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Moser 57' LP

This is another custom made guitar with a story.

Many years ago Billy Truhart had a 1957 Les Paul that had belonged to his father. It was in a fire, BIG TIME. The headstock was half burned off, the body was scorched, and the inlay and binding had melted off. It was basically a total loss. Billy had taken it to different repair shops to have it fixed, but none of them wanted to do it. They kept referring him to Neal Moser. He looked for me for almost 10 years.
Next part of the story: I had a friend that worked at Big Valley Music and he told me they needed some guitar tech help. So I would go to Big Valley Music twice a week for two hours. As fate would have it, Billy Truhart happened to walk into the store while I was there. Somebody in the store called my name and Billy came over and said, "Are you really Neal Moser? I've been looking for you for 10 years." We have been friends ever since. He brought the burned Les Paul to me and asked if I could fix it. I told him between me and GMW we can fix anything. So, we did. When he got it back it looked like an original 57 Paul right off the show room floor. He was extremely happy with the way it came out. He asked me if I could build a copy of the 57 Paul so he could give it to his brother. So, GMW and I went to work again to build a copy of his guitar. When the copy was done he liked it so much he gave the 57 Paul to his brother and kept the Moser 57' for him self. Greedy Bast................ Anyway, while he was nosing around in my garage he found the blank that ended up as "The Moser" on page 3. The photos on this page are of the Moser 57' LP copy. Enjoy.

                                    

This guitar is quite simple to explain, It's a clone accept for headstock, with a Bigsby trem and an on-off mini switch.

                                    

I do my best to never use any other companies headstock.
Man, what a finish, GMW is the best. I can say that because I SUCK at finishes. Look, I'm in there wavin' at you. You can almost see my mug.

         

         

         

Billy's getting a lot of PRESS on my site.
Mickey Lespron, "The Original Guitar Sound Of El Chicano". I think he has some major personal interest in this guitar, I know he plays it all the time.