What do the "R9", "R4" and similar mean with Les Pauls? [Archive]

sleek

10-20-2009, 11:05 AM

This board is the first place I have ever seen this...what are those designations?

Funkwire

10-20-2009, 11:08 AM

Reissue of a 1959 = R9

Reissue of a 1954 - R4

And so on...

jackaroo

10-20-2009, 11:10 AM

It means...R you serious?

I know it was confusing for me too at first.

THIS SHOULD BE A STICKY!!!!

This ? is on here 10x a year.

sleek

10-20-2009, 04:01 PM

Ah.

...so is the 1960 reissue an "R0"?

What do you do in the case of the '58 and '68 reissues?

cherrick

10-20-2009, 04:14 PM

There are no '68 reissues.

twinrider1

10-20-2009, 04:57 PM

Well, they have the '68 Reissue LPCustoms. People just seem to call them 68 Reissues though.