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corpse

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I think that’s the right number. I have pics of everything except the tenon which has to be a long one with those features.
 

corpse

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I take it he’s a member here ?
No he is not. He and I worked together for years and have stayed in touch. He has just about every amp ever made by Fender. Gigging hobbyist with lots of guitars- mostly 70’s and 80’s. Gigs w a Marshall Jube 100w. The band closes every show with Freebird. I love it.
 

corpse

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Progress on this front with my friend. He told me he will sell it "next year". Ok. Parting is such sweet sorrow.
But that has not kept me from looking.
It is amazing though- nobody ever seems to "mistake" a '68 for a '69- in fact the errors i have seen a 100% in the other direction. How can you say you have a 1968 LPC when the pots are 1376852? And no neck tenon?
 

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So now that I am past that paranoid/coy stage here are more pics. I bought it and it is being shipped- barring Venmo fixes on the sellers side. Everythign appears to check out- and he is sending all the parts- PG, nylon-saddle bridge, TP posts, PUP covers, etc.
It is likely goign to need a good deal of TLC and new frets- I am goign to look at what other folks have done here (@goigolf).
A bit of a dream guitar here- when Musicians Friend would show up these were always the ones that made me drool.
Here's my big question- pre T tops w orange wire- or something else?
Here is my one of a kind walnut 1969 gibson les paul custom...yes1 of a kind only one was made and I have it ... I will send you pictures of the inside Maybe that will help you with yours..
Yes my guitar is authenticated sixty nine I have appraisal from gruhn!!! Yes, he wants it for his museum and no, it's not for sale.These pictures are just to help you.What the pots look like on sixty nine A lot of my pictures won't fit. The files are too big.
So I have to take screenshots of the pictures.sste
 

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gary buff

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Don't let whatever pickups are in the guitar now get in the way of enjoying this guitar. My story;

When I first got my '69 (in '81) I played it for a while, couldn't stand the sound of the original T-Top pickups, and got on the phone to Seymour and asked him what I should put in. (Yeah, in those days we could do that!). In my case he recommended a JB in the bridge and leave the neck as-is. I kept it like that for 30 years. With the guitar semi-retired, on a whim I put the original back in but instantly found out why I switched in the first place. I then tried a couple of others, but eventually the JB found it's way back in. I also tried a another neck pickup but the original is back in it now. FYI, the original neck is actually a bit hotter (7.92) than the bridge (7.48). Perhaps the difference is what influenced me to change in the first. Admittedly the guitar is very bright to begin with.

Long story short, yours sounds like a killer guitar, so make it your own and have fun!
I did exactly that with an old SG/LP I once had, the bridge PAF sounded really thin and the JB transformed the guitar. I played it that way for years until I sold it (with the PAF reinstalled).
 

gary buff

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What a bummer. Hope it goes well as it can.

I've owned three 70s Customs. two late ones with maple necks. Never really bonded with them. Had a White '74 most recently. Same problem. That's the one I should have kept, though. Same as late '69. By then the top carve was not so curvy. Still a good neck tenon.
My first LP was a CSB 20th Anny. which was just gorgeous, sounded great and played OK even with the little frets. Ended up selling it later and getting a black '75 with big factory frets which was the heaviest guitar I ever owned (I bought it cheap thinking I'd get used to it). Besides the weight you could see it was a 3-piece neck as the two outer sections were higher than the center section. Whoever sanded that neck must have been in a hurry :sneaky:I didn't have it for very long.

Best of luck to the OP, hope things work out.
 
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