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Help me identify year of my Les Paul


kiks

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Hi,

 

 

Sorry for my very bad english...i'm french :(

 

i've got a Gibson Les Paul Deluxe that i can't precisely tell the year of production

 

here are the facts that i know :

 

Serial is 1XXXXX, and according to Gibson Serials it was made between 1970 and 1975

 

But regarding the Guitardaterproject website its between 1970 and 1972

 

The neck is 3 pieces mahogany, the body is pancake, the neck position mini humbucker left is not embossed with "Gibson" (so not a 72)

 

It was originally sunburst but have been refin in natural finish ( i believe that sunburst finish appaered in 71 on Deluxe)

 

unforunatly the electronics pots have been removed so it's impossible to know the exact year :(

 

it seems that the "Les Paul Model" is a Decal but i'm not sure of that

 

the neck junction is a Trans-tenon and so certainly a Kalamazoo built

 

the case is a Protector Gen1 case but don't know if it is original, i believe those case were first introduce in 1974 ?

 

Personnaly, i would say 73 or 74, but i would like some help

 

Thank you a lot !!!

 

Chris

 

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here's the Gibson Support answer :

 

Hi Chris,

 

 

 

The serial number configuration should be indeed for a guitar made in the period 1970-75. Unfortunately, if the pots are not originals, would be difficult dating the guitar.

 

 

 

Regards,

 

 

 

 

 

Marcelo Pineda

 

Customer Service

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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