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Single piece mahogany (with a little weight relief if required) is good.
Nicely flamed top is good - perhaps a little of it will show through it the gold top isn't too thick?
Gold top is definitely good.
Tailpiece thingy not so good, but if you got it perfect, I'd be very jealous
If you're doing a proper neck join, rather than a G-emulation, perhaps a bit of neck/body join carve-away? Then I could forgive the tailpiece thingy ...
I just noticed TV jones do this model
the first bridge will be bigsby style because I have a dirty old one in the parts draw, but i may try a bowtie version too. i may even try a solid aluminium bar with minimal shaping
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no carve away - it will be a hybrid of the two show in the first post, just like i did on the last LP
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Stunning sycamore as well.
As for pickups, have you heard from Mojo Marc when he'll put up the Dynasonics he said he'd put on his site?
thr second pic in my first post shows Mary holding Les' guitar with the trem... and the bridge is clearly a P-90. But what is the neck? I reckon this is pre dynasonic stage for this guitar. Later pics with the dynasonic shows screws in the corner of the bridge pickup, but I think this is still pre-staple
i have been after a staple top for years, but I don't actually think it's right for this guitar.
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the fun bit will be comparing the final guitar with my original plan
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I do like the idea of a bit flamed sycamore stealthily hiding under a gold top being revealed over time or with a touch of sensitive relicing
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That natural guitar above is a first run 52. You can tell by the lack of binding and bridge P-90 with corner holes. It will have been goldtop. Both those 52's will have had the dodgy bridge tailpiece combo. The shaved down tune-o-magic and replacement tailpiece is a common fix for the neck angle issues 52's have. These days you can get 52 style bridge/tailpiece combos that work, but I want nothing to do with that feature.
the neck angle will be standard les paul, not 52 style. Worse case, I do a "conversion" further down the line
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Gold tops are good, but gold finishes when you can still see the beauty of the wood underneath (but not in an "in your face" obvious style) are gooder-er.
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i definitely want to have at least one of the pickups from the Les mods section - that's based on some of the previous pics where les is clearly messing with readily available single coils.
the bottom section is just ones i think would look nice, but wouldn't be period correct.
I just found a supply of no-hole soapbar covers so I might have a go at seeing what I can make fit before i commission something to be wound.
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