Escribano -> RE: Les Paul Gold Top Makeover (update) (Jan. 1 2014 19:39:03)
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I have nearly finished my Christmas project. A Les Paul homage/tribute/fake. The guitar I always wanted, but couldn't afford. Based on a Vintage V100GT from Korea. Everything except the body, neck, bridge and tailpiece has been swapped out. Finish has been aged and crackled by hand with a sharp knife. Headstock reshaped, nitrocellulosed black, then a very neat Gibson logo applied, with a clear gloss over the top. Screws and bolts have been rusted and the brightwork pitted as if aged (not worn out through playing). I also removed some of the horrible polyurethane with wet and dry to let the sound out. A bone nut, new tuners, pots, capacitors, complete rewire, switch and jacket socket. Period correct speed knobs for an early Les Paul. The only genuine Gibson part is the truss rod cover, which is waiting to be fixed into place. Now then...... about these pickups. Where do I start? For all that is holy in the Church of Rock and Roll! They are wailing banshees that will turn milk sour at 100 yards. Switch on the bridge pup and you might as well have unleashed afterburners from an English Electric Lightning jet. The bridge pup is deep, growling and bluesy but put them together and the Heavens are cleaved aside. I've been around the block with guitars, but these Firewatch pups (£100 from Oil City Pickups) are the Hellhound's dangly bits. Handmade in London with some help from Thor on his day off. I'll do a sound sample/video that might just be able to demonstrate the effect. Suffice to say that this light-hearted project has exceeded my expectations many, many times over. Someone will have to struggle through the Devil's forest to try and kill this thing with a silver bullet. It's a monster. Seriously.
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