1980 Les Paul Custom Silverburst

by Wayne D.
(Western NY)

Just curious on the current value on this guitar. It has some cracking of the clearcoat on the back and neck, some nicks on the head, a tunable tailpiece, lead humbucker was changed to a demarzio pickup. Would I better off to change the pickup back to a humbucker and replace the tailpiece?

ANSWER

Hi, Wayne--

Thanks for the pic--beautiful guitar!

Any alterations of the original equipment will lessen the value of the guitar. If you can replace the tailpiece and the pickup with original vintage pieces, it might help the resale value.

Here is the Blue Book info--all prices relfecting value for ORIGINAL equipment:

Mint $1,900
Exc.+ $1,700
Exc. $1,500
Avg.+ $1,200
Avg.$950
General $825

Lynne