Root beer finish in 1997?

[BlueGuitar!]

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Only 9lbs? Wow hang on to that one. Mine is 10lb 4oz, but it's been groverized.. so was probably closer to 10 from the factory. I wish someone would chime in as to whether these Custom Shop Classics have the 9-hole relief.. is it possible to tell from the control cavity?

 

[timur555]

knocking the deck doesn’t show any cavities. it’s a whole wood body, as i think

 

[TM1]

So... is that top A&W approved? I grew up with A&W Root Beer...

 

[jimmyace2006]

Mike S. wrote an article about these on LPF. The ones with open zebra pickups are custom shop models. Yes, you read that right, custom shop models. It was a small run.

The ones with gold hardware / pickup covers and with the blue or green finish that would fade real bad were USA models with different pickups from the custom shop models - and the USA ones had a hand rubbed finish. They came in several colors, but only the blue and green faded. Here is Mike's article:

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[BlueGuitar!]

Mike S. wrote an article about these on LPF. The ones with open zebra pickups are custom shop models. Yes, you read that right, custom shop models. It was a small run.

The ones with gold hardware / pickup covers and with the blue or green finish that would fade real bad were USA models with different pickups from the custom shop models - and the USA ones had a hand rubbed finish. They came in several colors, but only the blue and green faded. Here is Mike's article:

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Correct! Thanks and sorry to revive a dormant thread. I believe these tops had hand-rubbed 'aniline dye' finishes with 490r/498t gold pups. The blue one I posted earlier from Mike's collection is my most favoritist paul ever.


Wish Mike S would chime in as to whether the zebra 57 pup'd Custom Shop Classics were 9-hole or solid