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https://www.thefretboard.co.uk/discussion/261402/fs-tokai-ls50-1981-goldtop-trades-possible#latest
You can get great P90's that fit humbubker routs
https://www.thefretboard.co.uk/discussion/261001/
Superb guitar for the money. Definitely not a slim neck tho. Closer to 50s than 60s profile but not big chunky thing.
As someone else suggested, there are a number of Gold Top clones out there which would do the job sound wise, some of which are unbelievably inexpensive, but as you say, most of them are covered in treacle in terms of their finish, most notably the one I bought the other day which is currently winging its way to me - a Fazley Midas. That thing has more tacky gold finish on it than a gold bar wrapped in Ferrero Rocher wrappers lol, but apparently they are great if the reviews are to be believed, which prompted my curiosity purchase. Guess I'll find out.
One thing to bear in mind with P90s, is that you may have to arse about with the pots to get the sound you want. Technically a P90 is a single coil, albeit a beefier sounding one than the single coils you find on Fenders, so a lot of the time, P90 fitted guitars have 250k pots to back the brightness off a bit, but if you actually want them to sound bright, you might prefer to stick 500k pots in there. Or you could go mental and put 1000k pots in there and make records which only bats can hear.
Maybe some Gibson Studio tribute could do the job too though I'd be a bit more concerned about possible build issues on those
Sound-wise the right pickups in pretty much any such guitars will work so I'm not worried about that part.
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https://www.guitarguitar.co.uk/product/px240116418101001--greco-1982-eg56-60-gold-top-pre-owned
My Trading Feedback can be found here: https://www.thefretboard.co.uk/discussion/62765/bad-alice/p1
They had Black Friday/Christmas deals, selling them for $599.
Would have been snapped up here.
https://www.thefretboard.co.uk/discussion/202071/nco