FS: "72 Les Paul Deluxe Goldtop *SOLD*

[carfish7]

Well, here goes nothing.

This was a gift from my Pop on my 18th birthday. Since then I have dragged it with me everywhere, but played it very sparingly for a variety of reasons, mainly because I'm a Strat Cat through and through and because it was so damn clean I didn't want to hack it up. I have honestly played this thing less than 20 hours in almost 3 decades(it SUCKS to admit that somehow - sorry, Pop!), so I'm hoping this gets to someone who will use it often as it deserves to be. Condition is a solid 9/10 and it now once again sports the original mini-hummer that I swapped 25 years ago since it was microphonic with my MXR Distortion+ jacked into a Fender Deluxe(now the replacement Duncan has gone microphonic under duress from my Boogie and a Fulltone '69, but I digress ). I do not have the original case, knobs, or input jack plate (it was replaced with a anodized aluminum jobbie before I got it), and I suppose the truss rod cover should say "Deluxe"?(again, as it came to me so I don't know), but the rest is all original. I replaced the bridge(twice!) and tailpiece due to corrosion but the original bits are in the case (one of the modern brown versions with the pink interior and "shroud").

This has a 3-piece mahogany neck and it is, in a word, huge. The guitar also has the pancake body and is in the 10 lb range if I had to guess. I'll get an accurate weight, as well as detailed pics, by the end of the day (as long as it stays sunny ). The original frets are in great shape, and it has never been broken or damaged in any way. The pots are '72, but I have never asked an expert to suss a year-of-manufacture, so if anyone has any solid insight into dating these with any precision, I'm all ears and appreciative of your shared wisdom.

I'll toss out this crappy pic for now, and should any of you have any questions about it before I get the gooder pics going, feel free to give me a call @ 612-703-3990 - I'll be outside snapping photos. I'll offer it up here for $3k, which is what I will be starting it at on that auction site and also locally, but will cover overnight shipping and full insurance to HFC brethren and toss in a bonus goodie or 2.

(deep breath)

Thanks.

Z

[Carl.B]

Good luck with the sale! Sweet gold top

Back in the day that was my dream guitar. If I did not have to get my truck fixed due to some idiot with no insurance rear ending it, water heater about to blow, oh and the minor expense of sending a kid off to collage. I would be all over it!

[backinit]

Love that deluxe. It reminds me of the wine one I had around 81.

[velorush]

That is a really nice guitar.

[cornjulio]

That's one of the few guitars I always wanted and still don't have but it's won't happen now either!

Very nice indeed.....

Good luck.

[marantz1300]

I have a Les Paul Gold Top with P90s. You could try swapping your pups .I think P90s drop straight in.I would keep it and hand it down to my son or daughter one day. if I was in the U.S.A I'd be after that.

[Russ]

DOH! You know, there are 3 guitars left on my "realistic" "some day" list (the 59 LP and the PRS Doubleneck Dragon are clearly on the fantasy list).

A late 70's US BC Rich Mockingbird in birdseye, with all the switches and knobs

An early 70's Gretsch White Falcon (no idea why)

An early 70's LP Deluxe Gold Top

Sadly, I'm currently in "fiscally prudent" mode. I do wish you luck with the sale though.

[carfish7]

Russ, thank you and make mine a Eagle Supreme with figured Koa!

Oh, and "Bump" with better pics now available upon request.

Thanks.

Z

[carfish7]

Going to a new home. Thanks, guys.

Z

[Michael]

Love that deluxe. It reminds me of the wine one I had around 81.

I had a wine red Standard/Deluxe that was made in about `74 which I got in about `80 or `81. Supposedly it was a demo guitar, showing features of both. Deluxe was inked on the back of the headstock but it had all kinds of Standard features. It was the heaviest guitar I've ever owned or played. A ton it weighed! It was routed for full size humbuckers; sang like a dream when I put Duncan `59's in it. I'd drop P-90's in this one immediately! Shoot, it's already routed for them. What was the theory behind mini humbuckers anyway? Talk about reinventing the wheel; they had already invented the best sounding humbuckers in the history of the world, which was no secret. What were they shooting for with the mini `buckers, does anyone know?

[Bigred]

Apparently the P90's issued in the LP's in '68-69 didn't sell as hoped and Gibson already had lots of bodies routed for the P90's...so they asked Seth Lover to come up with a smaller humbucker that would fit into the cavity without rerouting.... and thus the "mini" humbucker was introduced in '69.....and sales soared.......