Wilko
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Here's my pair. I think my burst has "the look", (if I do say so myself):
Red Baron said:lanman, I agree with you about those pickup rings being non-standard if it is indeed a '68, there's a couple of oddities with the headstock... no dotted "i" and the 50's style large tuner rings.
Do you have the serial and a pic of the back of the headstock you can post?
lanman said:Hey Wilko....that is a killer pair of LPs you got there! Your refin top definitely has the "look". Did you convert them or did you get them that way? What P/Us are you running?
Wilko said:Those are the right style tuners for a 68. You even have the right bushings on there.
Red Baron said:I meant those black ones underneath... would they be from the grovers?
wernerg said:If certain '68 GTs did have black plastic, I am sure moonweasel would like to know the serial # range...
lanman said:It's kinda odd also on my LP that it has the small headstock with no dotted "i" as well.
moonweasel said:Dont take this as fact, but I seem to remember reading somewhere on this site that sometimes the dot was just left off on some 50s guitars.
Our database shows another 537xxx that does have its dot.
Maybe Mr. TW59 will tune in and let us know.
moonweasel said:Yes, I would! Thanks.
But, pickup covers are easy to change. There would be no way to validate that they ever were black to start with. My guess, seeing as how P-90'ed GT's never had black covers, is that the guy just like the way they looked better.
Experts, I have taken these pics to help you trying to clarify what year is mine, I am lost...moonweasel said:Zorglubs (see above) seems, although pictures can be deceiving, to be one piece with a volute. Which I havent ever seen.
keef said:A few days ago someone posted this three pickup Custom for sale - he claims it is a '69, # 500071 stamped in the headstock....rewound pickups, headstock repair. Each pickup seems to have the same amount of plating wear...FWIW
Never heard of 3 pup guitars for this era....knobs are wrong, binding looks too white...what could it be?