Jeff R Posted May 29, 2017 Share Posted May 29, 2017 You guys may remember a pretty extensive '76 Les Paul Deluxe restoration project I took on well over a year ago. To recap, it came to me as a very abused body (that had been hollowed out - not chambered but hollowed out by a previous owner), an old neck blank from the Kalamazoo factory, and a cardboard box with more parts missing than there. After I took on a mile-long list of structural stuff that took months to tick off, and our good friend Shannon at HEL took on icing the cake and the spray gun tasks, the project finally wrapped this weekend. Here you go ... enjoy! Before After Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cmatthes Posted May 29, 2017 Share Posted May 29, 2017 INLAYED "Les Paul Model" logo too! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sonic1974 Posted May 29, 2017 Share Posted May 29, 2017 Goldtop for the win! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cynic Posted May 29, 2017 Share Posted May 29, 2017 The side-fade to mask the sandwich shows an eye for detail that most lack. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ARM OF HAMER Posted May 29, 2017 Share Posted May 29, 2017 1 hour ago, Jeff R said: You guys may remember a pretty extensive '76 Les Paul Deluxe restoration project I took on well over a year ago. To recap, it came to me as a very abused body (that had been hollowed out - not chambered but hollowed out by a previous owner), an old neck blank from the Kalamazoo factory, and a cardboard box with more parts missing than there. After I took on a mile-long list of structural stuff that took months to tick off, and our good friend Shannon at HEL took on icing the cake and the spray gun tasks, the project finally wrapped this weekend. Here you go ... enjoy! Before After WOW! That is some great work! Beautiful!.................looking at it now you would never guess how bad it was to begin with..................which is telling about what a fine job you have done. What are the pickups? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kizanski Posted May 29, 2017 Share Posted May 29, 2017 Damn, Gator! You have really upped your game! I would have been very tempted to add a DiMarzio in the center and slapped on a #6! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff R Posted May 29, 2017 Author Share Posted May 29, 2017 Pickups are Dimarzio DLX Plus units. I cannot emphasize just how good these pickups are for a full-blown humbucker replacement within a mini/P-90 footprint. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scottcald Posted May 29, 2017 Share Posted May 29, 2017 Wow, Jeff, that looks fantastic! Looks like it's brand new and you just upgraded the pickups. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Haynie Posted May 29, 2017 Share Posted May 29, 2017 Sunny beach!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Texsunburst59 Posted May 30, 2017 Share Posted May 30, 2017 Awesome job. Love those Deluxe Goldtops. Very good looking guitar. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveH Posted May 30, 2017 Share Posted May 30, 2017 That there is some damn fine work, Jeff! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hfan Posted May 30, 2017 Share Posted May 30, 2017 Wow, great job. Beautiful to say the least. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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