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Ahh.. finally.

 

8+ years in the waiting i finally acquired a Les Paul Gold top by Epi by way of a longtime epi/gibby dealer in my hometown called "sound vibrations"

 

the thing is, I played it, and well, isnt there supposed to be a traditional 60 cycle hum on the neck only and bridge only settings?

 

all three toggle selection positions have the same backround taste... even the middle.

 

a faint yet p!ssed off sounding "noisy pup buzz"... not the hum of a fender single coil.

 

through my dead quiet tube, that sound is audible on all 3 spots

 

Im really hoping its cause they arent wired up wrong and that the reason is that they arent rw/rp

 

 

anyone w/ a gold top please respond!

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Ahh.. finally.

 

8+ years in the waiting i finally acquired a Les Paul Gold top by Epi by way of a longtime epi/gibby dealer in my hometown called "sound vibrations"

 

the thing is' date=' I played it, and well, isnt there supposed to be a traditional 60 cycle hum on the neck only and bridge only settings?

 

all three toggle selection positions have the same backround taste... even the middle.

 

a faint yet p!ssed off sounding "noisy pup buzz"... not the hum of a fender single coil.

 

through my dead quiet tube, that sound is audible on all 3 spots

 

Im really hoping its cause they arent wired up wrong and that the reason is that they arent rw/rp

 

 

anyone w/ a gold top please respond!

[/quote']

 

I had a '56 GT years ago (Unsung 1998), the pickups weren't RWRP. In fact, I swapped out the pups for GFS because the GFS were RWRP. I don't know about the newer ones.

Guest icantbuyafender
Posted

what a relief

 

no rw/rp explains buzz on 3 positions.

 

thank you very much

Guest icantbuyafender
Posted

oh and mine has grovers =D>

 

upsetting... i am a huge fan of the tulip style kluson tuners

Guest icantbuyafender
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touche, sir

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Yeah, I pulled the P-90s in mine and put Gibson Mini-humbuckers in it. Best move ever. I love it now! I tried to like P-90s, but they are too noisy for me. My '56 GT gets a lot more playtime now.

Guest icantbuyafender
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Yeah' date=' I pulled the P-90s in mine and put Gibson Mini-humbuckers in it. Best move ever. I love it now! I tried to like P-90s, but they are too noisy for me. My '56 GT gets a lot more playtime now.[/quote']

 

so, you had the same buzz out of you pickups on all three toggle positions too?

 

btw, that mod you did look fantastic!

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