Old Gibson amps don't have a lot of value, unfortunately. They were never known as a great amp maker. A lot of times in auctions for old Les Paul Juniors and Specials they will throw in the matching period amp as an afterthought...
"This Les Paul Special has been in my neighbor's attic for the past 50 years. He only played it on Christmas and his birthday. Finest condition you will ever see! $25,000. Oh, and he still had the amp too, so you get that as well."
You often find that the less expensive ("less expensive" is relative these days) models - Junior and Special - will sell with an amp that the original owner bought at the same time. But people who bought gold tops or late 50's Les Paul Customs didn't seem to buy them with an amp. But it's more likely that the buyers of the more expensive models were professional musicians, so they may have had different needs or tastes. the Junior and Special were "student" models, so it makes sense that someone setting out to learn would buy an amp when they bought the guitar.
Les Paul was a visionary. You can tell because no one bought Les Paul guitars when they were introduced. Guitar players thought they were weird. The reason a 59 Les Paul sunburst Standard sells for $400,000 is because there were only 300 of them made. They couldn't give the things away. So if we're getting into the time machine to go buy early Bukowski chapbooks for a dollar, you'll forgive me if I disappear for a few hours to hit some music stores.
In 1979 I bought a Les Paul Deluxe and played that for a couple of years, then I found the Juniors and played them for the next -- jeez, I guess it's been 25 years now. My current weapon of choice is a recent vintage Les Paul Junior.
I have owned and sold about half a dozen late 50's Juniors, all before they became really valuable (naturally). But soon I may have to spring for a custom shop Special
and set the Junior free.
So yeah, Les Paul. Quite a character. You could play some of his early multi-track records at a rave or wherever the kids go these days to listen to synthetic music, and they would think they were listening to some analog steampunk artiste. Seriously, they are that fast and weird and electronic sounding.
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Okay, I offer this image to you for your mocking pleasure. It's me and the Deluxe that I bought when I was 19. I am rocking the late 70's cut off Levis and tank top. That's how awesome I was.
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And, finally, to make this thread even more about
ME than Les Paul, here is
ME again, rocking the LP Deluxe in St. Louis and at NYC's CBGB.
Okay. That's enough
ME for now. I must go find another topic to take over and make
ME the focus. Thank you.