GIBSON LES PAUL SPECIAL (MAROON)
   
Used by Thurston/Kim: 1999-2002

  • 1999 -- CGGDDD (Kim) & FGCFAF# (Nevermind, Small Flowers Crack Concrete, Side2Side, StreamXSonik Subway, NYC Ghosts & Flowers, Lightnin')
  • 2000 -- FGCFAF# (Nevermind, Side2Side, NYC Ghosts & Flowers, Lightnin')
  • 2001 -- FGCFAF# (Nevermind, Side2Side, NYC Ghosts & Flowers, Lightnin')
  • 2002 -- FGCFAF# (Nevermind)

    NOTES:

  • Purchased immediately after the gear theft in July 1999, this was originally played by Kim during the remainder of the July gigs, then used by Thurston during songwriting for "nyc ghosts & flowers". In July of 2000, he replaced it with a "real" Les Paul, but seems to have continued using the Maroon one instead.
  • Maroon body
  • 2 pickups
  • Rosewood fretboard
  • 1 toggle switch
  • 4 knobs
  • Black pickguard
  • Rectangular sticker
  • Listed as "MAROON" on 2000 set lists.

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