I ordered one new, which isn't something I do often. For some reason everyone wants to sell matchless stuff for more than what it cost new in Canada. I don't think many people realize you can get them through L&M via special order.
This beauty popped up locally on Kijiji this weekend and the price was right so I rolled the dice. The guy just dropped it off. I didn't even try it first. So far, so good. I've never owned (or even played) a Matchless before.
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This beauty popped up locally on Kijiji this weekend and the price was right so I rolled the dice. The guy just dropped it off. I didn't even try it first. So far, so good. I've never owned (or even played) a Matchless before.
The story on that LP? That LP is like Scotch, organized religion and bluegrass: not for everyone. It's actually a 2005 Les Paul Standard that a previous owner attempted a relic job on. It was relic'd every square inch by either a a compass from a vintage geometry set or one of those Gravely things with the spinning wire brush on the front they use to clear sidewalks in the dead of winter.
I don't want to come within 20 feet of whatever belt buckle did that. Or did the owner wear some sort of barbed-wire accoutrements on their leather pants?
For some reason I find that Les Paul more appealing than some of the truly thrashed older ones that guys ask $2k for.
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