Hello fellow Lester aficionados - just looking for some sage advice from the Les Paul crowd.
I have a new (to me) Norlin-era LPC which is in stock condition, complete with ashtray. It has been used fairly extensively, I can see that it has its fair share of dings and scratches, but the norm for a 40+ year old instrument. It has been very well maintained however.
I really like the feel, look and overall vibe of this funky '70s fiddle - however the tone is not doing it for me. It sounds like it has a cold, it is a weird congested tone, especially compared to my other Lesters. Granted, they have different pickups (Burstbuckers, Sheptones etc) but the Norlin's tone isn't even in the same ballpark.
I've heard good things about T-tops (assume it has these rather than Shaws) - so I was thinking that perhaps swapping the pots for different spec would help? I'm loathe to disturb what is essentially a factory-stock soldering job though... for you boffins that pore over details, would swapping things like this out affect the value in the future? (fully realise that I've got a Norlin LPC, rather than a '59 burst!)
Pot codes are 1377919 on the volume and 1377902 on the tone.
I have a new (to me) Norlin-era LPC which is in stock condition, complete with ashtray. It has been used fairly extensively, I can see that it has its fair share of dings and scratches, but the norm for a 40+ year old instrument. It has been very well maintained however.
I really like the feel, look and overall vibe of this funky '70s fiddle - however the tone is not doing it for me. It sounds like it has a cold, it is a weird congested tone, especially compared to my other Lesters. Granted, they have different pickups (Burstbuckers, Sheptones etc) but the Norlin's tone isn't even in the same ballpark.
I've heard good things about T-tops (assume it has these rather than Shaws) - so I was thinking that perhaps swapping the pots for different spec would help? I'm loathe to disturb what is essentially a factory-stock soldering job though... for you boffins that pore over details, would swapping things like this out affect the value in the future? (fully realise that I've got a Norlin LPC, rather than a '59 burst!)
Pot codes are 1377919 on the volume and 1377902 on the tone.