Who could better and more authentically agen a guitar and build better PAF replicas than the man who was the guitar builder, repair man and sound man for the legendary Les Paul himself for nearly 50 years .... "Tom Doyle. With his "Time Machine Relic Series" he has dedicated himself completely to the look, sound and feel of the sought after Paulas from the 50s. Each instrument is completely hand-geared (no razor blades) and to reproduce the sound as accurately as possible he uses the hand-wound "True Clone PAF Humbuckers" and the "'59 Holy Grail Harness" with 550k high audio J Taper Pots and Real Paper in Oil Vintage Repro Bumblebees. Rounding out this series is the original Lifton Case, which of course is also hand-geared. The basis for this Time Machine 59 Les Paul was a 2014 59 Les Paul, which is characterized by a super resonance behavior and a hammer flame top. On top of that, it's a lightweight at 3850 grams. It's really impressive how Tom Doyle managed to reproduce the feel, feel and look of the real old Paulas. And with his True Clone PAF's, he's really stepped it up a notch sonically as well. Here it's really fun to work with the great sound and savor every little touch nuance. Tom Doyle Time Machine Paulas are extremely hard to find, as they are only produced in very small numbers.
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