garywright
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I see it in the classified
Time to resurrect this thread...
A few questions on my recent acquisition player LE '76, and hopefully you can answer them.
- What was the pickguard spec? Currently a 3 ply w/b/w is on there, but I always thought they were 1 ply white?
- What spec is the jack plate? Currently cream, but I thought gold steel was the norm?
- The tarbacks are not original (I knew that when I got it). They are 7k and 15k resp...did Gibson ever do a high powered tarback? I don't recall they did, but I'm not an expert in this era (and these pickups are going in any case for pre T Tops).
I have to say, this guitar rings like a bell and the neck is famtastic.
Thanks in advance for any assistance.
Definitely a white 1 ply, that usually stayed whiteish, I have a repro one from WD music, in the correct thinner material. No clue on jack plate, I'd think it should be metal..Time to resurrect this thread...
A few questions on my recent acquisition player LE '76, and hopefully you can answer them.
- What was the pickguard spec? Currently a 3 ply w/b/w is on there, but I always thought they were 1 ply white?
- What spec is the jack plate? Currently cream, but I thought gold steel was the norm?
- The tarbacks are not original (I knew that when I got it). They are 7k and 15k resp...did Gibson ever do a high powered tarback? I don't recall they did, but I'm not an expert in this era (and these pickups are going in any case for pre T Tops).
I have to say, this guitar rings like a bell and the neck is famtastic.
Thanks in advance for any assistance.
Definitely a white 1 ply, that usually stayed whiteish, I have a repro one from WD music, in the correct thinner material. No clue on jack plate, I'd think it should be metal..
The 7 K seems to be a BRIDGE TarBack, while I think the 15 k one is a SERIES VII (??) or something like that, and probably came out of a LP Artisan..http://www.lespaulforum.com/finalframes/frameset.htm
The 70's guitars that got the regular Tarbacks (post late 1972)..were the SG, V and Explorer..which should have a 5.5kish neck and 7.5-8k ish bridge..that's how they were designed..the low neck reading is right! Makes for a mellow, flutey super serious woman tone!
Almost an inch & a half thickcan anyone tell me how thick is the body on these '76 explorer?
thank you