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Recent content by Maplehead872

  1. Maplehead872

    See ya!

    Prayers 🙏🙏🙏 Big Al Damn cancer anyhow !!
  2. Maplehead872

    Glaser Instruments Tour - Deep Thoughts RE: Innovation, Tech, Repair, and Vintage

    Definitely an hour well spent ;-)
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    2006 57' Custom LPB-7 Specs

    The specs of a 2006 LPB7 should be gloss finish with burstbucker 1 & 2 pickups 500k linear pots and the fake bumblebees caps. I had my harness changed out by MSSC to CTS 550k audio pots and real bees in My '03' LPB7 and the burstbuckers 1&2 changed to Electric City Pickups RD 59 low winds. Hopes...
  4. Maplehead872

    Which vintage amps if you could only have 3

    '69' Vibrolux , 1974 Vibrolux and any silverface Super Reverb.
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    Limited Run 150 Clapton Cream-era 1958 Les Paul Custom from Murphy Lab

    Congratulations Mike !! Another thing I've always noticed about the vintage customs is that Les Paul and custom are further apart on the truss rod cover , the historic reissues not so much. Outside of that I can't tell them apart. Great guitars Mike.
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    Gibson releases exclusive new 'historic' PAF: 1959 Humbucker Collector’s Edition Series 1

    Just saying from what I read about Gibson's "59" Humbucker Collector's Edition Series 1 I've been ahead of the game since 2011 with Electric City Pickups RD "59" low winds in a LPB7.
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    Tommy Emmanuel on a 'Burst

    Thanks for posting?
  8. Maplehead872

    for newbies only (under 200 posts) what model LP and amp do you play the most and why

    I guess I'm still new! '52' Goldtop , '75' Standard/Deluxe & a '03' R7 custom though a '74' Fender Vibrolux.
  9. Maplehead872

    If you had only 2 electric guitars…?

    If I could only keep two of what.I have I would either pick my Les Paul Deluxe/Standard or my two pickup LPB7,( glad I don't have to make that decision right now) and a Kiesel Johnny Hiland JH6 with 3 Johnny Hiland six shooter singles T-style guitar.
  10. Maplehead872

    No joy. Time to let it all go.

    Keeping you in my prayers Big Al?.
  11. Maplehead872

    R4 upgrade wiring options

    CTS 550 audio taper pots ,50's wiring and Luxe .022 grey tiger caps would be my choice for a R4 goldtop.
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    2002 57 Black Beauty Custom Reissue

    My 2003 LPB7 came with the black Gibson Art & Historic case.
  13. Maplehead872

    Tribute to Edwin Wilson - RIP

    Sincere condolences Edwin Wilson R.I.P.?
  14. Maplehead872

    LP 1975 - Kalamazoo or Nashville?

    One must understand that one major move was being made in between the end of '69 and '77 , Kalamazoo was union and Nashville wasn't and there was a lot of union busting going on at th time. The earliest Les Paul body made in Nashville was the Pro Deluxe in very very late '75' and all Nashville...
  15. Maplehead872

    Wiring In R7 Custom

    Yes the.earlier Historics seemed pretty much modern wiring My '03' LPB7 has Electric City Pickups RD 59 low winds and Martin Six String Custom Holy Grail harness with '58' bees. 50's wiring of course.
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