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Subject: Re: lead guitars

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Dan

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Date Posted: 11:25:02 04/01/04 Thu
In reply to: davey m 's message, "Re: lead guitars" on 10:14:58 04/01/04 Thu

>>As for saying Scott playing a Gold top.. I meant delux.
>Didn't knwo it might of start out as a Gold top or maybe
>Dan's sparing my feelings!
>
>Davey m

Hi Davey, It wasn't the delux that started out as a Gold Top ... it was the '59 Standard. Gibson didn't make LPs during the 1960s, so when the early 70's rock gurus rediscovered the model, there were only late 1950s models available. The new 1970s ones were not up to the same quality. But since the '59 sunburst was soon seen as the "iconic guitar", it became a common practice to take '59 Gold Tops and remove the finish. Trouble was that the maple tops on Gold Tops weren't book-matched (or even flamed) because they weren't supposed to be seen ... so you can sometimes spot their origins. I learned all this from some knowledgeable people on the Northern Light Board a while back ... see it wasn't all flames on NL! :-)

The sunburst Delux (smaller pick-ups than Standard - Live and Dangerous video)...

The refinished ex-Gold Top Standard....

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Re: lead guitars	Space Wagon	21:26:08 04/01/04 Thu