Many of the world’s guitar aficionados have long considered Gibson’s iconic 1959 Les Paul Standards as the ‘Holy Grail’ of guitar collecting. But recent opinions suggest that rationale might be shifting.
An article in the June 2009 issue of Premier Guitar magazine takes a look at Gibson’s ‘mysterious’ Moderne – the supposed step child from Gibson’s Modernistic line of guitars from the mid-1950s. The article dutifully delves into the “myth, mystery, the facts and rumors” surrounding this long lost guitar design, and offers some compelling arguments as to why it may someday supplant the 1959 Les Paul Standard as the ‘Holy Grail’ of the guitar world – that is, if one ever surfaces.
“The Moderne is like the Sasquatch of the vintage guitar industry, or those fuzzy pictures you see of UFOs,” says Stan Jay of Mandolin Brothers. “You can’t really tell what they are. I think it’s a wonderful thing to have some mystery. Every industry needs a mystery, and the Moderne is our mystery, our Sasquatch.”
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