[What's your Les Paul's name?]

No problem. And hey, more mojo to it is always good! Might I suggest uncovered pickups in the future?

 

 

LOL,Funny you mentioned it,I was actually thinking/fantasizing about this a 2 days ago, We`ll see,maybe..

I have a black bobbin,Seth Lover (with gold screws) & a unknown black bobbin SD-pickup in a drawer (with silver screws),I will try to install them un-soldered, in the humbucker-rings,..just,first to see if it looks well! :)

..I`ll do that BEFORE I unsolder the nickel-case from the stock 57`s,I love them in this guitar..Nickel-cases are PAIN to solder,(at least with a 30-40W soldering iron ! :)

[What's your Les Paul's name?]

LOL that's awesome. Also LOVE the guitar itself

 

..Crazytrain513..Thanx,really an amazing guitar considering the price of them.Fast & really comfortable neck,Superb playability,

..and came stock with GREAT tone (excellent tone for early ZZ-top,Allman Brothers,James Gang,etc) !

..I`ve modded all my earlier LP`s,but this,I do not dare or wish to experiment with it!

I couldn`t be happier the day I got it !

 

btw: The dark looking baked maple-fretboard,was originally kind of rusty red looking when it was brand new.

two treatment/rounds with Dunlop65 Lemon-oil,and it looks like ebony-fretboard now! )

[What's your Les Paul's name?]

..Here`s "Bonnie" !

 

..Why named Bonnie?

..That`s only because this finish is,uhm..ebony !

[Flying v 67 - 68 reissue]

Got one of the recent 68V here,according to my serial-number, it was made in Nashville USA ,10th may 2012,production-number 40!

 

-Mine is with the cherry finish (dark burgundery,gloss finish) ,Kluson Deluxe,Tuno-matic bridge, and came with granadillo-fretboard (rusty-red,Oh well..but at least it goes well with the finish of the body,(I was hoping for a more "brownish" board,I will see around if theres any "fixes"/good oil`s for this a little later!)

The body,which was flawless,had a great setup,no buzz,cracks,or anything ! It looks shiny & cool and sounded loud & very resonant when playing unplugged! :)

 

I believe there`s only the 68 in white finish that comes with ebony-fretboard..which by now is hard to find,(at least in my region!)

 

Gibson T-500R in bridge & 496R for neck humbuckers ,when overdriven,it sounds really thick,massive & LOUD with a warm tone-characther,Excellent buckers for high-gain metal,Doom,Stoner-rock & early 90`s death-metal,..but it can do really more, When tweaking the amp,tone & volume knobs on the guitar,it sounds great also for classic rock & blues as well when testing on a JCM800 50W combo !

 

The neck feels like a a bit chunkier& wider than a normal 60`s neck,and it is a very straight board,A bit unusual after playing for while a LP Classic Custom.

It`s like getting off a "Bentley" and jumping into a "Willy`s Jeep" ,LOL...but the guitar is really fun to play,and is really growing so far on me ! XD

 

 

-By now I have replaced the pots with CTS500K,added a spargue bumble-bee,50`s independant wiring,It made a little clearer tone of the 496R neck-bucker,no subtle big changes with the bridge-tone/sound..

 

 

Uhm,back to the question,I believe the 67 reissue had vibrola-system, nickel-case over the (490R and 498T?) humbuckers, and a different kind of fretboard-wood,the rest to me,looks pretty much the same !

The faded V`s is actually the same as 68, except for the gloss finish on 68!

 

Cheers