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First Historic Les Paul Custom

Daking1959

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Awsome EF. P 90 and Alnico PUs should sound great. .Ive looked at several 54s, but I would like a bigsby on one.
Ive not taken the pu covers off of mine, white bobbins would be great, but im pretty sure they are black.Heres a pic of the neck pu cavity that I took this weekend. Does this look like a long neck tenon?
 

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Mats A

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Awsome EF. P 90 and Alnico PUs should sound great. .Ive looked at several 54s, but I would like a bigsby on one.
Ive not taken the pu covers off of mine, white bobbins would be great, but im pretty sure they are black.Heres a pic of the neck pu cavity that I took this weekend. Does this look like a long neck tenon?

Could be a long not totally sure. There is much reflection in the pic a bit hard to see. A clearer pic would help. With a long tenon there is like a piece of the neck/tenon going in a bit into the cavity. Peter Frampton had black bobbins and i think it looks great against the cream/white pickup rings.
 

DANELECTRO

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Two pages from the 1993 Historic catalog...

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On a side note, I just noticed that the Custom Shop has finally gotten the size of the 19th and 21st inlays correct on the 2019 models :) (photos captured from Wildwood's website)
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AA00475Bassman

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I checked with my Historic dealer He said he ordered Late 92 early 93 received one 94 the one he sold me !

As far as catalogue Item Firebird IV was catalogue item 98 I looked hard for 15 years for mine .

Not to say they did not make these catalogue item's , just very hard to get one in hand !!
 

Mats A

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Two pages from the 1993 Historic catalog...

Gibson%20Historic%201993%20Les%20Paul%20Custom%202_zpsmy4toftf.jpg


Gibson%20Historic%201993%20Les%20Paul%20Custom%201_zps0gcufw8r.jpg



On a side note, I just noticed that the Custom Shop has finally gotten the size of the 19th and 21st inlays correct on the 2019 models :) (photos captured from Wildwood's website)
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Thanks real cool cataogue! Did they have a small neck tenon and all Mahogany body? The last thre inlays were the same size right? Didn’t the ones from 1960 get different size on the last three inlays?
 

akkermanfan

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[FONT=&quot]The prehistorics guitars are good, but one may not compare them with Gibson Les Paul Customs of the early Norlin period !! [/FONT][FONT=&quot]I think it was a commercial stunt from Gibson because prehistorics are not completely rebuilt the way the 1957 used to be .... [/FONT]
 

El Gringo

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The prehistorics guitars are good, but one may not compare them with Gibson Les Paul Customs of the early Norlin period !! I think it was a commercial stunt from Gibson because prehistorics are not completely rebuilt the way the 1957 used to be ....

As a courtesy your print does not show up on the post , as I had to run my cursor over your response
 

djcmusician

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When did the Historic LPCs go to a one piece body? I have a 2010 B7 with a one piece back and a mahogany top. The top is a separate piece from the body.
 

MeHereNow

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Mine was factory original bigsby 2 PU Custom with a 92 serial number.
Wish i still had it.

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