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All I’ve looked at so far is the back of the pots, all say Gibson. I know there were 90s studios with dot inlays over trapeze. And I’ve got no idea with the finish, I bought it prepared to refinish it if needed but I quite like it’s shabby-ness. I will try to sneak a peak at the pickups today

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Hi there! I’ve just scored this scruffy les Paul having had a deal on a melody maker fall through on me. I’m going to pick it up on Saturday morning. It will be my second ever Gibson, and I’ve not owned one for over 10 years so I’m pretty excited, even though it’s scruffy. I did quite a lot of reading before buying it to determine authenticity, please if anyone spots anything I didn’t notice I’d love to know before I go and collect it. I bought it knowing that the headstock has a repair to it, and that as stated above its scruffy as all heck.

Hi! I’ve just joined the forum and Gibson ownership. What a day. I have just this minute won a 2014 Gibson melody maker on eBay and am already impatient for it showing up. I am fairly certain of a few things I would like to do to it, but thought I’d ask some Gibson aficionados beforehand as I’ve only ever owned one Gibson previously, ten years ago, wildly different (non reverse firebird) and I didn’t like it haha. What I would like to do is put a trapeze tailpiece and tunomatic (or Nashville) bridge on the guitar for aesthetic and intonation reasons as I’ve read that whilst there is some setup tolerance on the wraparound it is suited to the factory string gauge and I like 11s. id also quite like to change the pickup covers to cream, for no reason other than aesthetics. and the only non reversible (I think) think I would love to do to it, although I’m hesitant as I am unsure how it would reflect if I came to sell it is to either buff the satin finish to something resembling gloss or to shoot a nitrocellulose clear coat over the factory finish and buff to a high gloss. shoot me down and tell me I’m mad! thanks in advance