotten beat up over the years and its very microphonic. You can talk into it, and it comes out just like a cheap microphone. it makes a lot of squeals. That Les Paul has had a Bigsby since I've been working for him." Larry Cragg   If you would like to hear what this guitar sounds like go to : http://www.myspace.com/thejoeyschuylerband  there are 3 Neil Young Songs I did with the previous project. On Nov-19-08 at 07:32:34 PST, seller added the following information:One correction on this Listing, The P90 cover is Chrome Plated, not Aluminum. Joe Skyler Cutomized Guitars. (Peace!) Place a Bid!