deytookerjaabs
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I'm so happy right now. I walked into Sam Ash and they had this listed as a "1965 Epiphone Sheraton" in player grade condition. Headstock repair, crazy pickup swap, non-original bigsby, swapped tuners, but hey..not a full refin! I plugged her in and started swingin' some of that old country bag of stuff I've learned the past few years, it stayed in tune even though it was strung incorrectly, no low frets, neck seemed straight, ......It's like something out of a dream for me.
I noticed the New York neck right away (big fan of sheratons, huge fan of leon rhodes) and could've sworn those were gone by '62, anyways, got it home for cheaper than a 335 studio model, hehe, then double checked photos/resources online.
Here's the funky thing, I don't know what/when these pickups were made but they look old. I'm familiar with CC pickups but those were built differently, this just looks like some plain old blade/p90 and the other pickup I'm also clueless about. They sound nifty though, the neck could use a little more beef to it but I'm too elated to think about that at the moment. Took some pics while I cleaned up the guitar, cleaned frets, notched new set of saddles, this thing had been swamping around for quite a while. The case awoke my mold/mildew allergies big time, still sneezing hours later!
The other detail is the pickguard isn't cut for New York pickups or mini hums. It looks like it's cut for the current or very similar pickups and it sure doesn't look like any kind of repro/aftermarket:
Anyone seen any of this stuff before?
I noticed the New York neck right away (big fan of sheratons, huge fan of leon rhodes) and could've sworn those were gone by '62, anyways, got it home for cheaper than a 335 studio model, hehe, then double checked photos/resources online.
Here's the funky thing, I don't know what/when these pickups were made but they look old. I'm familiar with CC pickups but those were built differently, this just looks like some plain old blade/p90 and the other pickup I'm also clueless about. They sound nifty though, the neck could use a little more beef to it but I'm too elated to think about that at the moment. Took some pics while I cleaned up the guitar, cleaned frets, notched new set of saddles, this thing had been swamping around for quite a while. The case awoke my mold/mildew allergies big time, still sneezing hours later!
The other detail is the pickguard isn't cut for New York pickups or mini hums. It looks like it's cut for the current or very similar pickups and it sure doesn't look like any kind of repro/aftermarket:
Anyone seen any of this stuff before?