CableClamp
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Ok, custom lovers please come closer.
I played three '69 LPCs this year, owned a '73 LPC until recently and own a '92 LPC and noticed something I would like to learn more about.
All three '69 LPCs had still the dish carve top instead of the '73 dome carve with flatter taper to the body edges BUT the '69s carve tops were all much shallower than the carve of my '92.
Apart from that, I noticed the overall body thickness (binding to binding) of the '69s as well as the '73 is much thinner than my '92. Easily a 0.5cm or 0.20". I know the 2000s LPCs have still much thicker bodies.
Why are the modern LPC bodies so thick compared to their "originals"? Were the '68s or '57s thicker? Because why not make the body as they were back then again and ditch the weight relief?
And is it a common thing that the carve top of the '69 or even '68 maybe are shallower than today or in the 50s? I mean we all know the deep dish crazy sexy carve tops of the 50s LPs. My '92 comes relatively close to that but the '69s I played were nowhere near as high respectively deep. Have modern RIs like the '68 also thicker bodies?
Anybody here who wants to chime in on that topic?
I played three '69 LPCs this year, owned a '73 LPC until recently and own a '92 LPC and noticed something I would like to learn more about.
All three '69 LPCs had still the dish carve top instead of the '73 dome carve with flatter taper to the body edges BUT the '69s carve tops were all much shallower than the carve of my '92.
Apart from that, I noticed the overall body thickness (binding to binding) of the '69s as well as the '73 is much thinner than my '92. Easily a 0.5cm or 0.20". I know the 2000s LPCs have still much thicker bodies.
Why are the modern LPC bodies so thick compared to their "originals"? Were the '68s or '57s thicker? Because why not make the body as they were back then again and ditch the weight relief?
And is it a common thing that the carve top of the '69 or even '68 maybe are shallower than today or in the 50s? I mean we all know the deep dish crazy sexy carve tops of the 50s LPs. My '92 comes relatively close to that but the '69s I played were nowhere near as high respectively deep. Have modern RIs like the '68 also thicker bodies?
Anybody here who wants to chime in on that topic?
