gavindale
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- Nov 28, 2001
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Hi everybody!
I own a 2001 '57 Goldtop that is 100% original. I also own a 2003 '57 Black Beauty. Years ago I pulled the pickups out of the BB and installed some Timbuckers. It was a necessity due to the guitar being ice-pick bright and I needed to make a change. The Tim's are working well and it has become a very resonant guitar.
I just won a set of pickups from "Lust Pickups", their "Custard Pie" model. :dude: (THANK YOU VERY MUCH GENTLEMEN FROM LUST! :salude )
My Goldtop is a wonderful guitar but sometimes I wonder if maybe it is being muffled a bit with the '57 Classics and with the new set coming in I am curious what they might reveal.
My question regards "Originality". We all know that vintage guitars are worth much more then those that have had solder joints touched. I know that this guitar is worth more then I paid for it new, I got a very good deal, and wonder what your opinions are whether or not to leave it stock or rip out the guts for new PU's, pots, caps. Of course saving the old goes without question. I'm 53. Who knows. I could kick tomorrow and would never care. Or as I get older I might need to sell it in order to …I don't know…eat? :hee
I could change out the Tim's and move them to a Les Paul LTD or just drop the new ones into the LTD.
OK, let me have it. Ive got thick skin. :##
Thank you!
I own a 2001 '57 Goldtop that is 100% original. I also own a 2003 '57 Black Beauty. Years ago I pulled the pickups out of the BB and installed some Timbuckers. It was a necessity due to the guitar being ice-pick bright and I needed to make a change. The Tim's are working well and it has become a very resonant guitar.
I just won a set of pickups from "Lust Pickups", their "Custard Pie" model. :dude: (THANK YOU VERY MUCH GENTLEMEN FROM LUST! :salude )
My Goldtop is a wonderful guitar but sometimes I wonder if maybe it is being muffled a bit with the '57 Classics and with the new set coming in I am curious what they might reveal.
My question regards "Originality". We all know that vintage guitars are worth much more then those that have had solder joints touched. I know that this guitar is worth more then I paid for it new, I got a very good deal, and wonder what your opinions are whether or not to leave it stock or rip out the guts for new PU's, pots, caps. Of course saving the old goes without question. I'm 53. Who knows. I could kick tomorrow and would never care. Or as I get older I might need to sell it in order to …I don't know…eat? :hee
I could change out the Tim's and move them to a Les Paul LTD or just drop the new ones into the LTD.
OK, let me have it. Ive got thick skin. :##
Thank you!