NGD, 74 Les Paul Deluxe boat anchor

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NGD, 74 Les Paul Deluxe boat anchor

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I picked this up over the Christmas holidays but i've only just finished getting it back to mostly original, a quite heavy, but lovely sounding 1974 Les Paul Deluxe gold top. When I picked it up the owner before myself had installed a DiMarzio pick up in the bridge, an active boost circuit and all new pots and wiring in the electrics, black Schaller tuners and it was missing some of its plastics. Luckily he'd kept most of the old bits so i've managed to get it pretty close to original.
The only non original bits are the Kluson tuners, one of the volume knobs and the pickguard. Thankfully he'd even kept the original pots and caps. She sounds awesome. I've got a Sheraton with mini hums so I was well aware of what they sound like. This beast to me sounds like a louder, less hummy Telecaster in the bridge.
Still a couple of little bits to touch up before she's finished but as a functional gat, she's all there.
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Love it!
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Cool as, so did you put all the old pots back in?
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jvpp wrote:Cool as, so did you put all the old pots back in?
Yep, put them back. The old owner reckoned they were scratchy and rubbish but it turns out they're fine. Here's some more photos;
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It has had a headstock break at some stage but it was fairly clean and not through the veneer. The repair is solid as.
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Congrats! I reckon that old wood sounds amazing.

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Very cool, love gold tops.
Tube amp and guitar tones straight from 1958… amazing how believable the sounds were back then, even without the modellers...

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very cool guitar lots of character.
There are still some that think the neck PU is moved to accommodate the extra frets which only proves they cannot detect the difference in length of each.

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Lovely old thing. Tell you that you've played 'Don't dream it's over' on it

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That's stunning, if only that guitar could speak. Great to see it going to someone that has the knowledge, care and sense to restore it back to it's original state.

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Out of interest, what does it weigh?

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olegmcnoleg wrote:Out of interest, what does it weigh?
10.5 kilos for a 2.5 tonne load...according to West Marine.
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olegmcnoleg wrote:Out of interest, what does it weigh?
Not sure yet but it's definitely the heaviest out of my 3 LPs.
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Looks nice - liking the gold top! So a 3 piece neck, and two piece body?

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kdawg2a wrote:
olegmcnoleg wrote:Out of interest, what does it weigh?
Not sure yet but it's definitely the heaviest out of my 3 LPs.
I'm gonna take a punt at 4.2kg.

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