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Difference between 57's and Goldtop 58's?

TM1

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With sharper corners on SS covers and generally lower output pickups than late 1958 PAFs and beyond.

See my early 1957 below:

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Wow, That's clean! Do you clean it everytime you're done playing it? Not trying to be an A-hole, but some folks do clean their guitars after everytime they get played. I have a friend who has an L-4 & an L-5 and he cleans them before they go back in the case..
 

MikeSlub

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Don't forget that there were a handful of '57 Goldtops that had all-mahogany bodies and tops. This is one of them. Heavy as hell, but plays and sounds great! Poker chip is a repro. EDIT: Missed the earlier post on all-mahogany LPs.

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Bruce R

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No difference in the type of fret wire between the '57 and the '58? Wasn't 1958 when they went to a heavier wire?
 

57gold

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Wow, That's clean! Do you clean it everytime you're done playing it? Not trying to be an A-hole, but some folks do clean their guitars after everytime they get played. I have a friend who has an L-4 & an L-5 and he cleans them before they go back in the case..
Sadly or stupidly, it doesn't get played much.

Bought it 25 years ago for not much $, even though was the most I spent on anything other than my house, car and perhaps some jewelry for my wife.

With what has happened to the vintage guitar market and the fact that I play out at local bars and jams, I feel better brining along a new build - Bartlett, JGs, Collings CL/I35s or for a vintage vibe my 1959 345 with double whites, for PAF tone. Have noticed a couple of members here showing off their vintage "road warriors". Have half a mind to sell it to a collector and find a beat GT to play out.

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Another photo. Little ding through the lacquer on left bottom bout is it's only mark.
 

Standard Magic

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Trying to find pics of switch cavities from that era, found this thread:

What do yours look like (anyone here who has one)?
 

Standard Magic

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I think I know why they needed the staircase route, doesn't look like much room here (7 3746):

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Hope I can repost members' images here, 8 3087 "first burst":
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Question is; why didn't they just use a wider route to begin with?
 

delawaregold

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No, I documented it for a sale. I used the photos to demonstrate the point.
~DG
 

somebodyelseuk

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This is how Gibson seems to reissue the R7's, when I played one it was explained to me they have lower out put pickups compared to the bursts, that R7 sure sounded it did.
My '21 R7 pickups are exactly the same as my '19 R9 pickups. To be brutally honest, the necks aren't much different, either. Other than the colour and a few ounces, they're pretty much the same.
 
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