Originally Posted by: magicninjaThey are beautiful no doubt and I'm guessing they still sound pretty solid, but all the ones I looked at have maple necks not mahogany. Yes, it makes a huge difference. OK the ones that were above $500 had mahogany necks. That's still a fair dollar tho. People should really consider one of these ones if they are thinking of getting a Les Paul. That first one 6strngs should be headlining the Ugliest Guitar thread.

$370 - mahogany body w/ mahogany set neck
http://www.rondomusic.net/al3000prest.html

I really want to get this as a project guitar, put new pickups, tuners, elctronics (perhaps even with push pull pots for coil tapping or phase switching) straplocks, maybe a new nut (don't know what the stock one is like) and perhaps a new bridge if I think it needs it. and then I could have a metal machine! the alder body with maple neck should give a jackson-like tone.
http://www.rondomusic.net/seg1.html