Monthly Guitar: August 2019 / Gibson Les Paul VOS R8

After buying my first R9 I saw this one on BTM Guitars Nuremberg´s website and fell in love. An amazing axe with the VOS treatement and a bit heavier than my R9. The neck is a typical 58 chunky one. In Hugo For Sale I often used this axe.

Specs

Back wood: Solid mahogany, no weight relief

Top: Plain Top

Fingerboard rosewood

Neck: 1 piece, with long neck tenon

Profile: 58 rounded

Pickups: Burstbucker 1 (R) 2(T)

Hardware : Nickel

Bridge ABR-1 Aluminium stopbar

Earl Grey @Aub/ Still Got The Blues (Spitalkeller)

What a great evening it was: a great venue, great folks and a fantastic promoter. From the first song to the encores the audience attentively listened to the music and wittty anecdotes about the Les Paul guitar. Thank you all!

Earl Grey´s lineup was (from left to right)

Conny Martin (Les Paul/ Vocals)) Xaver Hauck (drums) Stefan Gerhard (Vocals/ Bass)

Guitars used:

Gibson R8 Lemonburst nicknamed “Gary Moore” Fender Original ´50s Stratocaster White Blonde and Gibson BFG Gary Moore

Some more photos…….

Amps used with Deeflexx- Sound System

Fender Blues Junior IV and Koch Jupiter