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Show Us Your Goldtops ('52 - '60)

cherrick

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For those of us who love Goldtops, show us some great, detailed pictures of the tops of your authentic vintage Goldtops, '52 - '60 please.

Strut your stuff!

:applaude :dance
 

kthesheep

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1952 with short trapeze:
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1952 Goldtopwith a wrap:
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1954 Goldtop:
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1956 Goldtop:
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1957 Goldtop
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cherrick

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Oh wow.
K, no wonder you guys nail that stuff dead nuts. So impressive.
 

MapleFlame

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52 LP with B3 Bigsby with the trapeze bar backwards and screwed down for better playability
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56 all gold
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pepejara

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What a bunch of beauties!!:wow

Wow, Zorglub, I didn´t know you owned that axe! What pickups have you on it? :dude:
 

zorglub!

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What a bunch of beauties!!:wow

Wow, Zorglub, I didn´t know you owned that axe! What pickups have you on it? :dude:
What else could I have but late-50s period-correct double-black long-magnet PAFs? :)

You can read the whole story about when and how I got it (and more pics!) here.

Here it is with my '66 BFDR:

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MikeSlub

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'52 and '53 trapeze, '54 and '55 stop bar, '56 and '57 ABR-1, '58 w/PAFs :hank

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Rich R

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For all the old-timers:

Remember when 52-53 stuff was considered crap? Fully carved maple tops, Brazilian fingerboards w/ trapezoidal inlays? high-end solid-body guitars from THE premier manufacturer--now we're supposed to buy the notion that a Jr. is the superior instrument? What's up?

Weigh in, my friends, Not just tonally, but historically
 
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