I sold a few, but still kept 3 Burny Les Pauls.
2 came from Japan; a black Custom ' 87 and a cream Randy Rhoads Custom from '83.
Found a nice honey burst Standard in Spain later on, which must've been an '89 or a '90; still had the long 'bell' truss rod cover instead of the one with 'thorns' on both sides.
On all 3 I pretty much replaced everything there is to replace (tuners, nut, electronics, etc.) and the black one's frets were small and worn, so that got a nice set of Dunlop jumbo's.
But I bought these in a time when Ebay was still ok-ish, the US$ was low to the euro, the guitars were still in decent shape (nowadays you see really damaged ones for $$$).
Especially the higher end ones nowadays sometimes are more expensive than a 70's or 80's Gibson... then again, consistency in quality is my experience with 80's Japanese Les Pauls and those words are nowhere to be found when it comes to 80's Gibsons. You have to play 20+ to find one or 2 really good ones.
