LPneastguy
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1980 lp custom thanks
T-top. See the “T” on the bobbin? Shaw won’t have thatI pulled this out of a 60’d VOX Super Meteor that had is square in the middle. Still has original tuners and electronics. Trem is missing spring. Hatchet job of wiring. Pickup was gray tapped to the inside of the pick guard. Ha! Bought it at a pawnshop for $50, 5 or so years ago.
Anyway, I always wanted to see that the pickup was. Today I finally did this hoping it was an old Gibson pickup. We’ll.. I pull the tape back and see stamped on the back of the pickup PAT NO 2737842, look it up and I start reading about T Tops and Tim Shaw. Articles use words like “Holy Grail” for Tim Shaws. White plastic spacer, wood spacer, rough magnate, stamped and not stamped, A2, A5, AO something or other..
So many contradicting comments that confirm exactly the opposite of each other.
Tried to figure it out on my own but I just don’t know what I have here. T Top or Tim Shaw or something in between?
Take a look?
Almost like my Patent sticker T-Tops from my childhood first electric Les Paul CustomT-top. See the “T” on the bobbin? Shaw won’t have that