FlyingFred67
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Hi LP Forum Fellows,
thought I might share this with you!
In early February 2015 I could get hands on a very early 1969 Les Paul Standard Goldtop
Still a small Headstock Guitar with 68 Specs such as a one piece Body & Neck.
The guitar was heavily modified though:
It was converted to Humbuckers, the Gold Top was refinished and a former owner tried to "Stratify" it,
giving it some odd Body Contour Routings. Also it had a big Stereo Input field routed in the lower Body Side
But the neck was great with no Breaks or repairs, the back still had it´s original finish and hey this thing was really a bargain.
I immediately brought this poor Les Paul to my favourite Luthier Mathias Schindehuette who removed the refinished Goldtop for me without sanding it.
Well what we found below the finish was not very amusing too: It had a filled third PU routing and a Battery compartment routing under the pick guard area...So I decided ok this would be the perfect Burst Conversion candidate. I found a very old piece of Flamed Maple and decided to do a re-top. After 5 Month of great restauration work of Mathias I got the guitar finally yesterday. Well what I can I say ?
First of all thanks to Mathias Schindehuette for an outstanding work, Robin Walter for help in Electronics and Detlef Alder for the pics and the support! Enjoy:
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thought I might share this with you!
In early February 2015 I could get hands on a very early 1969 Les Paul Standard Goldtop
Still a small Headstock Guitar with 68 Specs such as a one piece Body & Neck.
The guitar was heavily modified though:
It was converted to Humbuckers, the Gold Top was refinished and a former owner tried to "Stratify" it,
giving it some odd Body Contour Routings. Also it had a big Stereo Input field routed in the lower Body Side
But the neck was great with no Breaks or repairs, the back still had it´s original finish and hey this thing was really a bargain.
I immediately brought this poor Les Paul to my favourite Luthier Mathias Schindehuette who removed the refinished Goldtop for me without sanding it.
Well what we found below the finish was not very amusing too: It had a filled third PU routing and a Battery compartment routing under the pick guard area...So I decided ok this would be the perfect Burst Conversion candidate. I found a very old piece of Flamed Maple and decided to do a re-top. After 5 Month of great restauration work of Mathias I got the guitar finally yesterday. Well what I can I say ?
First of all thanks to Mathias Schindehuette for an outstanding work, Robin Walter for help in Electronics and Detlef Alder for the pics and the support! Enjoy: