Is there anybody who may be able to shed some light on my situation. I'm looking for a vintage Gibson les paul custom silverburst but ebay is not a whole lot of help at the moment. Can anyone give me any links to good online vintage guitar shops or private dealers. Anything would be great! Thx All!

Go and buy Vintage Guitar Magazine at any Barnes and Noble and you will find a ton of listings .

Ditto on Vintage Guitar mag,here are some vintage dealers,I've contacted some of them on guitar searches and found them quite helpful and prompt with their answers.>chicagomusicexchange.com><vintageguitars.net><
>makenmusic.com<>rumbleseatmusic.com<>elderly.com<>garysguitars.com<>ludlowguitars.com<>mandoeb.com<>pmblues.com<buffalobros.com<>pickofthericks.com<>info@coolguitarz.com<The last one,Coolguitarz has almost exclusively Rics but what beauties he has.Anyway these should get you started,happy hunting.

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'65 Strat,65 Mustang,65 Jaguar,4 more Strats,3 vintage Vox guitars,5 Vox amps,'69 Bassman with a '68 2-15 Bassman cab,36 guitars total-15asst'd amps total,2 vintage '60s Hammond organs & a myriad of effects-with a few rare vintage ones.

+1 on vintage guitar mag.

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09 Fender american deluxe strat.
97 Gibson les paul special P90's double-cut
65 Princeton reverb re-issue
2010 Guild Gad-F40e

Hi stratattak: even online it still matters which part of the world you are in. Importing things across oceans adds too much to the cost.

So without more information I can't know whether this one is of any use to you:

http://www.vintageandrareguitars.com/

They are well thought of, for what it's worth...

Good luck - C

Here's another one for you -

George Gruhn

http://www.gruhn.com/

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Elderly Instruments http://www.elderly.com/
Chicago Music Exchange http://www.chicagomusicexchange.com/
Rudy's Music in NYC http://www.rudysmusic.com/

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After all of that,and no finder's fee to boot, I certainly hope he let's us know how he made out.

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Wow you guys! Thank-you so much for all the help! This has saved me a ton of leg-work but I am now about to embark on all the finger-work to come. I will definately keep you posted on my results:) FENDER FORUMS FTW!!

This guy on Youtube: http://www.youtube.com/user/GregsGuitars

Not sure if he does a guitar finding service but he sure does seem to have footage of every guitar one can think of. Maybe send him a message and see if he knows anything.

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