i rarely ever played it., it was more an investment than an instrument to me. i was in the process of changing the hardware to chrome from gold when i discovered the theft.
the short, patched in cables are the replacement pickups., i eould never cut a set of pickup leads like that! i took them apart and discerned i had a burstbucker 2 in the neck, and a 490T at the bridge. i removed them, removed the entire wiring harness, and replaced the pickups with a pristine set of gibson custom buckers. the custom buckers had come out of a les paul, and as difficult as it was, i did my dead level best to do as " stock" a re-wiring job as possible. to that end, the original leads are now in the guitar and it's fairly close to stock now. my wiring job certainly was a perfect as the original, those guys do it several times a day...but it's not bad. as far as the pickups are concerned, the originals were custom bucker " wild-wood spec. which i understand are somewhat underwound., these are stock custom buckers so i suspect i've got a bit more output than what the original layout would yield.
i bought the instrument from " toms gear emproium " off reverb, the guys name is tom natoli. i have evidence he committed this crime, but he had no problem at all denying my request he make the pickup situation up to me., and this after he told me before the sale, the pickups were stock. the evidence is then, he is not at all a man of his word., it's as worthless as my " certificate of authenticity.
