thin sissy
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Hello all!
I was hoping to get some advice on my Goldtop from the vast knowledge on this forum
Background: I have a 1955 Les Paul. It has some changed parts (it was sold as such to me, I wasn't lied to). My ID:ing skills on plastics is somewhat lacking, and yesterday a few thoughts came to me while I was playing as I watched the cracked RHYTHM/TREBLE ring.
- I want to put the ring in storage and put on a new one for gigging purposes, as I fear the one on now might break eventually.
- While selecting the BRIDGE PICKUP, sometimes there is no signal. This also sometimes happens with the switch in the middle position (the neck pickup still sounds in this case). If this happens, I flip the switch again and it's fine, and I've not bothered to do anything in the couple of years I've owned this. It is a bit irritating while gigging though, so I want to fix it now.
- I don't know the originality of the ring, switch, nut or switch tip.
- I usually do all electrical work on my guitars, but I've never done it on my 50's Gibsons and I think I will let a professional handle it if it comes to that.
Now to my questions:
1) Which of these parts look genuine for a 1955 Goldtop, and which look like replacements? The originality of, say the switch for example, will affect my decision of repairing/replacing with new stuff.
2) If I put the ring in storage, what are some decent modern ones? I don't care that it's identical, it's a very minor detail after all. I just want the colour to not stick out too much.
2) If the switch is original, I will probably want to fix the issue of bridge pickup cutting out with keeping the parts in the guitar. My first thoughts were either bad solder joints, dirty contact points in the switch or relaxation of contact points in switch that don't always make contact. What do you guys think? Have you had this problem? Am I missing something? If the switch is not original, I'll probably just put in a new one and see if that fixes the issue.
Cheers guys, I hope you can stand this long post :salude
I was hoping to get some advice on my Goldtop from the vast knowledge on this forum
Background: I have a 1955 Les Paul. It has some changed parts (it was sold as such to me, I wasn't lied to). My ID:ing skills on plastics is somewhat lacking, and yesterday a few thoughts came to me while I was playing as I watched the cracked RHYTHM/TREBLE ring.
- I want to put the ring in storage and put on a new one for gigging purposes, as I fear the one on now might break eventually.
- While selecting the BRIDGE PICKUP, sometimes there is no signal. This also sometimes happens with the switch in the middle position (the neck pickup still sounds in this case). If this happens, I flip the switch again and it's fine, and I've not bothered to do anything in the couple of years I've owned this. It is a bit irritating while gigging though, so I want to fix it now.
- I don't know the originality of the ring, switch, nut or switch tip.
- I usually do all electrical work on my guitars, but I've never done it on my 50's Gibsons and I think I will let a professional handle it if it comes to that.
Now to my questions:
1) Which of these parts look genuine for a 1955 Goldtop, and which look like replacements? The originality of, say the switch for example, will affect my decision of repairing/replacing with new stuff.
2) If I put the ring in storage, what are some decent modern ones? I don't care that it's identical, it's a very minor detail after all. I just want the colour to not stick out too much.
2) If the switch is original, I will probably want to fix the issue of bridge pickup cutting out with keeping the parts in the guitar. My first thoughts were either bad solder joints, dirty contact points in the switch or relaxation of contact points in switch that don't always make contact. What do you guys think? Have you had this problem? Am I missing something? If the switch is not original, I'll probably just put in a new one and see if that fixes the issue.
Cheers guys, I hope you can stand this long post :salude
