Thread:BleedingUranium/@comment-24862094-20140426092508/@comment-30764484-20140426100540

So that's why I had such trouble with that! I'm a bass player and am more familiar with Fenders, so I was on the official Gibson site frustrated at why the one that looked identical to Yui's wasn't the Standard. Now that you've brought it up however, I remember reading about this change years ago, too bad I didn't remember it.

Since you're the expert on this, do you mind finding us a good picture of a pre-2008 Standard to replace the Traditional picture currently on Yui's page? A straight-on, clean background shot like that would be ideal, but don't worry if it needs to be cropped/rotated, I can do that after. I just changed Yui's guitar entry on her trivia page on the description for the real picture in her gallery, do they look good now?

Also, I'd like your help with another Les Paul that's specifically stated to be much older: Akira Wada's black/gold '70s-era Les Paul. Here's her telling Yui about it (this is the official translation):

"My guitar's a late-'70s make, which is the only period when the necks were made of maple. Some people don't like when the neck and body are three pieces, or the guitar back is in two pieces, but there's a sound you can only get with guitars from this period, and I like that about it. Plus, my senpai in high school really liked a guitarist who used this kind of guitar, and... pay attention!!"

It's black with gold trim/pickups/etc, I'll get some pictures from the manga when I get home tomorrow. Someone added a similar one to her page, but I think that's a modern one with the same appearance.

Finally, if you know anything about Thunderbird basses, Sachi Hayashi's still needs an exact model ID.