Crash Diet Posted May 24, 2013 Share Posted May 24, 2013 A note from Slash:“I’m trying to find a Les Paul that I used back in the early 90′s. I’ve since lost track of it. It was an 1989/90 Gibson Goldtop, serial #70854. I always loved that guitar and would be interested in buying it back from whomever has it…. I’ll make it worth their while”If you have any information on the location of this guitar, please email SlashGibsonGoldtop@gmail.comSource:http://slashonline.com/2013/05/24/help-slash-find-an-old-friend/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nosaj Thing Posted May 24, 2013 Share Posted May 24, 2013 That's awesome. I hope Slash finds his guitar. It would be great if they show a picture of the person who has it with a little story of how he/she got it - if they find it, of course. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crash Diet Posted May 24, 2013 Author Share Posted May 24, 2013 I hope tooWonder how it was "lost" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alfierose Posted May 24, 2013 Share Posted May 24, 2013 He is going to get a lot of weirdo spam to that email address now! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carne_asaDA Posted May 24, 2013 Share Posted May 24, 2013 I bet Axl has it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nosaj Thing Posted May 24, 2013 Share Posted May 24, 2013 I hope tooWonder how it was "lost"Maybe he pawned it for some crack or lost it in those endless days of sex, drugs and alcohol. That's how he lost his hat, you know?He recently donated his red BC Rich Mockingbird guitar to charity. He should've kept it, that was an awesome guitar. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crash Diet Posted May 24, 2013 Author Share Posted May 24, 2013 (edited) I bet Axl has it. lolImagine if Axl stole his guitar somehowI would laughed out my lungs Edited May 24, 2013 by Crash Diet Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alfierose Posted May 24, 2013 Share Posted May 24, 2013 There was a rumour that Perla nabbed off with some of his guitars during the time he filed for divorce. I suppose he might have just sold it though and now regrets it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carne_asaDA Posted May 24, 2013 Share Posted May 24, 2013 Slash must be REALLY detail oriented if he still knows the serial number to one of his old guitars. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alfierose Posted May 24, 2013 Share Posted May 24, 2013 He would probably have serial numbers listed in insurance documents maybe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carne_asaDA Posted May 24, 2013 Share Posted May 24, 2013 He would probably have serial numbers listed in insurance documents maybe.Ahhh... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nosaj Thing Posted May 24, 2013 Share Posted May 24, 2013 He would probably have serial numbers listed in insurance documents maybe.No way he'd remember the number. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dalsh327 Posted May 25, 2013 Share Posted May 25, 2013 There was a rumour that Perla nabbed off with some of his guitars during the time he filed for divorce. I suppose he might have just sold it though and now regrets it.I wouldn't rule out the first ex-wife. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pugachev Posted May 25, 2013 Share Posted May 25, 2013 he mentioned it being stolen in his book IIRC, that's the same guitar he always played Godfather, Estranged, November Rain, Dont Cry, etc with. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PITBOSS Posted May 25, 2013 Share Posted May 25, 2013 (edited) I think it got stolen in 1999 according to wiki. might be a different one thoTwo more guitars were introduced in 2008. Gibson USA issued the Slash Signature Les Paul Goldtop, modeled after a 1991 Gibson Les Paul Goldtop that was stolen from Slash's collection in 1999 and never recovered.[37] It features a mahogany body and a hand-carved maple top with Gibson's classic Bullion Gold finish. Production was limited to 1000.[38] Epiphone introduced a more affordable version of the Gibson model, featuring a traditional Les Paul body with a maple top, a mahogany neck with rosewood fingerboard, and Epiphone's classic Goldtop finish. Production was limited to 2000so, is it a 1991 or a 1989/90 ? Edited May 25, 2013 by PITBOSS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pugachev Posted May 25, 2013 Share Posted May 25, 2013 That would be the one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PITBOSS Posted May 25, 2013 Share Posted May 25, 2013 why does wiki say its 1991 and slash says 1990/89 model? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pugachev Posted May 25, 2013 Share Posted May 25, 2013 same reason Slash couldnt ever get his amp story straight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PITBOSS Posted May 25, 2013 Share Posted May 25, 2013 foggy memory from drug use? which amp story is that? never heard it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pugachev Posted May 25, 2013 Share Posted May 25, 2013 (edited) Probably. Little piece on the guitar:The amp was a mysterious one he rented for the AFD recordings. He liked it so much he decided to to steal the amp, but eventually the owners stole it back and he never was able to get ahold of it again. Recently, he and Marshall released the AFD100 amp which is based on that amp. He said in some videos it was based on a JCM800 and I believe the AFD100 is too, but in reality the amp was actually a modified Marshall Super Lead or something. You can read about the amp here:http://www.slashsworld.com/equipment/amps/the-appetite-amp-story/more on the guitar:You’re usually seen playing Tobacco Burst Les Pauls, but the Goldtops have also played important roles in both your studio and live setups. Why?It all started with a 1991 Gibson Les Paul Goldtop. As soon as I played it I realized how well rounded the Goldtops really are. They’re just great rock and roll guitars, and they’re even better for all the bluesy stuff. They’re very flexible and solid.So I used that ’91 Les Paul Goldtop for all these really key songs in our set, especially those that had those really long sustaining note solos … songs like “November Rain,” “Estranged,” “Sweet Child of Mine,” “Knocking on Heaven’s Door” and “So Fine.”What I would do for all these songs is turn the tone knob down completely, and what I’d get are these notes that would sustain for days, giving me this really buttery singing sound that worked really well. And I only got that on that Goldtop guitar.What happened to that ’91 Goldtop?Someone broke into the studio in my house in 1999, and all of my guitars that were in my studio at that time were stolen. I eventually got them all back, but the only one I didn’t get back was that one particular Goldtop that I loved so much.You approached Gibson about recreating it?I really wanted a guitar from Gibson that would revisit that sound for me, so Gibson decided to make one for me and make it commercially available. It’s exactly the way I like my guitars set up, with the thin neck, the Seymour Duncan Alnico II pickups, the old classic hardware, everything. Edited May 25, 2013 by pugachev Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PITBOSS Posted May 25, 2013 Share Posted May 25, 2013 nice, so wiki is correct. if he got all the other guitars back, he obviously found out who robbed him? that's where I would start looking. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moreblack Posted May 26, 2013 Share Posted May 26, 2013 I remember reading about the stolen guitars at the time Snakepit II started touring, there had been a party at his house a little while before. And someone who attended clearly knew where to look when breaking in and knew what to take. They pretty much just narrowed it down from the people who were there at the party and managed to recover most of the stolen stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PITBOSS Posted May 26, 2013 Share Posted May 26, 2013 a little more digging and a guy from Gibson said it was an 89 model?http://www.mylespaul.com/forums/gibson-les-pauls/108313-slashs-original-goldtop-standard-pre-historic-classic.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pugachev Posted May 27, 2013 Share Posted May 27, 2013 I'm gonna go with 1991 as that's what Slash has stated in the past and the Gibson website refers to it as 91. Either way, it's all the same goldtop guitar he used heavily on the UYI and Snakepit tours. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Facekicker Posted May 27, 2013 Share Posted May 27, 2013 Fuck, can't believe some cunt stole that guitar. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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