This Guitar is a 1953 Gibson Less Paul that Carl Perkins wrote Blue Suede Shoes on and also played all of this Sun recordings... The guitar was originally a Gold Top when Carl Bought it new in 1953 and after his hit Blue Suede Shoes he had it painted Blue.. Carl’s son painted it black as shown on the pictures but the guitar has been professionally painted back to the color blue that Carl painted it when he had his hit song Blue Suede Shoes.. Carl Perkins also replaced the Jack Plate with a Belt Buckle which can been seen in many of the photos of the guitar in the 50's.. He lived in a rural area and when the plate got broken he found something that he could mount the 1/4" Jack to and used it.. Turns out it is a Justin Boots made Belt Buckle from the early 50's.. He drilled a hole for the jack and used 4 different screws to mount it that is how poor he was when he replaced it.. This guitar is not in playable condition at this time.. The guitar is still in the possession of Carl's Family.. This guitar is For Sale contact me at ... as far as shipping we can talk about that I don’t want to put a guitar like this in a box and give it to a shipping company.. it can be hand delivered or even picked up with Carl’s son present to present it.. Price Reduced per Owner..
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| Listed | 7 years ago |
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| Condition | Fair (Used) Fair condition gear should function but will show noticeable cosmetic damage or other issues.Learn more |
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