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Right out of the box this geetar played fantastic. This is my second CS LPC guitar and both have been spot on.

I'm not an accordion fan, but that is damn incredible.

It wasn't planned but due to pickup pole position differences on me new Gibson BB I decided to make me 2022 BB LPC a 1972 LPC Reissue. Typically in 1972 they came with witch hat knobs but I don't like those.... They remind me of a Fender amp. I'm keeping the toggle switch cover because it looks so damn cool. Mods = Waffle Back Tuners with 10mm Bushings: Neck and Bridge 1983 Gibson Tim Shaw Era Pups: ABR1 Bridge: Top Hat Volume Knobs: From this: To This:

Ah Thanks.... That was an interesting project for me. That poor bass had many surgeries performed on it. I think the reason Gibson does this is the strings will sit over the center of the pup poles when the strings ride over the bridge pup. As for tone there are two Gibson pickups I really like. The 50's-60's PAF's but I'm not going to shell out $2000 for those. And with the Tim Shaws....... I purchased 10 pair of these back in 2010, and after this mod I have one pair left. I do like some 70's T-Tops but they are very inconsistent in tone and output.

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Ernie Ball extra slinkys is all I have ever used.

That is correct. I have never encountered that before. When I buy new guitars from Gibson the first thing I do is change the pickups to Gibson Tim Shaw Era pups. The next mod (if the guitar came with Nashville Bridge) I change that out to an ABR1 Bridge. Sometimes I will change out the tuners if I'm going for specific era and in this case early 70's vibe. The only Gibson guitars I have that have remained unmodified are: 2014 ES 335 Lemon Burst (Those came with cream Dimarzio 36th Anniversary pups) My 1976 EDS1275 My 1972 SG200 My 1980 Les Paul Custom

I know the feeling

Thanks That was a good read. I have a plan in dealing with this. I have some very old gold pup covers that are in great shape that will work. And re-solder the the covers back on the custombuckers and store away.

I just noticed the bridge pickup pole spacing is wider than the neck pole spacing. (Custombucker) Does anyone know when this started? Only reason I noticed is I changed the pups on my Les Paul Custom BB to Gibson Shaw Era Pups and when I went to install the gold can cover from the Bridge Custombucker it didn't match up. Hmmm... I may need to take a different route with the pup covers.

My wife made me a play list and this one popped up.... Actually a pretty cool song.

The Historic five serial number platform can be tricky as these look-up engines will state your guitar is a 195X Gibson instrument. Since yours starts with a 2 you are probably getting zero results. If you want to Private message me the serial number I can tell the year it was built.

I dunno man.... I clearly remember swimming in the 70's during Stage 3 smog alerts and afterwards the feeling of 100 lbs was sitting on my chest.

crazyparts.de make a low profile ABR1 that allows more adjustment to lower the action.

It hasn't been too bad in SoCal the last couple of years. I remember when I was a kid (the 70's) the haze was so bad from just the smog, the effects of a forest fire was truly diminished. My advice stay indoors if you can, or wear a mask when outdoors.

Those swing-out tuner pegs annoyed me especially when the arm no longer stayed engaged inside the tuning peg.... "CLICK CLACK CLICK CLACK." It was impossible to play the guitar in the studio unless I stayed perfectly still. Finally I broke down and had new tuners put on it.

I just ordered the offset tuner bushings for the waffle backs.... I grew tired of pissing myself off looking for a needle in a giant haystack. thanks for helping.

This is what I'm looking for

Unfortunately those are the press-in bushing type. thanks nevertheless

Is there anyone that makes these.? I've seen them before but few and far between.

I play this sucker often, though I like the sound better plugged in than not.

Alright everyone. This thread is on the brink of going bye-bye.

I gotta get me one of those SG's.... Pretty geetar for sure

Really dig the finish

It was the pavers