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It's a pretty guitar. I wonder that he replaced the knobs, but didn't bother to flip the pickups back around.
As Tom has said with all the information available on this guitar, it could be from any year from 1957 to 1960(1961).
If the OP still looks at this thread, here's a way to narrow down the year of manufacture somewhat: open the control cavity and with a decent camera, take the following picture of the side of the bridge tone control pot - there's a decent chance you might be able to read the pot code and date. This photo sometimes works on the side of the neck volume pot too.
It won't necessarily narrow it down between 58-60. My '60 has 58 pots. We know from the last fret marker that it's either 58 or 59, most likely. I think because there's waffle backs and not Grovers that it's a '58. Grovers came in later in '58.
My '59 had waffle backs
https://youtu.be/zFAo-tFDRb4
If you are referring to the pole pieces on the pickups, then no. The bridge and middle pickup appear to have been turned 180 degrees. No big deal. Simply means that someone took a peak at the bottoms at some point and got them turned around.
Doesn't that require more lead wire than normally found on a vintage Les Paul? :hmm
i find your ability to say something, while not actually saying anything very amusing.
Looks like it’s relisted for $29,350 “buy it now” on eBay
It was manually ended a bit ago, looks like we might not get the scoop on the final sale amount @909Hemi?
Carters just brought in a refin w/neck reset '58 Custom, could be yours for 35K + tax.
I ended the auction on Ebay without a sale. Ebay requires sellers to accept Paypal, and with me adding Paypal fees to the BIN price, it forced the overall price up higher than I wanted to sell it for. I have listed it elsewhere on a popular music site for sale at a lower price, but per our forum rules here; I can't tell you where that is... :dang
What you CAN do is, put it the classified ads section of this forum with a link to your for sale ad (reverb, gbase, etc.).
From the pics on Reverb it appears the OP tried scrapping the top back of the headstock in an effort to uncover the serial number.
Is it a fact that it's a 1959 ? He seems sure but what evidence do we have ?
Do you play guitar? Own any others? As great as these guitars are, they are functionally worthless without a complimentary amp. If you really want to put it together, you now need to acquire and restore the symbiotic amp mate.