I am in the fortunate position to finally buy myself another Gold top (to replace a long lost 68 I owned). I can't afford an early 68, but I have found a couple of 69's in my budget. My daily play is a 57 Custom Shop Gold top which I love. I am more of a Humbucker guy over P90. One GT is a late 69 with Mini humbuckers, one piece body, three piece neck with no volute and the other is a slightly earlier 69 with P90's, One piece body, one piece neck no volute with the top edges of the head with three pieces (is that considered a three piece) and better overall condition with pots which date to 68. I guess I could drop in Mini humbuckers in the earlier GT, but is the three piece neck actually better or worse when it comes to playability for these vintage guitars. Any thoughts would be appreciated. My goal is a 68 or 69, not a later model (50's guitars way way way out of my budget)