Do we like 1974 Les Paul Customs?

[SpencerD]

for metal or harder rock - are the stock '74 [era] pickups good/strong enough to cut, and still let my amps [early JCM, Fortin, Engl, Mesa Rev.F] do the heavy lifting ? prefer to let the amps lift vs. overwound p/u's.

gotta say that 70's tobacco look is the look, even over black/ebony - which is my #1 stage unit ['01 R68 custom authentic w/ throbaks]. old wood good.

Yep. They are probably T- tops. Good to go.

 

[mickstanger]

my real revelation with getting a '74 20th Anniversary is how severe the neck taper is. It's almost 335-esque on the lower frets where you want to be able to wrap your thumb and fingers around the fretboard, and it tapers really severely to a relatively big chunk of wood once you're up the dusty end and need some something solid to dig into. Totally beats the neck on my old '93 standard.

 

[Dave P]

My 73. Probably the main reason I have one was my Al DiMeola hero worship. LOL! I hated the witch hat knobs, they are in the case pocket and I replaced them with dome knobs.