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RTH, Maybe postng the link seems odd but the picture is not mine and I don't want to post someone else's pic. It comes up in Google image search in the third row of images when searched as: Gibson Les Paul Joe Perry. There are other photos there as well.

RTH, Here's a link to a photo of a Gibson JP LP showing what I think might be the pickups I have. http://www.google.com/search?tbm=isch&source=mog&hl=en&gl=us&client=safari&tab=wi&q=gibson%20les%20paul%20joe%20perry&sa=N&biw=320&bih=356#i=13

The "original" comment was in Racer*X's post to which I replied since it was the first description of a guitar that matched mine. While I have not seen the Gibson Joe Perry first hand, the black chrome pickups and surrounds on that model look like (in pictures) what I have. Well, I guess I'll have to go under the hood but I still don't have a clear sense what markings will confirm whether these are Burstbuckers as I have found images but there are no obvious (to me, at least) marking that would confirm or negate. Thanks again for your continued input.

Thanks, RTH. Just to be sure, did the OBL have the creme binding? I can't tell from the picture. And the '96 manufacture date on my headstock? Do either of these change anything? If not, then it's settled. The pickups look to me like they could be Burstbuckers but there is no external making to confirm this (as would be the case with Burstbuckers but that doesn't help). Is there any way to tell for sure? Btw, I have since adjusted the neck pickup upward from the depths shown in the picture.

Thank you for your responses and I appreciate any further input. Pics attached. I have seen the Epi Joe Perry version but mine doesn't have the Bill Lawrence pickups as shown; rather, the pickups seem to be the black chrome as seen on the Gibson original. Also, mine has the cream binding. Third, the serial number indicates it was produced in '96 at the Unsung plant.

Thanks. Will post picks ASAP. Even though I have the pictures in my phone I can't seem to post them so I will as soon as I can get to my laptop. (Choose File is not highlighted.)

Hi, I just purchased what seems to be exactly the guitar you have described. Have you found any more information on this version? I have only just begun but have already gone far, wide and deep but to no avail. Until I saw your post I thought this might be the only one of its kind.