pbxl Posted October 21, 2020 Share Posted October 21, 2020 (edited) All, Received a stuning LP special tribute single cut from music store Germany. No complaint the sound is superb and clean effortlesly Just a tiny bit of glue on the neck. But... contrary to others.. the toggle swith is near the tone pot.. same routing as a DC from early 59. Tried to find some information on this but the store can just answered that this model is no onger available. Did not found pictures of other guitar with same rounting. Mine date from Oct.2019. and came without authenticity doc.. maybe it's the case for all guitars as this one.. Anyone has seen same guitar as mine ...? KR Phil Edited October 21, 2020 by pbxl Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
merciful-evans Posted October 22, 2020 Share Posted October 22, 2020 I've searched for a picture but cant find one with the switch in the position you describe. Try posting a picture. You will probably need to use a hosting site or a link from YT. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pbxl Posted October 23, 2020 Author Share Posted October 23, 2020 Here some pic https://www.musicstore.com/fr_FR/EUR/Gibson-Les-Paul-Special-Tribute-P-90-Worn-White-Satin/art-GIT0051797-000 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sgt. Pepper Posted October 23, 2020 Share Posted October 23, 2020 Since you said there is glue on the neck and we all know how killer QA is, I'm going with its real. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Twang Gang Posted October 23, 2020 Share Posted October 23, 2020 All the tributes currently shown on this website show the switch in the upper position. Yours would appear to be fairly unique - embrace it, it is probably easier to use located where yours is. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pbxl Posted October 24, 2020 Author Share Posted October 24, 2020 (edited) Indeed but wonder why Gibson made a small batch like this. production error, try out,..? and the price was really low for Europe 780$ Edited October 24, 2020 by pbxl Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
merciful-evans Posted October 24, 2020 Share Posted October 24, 2020 1 hour ago, pbxl said: Indeed but wonder why Gibson made a small batch like this. production error, try out,..? and the price was really low for Europe 780$ No. You couldn't do that by mistake. Its just a change. If anything it would be cheaper & easier to route and wire this way. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rabs Posted October 24, 2020 Share Posted October 24, 2020 That is a bit weird... When I first saw this post I thought it was going to be one of the models where all the controls are under the pickguard.. Thats not what you have.. Cant find any other pics of it either.. It could be a special run.. Sometimes big guitar shops like Guitar Centre order special runs just for their shop then sometimes some of those models find there way out of the USA and come to the European warehouse... The other thing you can do is email pics of the guitar and the serial number to Gibson Customer Service. They should be able to confirm what model and colour it should be. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sparquelito Posted October 24, 2020 Share Posted October 24, 2020 Marketed for the European customers, I reckon? I love it, by the way. I was never a fan of the switch up where it's normally located. 😐 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveFord Posted October 24, 2020 Share Posted October 24, 2020 European model only? What side of the road do you drive on? That could explain the switch location... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
merciful-evans Posted October 25, 2020 Share Posted October 25, 2020 9 hours ago, sparquelito said: Marketed for the European customers, I reckon? Well, then they'd have to re-tool everything for metric sizing. Re-size the poker chip to include translations into French, Czech, Polish, Lithuanian, Greek etc etc. and completely cover the finish with safety regulations stickers. Nightmare. Quote I love it, by the way. Good isn't it! Quote I was never a fan of the switch up where it's normally located. When I first got my LP, I kept flipping the switch by accident. I considered removing the tip at one point. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sparquelito Posted October 25, 2020 Share Posted October 25, 2020 3 hours ago, merciful-evans said: Well, then they'd have to re-tool everything for metric sizing. Re-size the poker chip to include translations into French, Czech, Polish, Lithuanian, Greek etc etc. and completely cover the finish with safety regulations stickers. Nightmare. At least it's already priced in Euros. So they got that going for them. When I first got my LP, I kept flipping the switch by accident. I considered removing the tip at one point. I get a lot of flack for my views on the location of that 3-way switch. I know that the proper (upper location) is most familiar and comfortable for the majority of players, but I could never stand it there. Down low is the way to go, Joe. 😐 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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