George Blair , Mar 11, A little hard to tell from the pics, but it also looks like it may be a one-piece mahogany body under the maple cap - a nice bonus.
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I have a 73 Deluxe and that one looks right to me. If it's a good player I'd go for it.
I am interested; I called the guy and he said he " Gave it a good buff job I asked him if he plans on putting it back together and he said in the next day or two. Hey, who doesn't list a guitar for sale and then tear it all apart at the same time? I have a mid 70's deluxe and like someone posted above, it's really tough to date it accurately.
The bridge is period correct pushing towards mid 70s, I think and it looks nice. Personally, I'd buy a vintage pickguard to put back on, but that's a good price all told.
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Brudy , Mar 11, Grovers probably an improvement. Wombat Reynolds , Mar 11, Tuco , Mar 11, Steve Hoffman , Mar 11, Alapraline, on 23 August - Community Forum Software by IP. Help dating a '70 deluxe les paul - Gibson Brands Forums Jump to content. My english is very poor please forgive me I try to have the real dating on a Les Paul Deluxe gold top Selial: Made in USA No dot on the i logo open "b" and "o" No "Gibson" on the mini humbucker Small volute Large peghead Silkscreen "Les paul model" Pot so it is with pancake body Anybody can help me because there is a big change of price if it is or Thank's [rolleyes].
Shouldn't a pot code from the 70s be longer? If it was 7 digits, the last two digits indicate the week the were made.
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If it was, for example, week 11, the year of guitar manufacture would most likely be If the week was, for example, 45 the pot may not have been installed into a guitar until At any rate, as you mentioned, the earliest year would be If it's a decal, the guitar is from Sadly, by just that partial serial number, the best I can find is that your Deluxe was made sometime between and If indeed the potentiometer is dateable to , that might lead us to believe that the guitar was pushed out of the factory in or , but there's no guarantee of that, depending upon how much bench stock they had laying around.
I myself owned a ish Gibson Les Paul Deluxe gold top, many years ago. I miss that guitar!! I have read on this forum that the models had a peghead decal and the writing was not screened.
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But the pots would indicate this guitar as a model. Please let me know what you think. I truly appreciate your expertise. You might want to think about dating girls rather than guitars, but everyone has their thing. The s were used for serial numbers '70, '71 and ' The Cherry Sunburst finish wasn't available until ' They switched from silkscreen to decal on the peghead mid '72 for "Les Paul" and "Model".
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At the time, Gibson's manufacturing probably didn't qualify for ISO , let alone! SO and beyond. I think that we can rule out '70, due to the finish. If the electronics, for the most part, seem to indicate '72, I'd have to guess that it was completed during the first half of ' That said, it could have been WIP work in process for any amount of time, based upon Gibby's manufacturing inefficiencies.
Tone deaf , Jun 3, Could be worst, at least it's not a jr. You shouldn't date your guitars. I'm sure there's laws against it.
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Get out and find yourself a nice girl. RedSkwirrell , Jun 3, It looks like a great guitar. The embossed mini cover would indicate The routed bridge, and Grover's I believe the peg holes would be enlarged , and looks like a re-fret, and being a 2nd, not much you could do to lower the value. It's actually just the kind of deluxe I keep looking for, but because I think I should get a deal on it. I'd keep it if I were you, nothing wrong with it Haha, thanks for the replies and info guys. I do have a great girlfriend and should have posted a better thread title.
I pulled the bridge humbucker out today and it is a DiMarzio. No model or serial number. Any idea what pickup it is? The Grovers that are on there appear to be using one of the existing screw holes and hopefully the peg holes are not enlarged. If not, I would think getting the tuners back to stock if I wanted to would be easy if I found Klusons from Thanks again for the info and feedback guys. It is a great guitar and sounds excellent.
I feel lucky to have it again. Maybe it is a Dimarzio Super Distortion? The Refugee , Jun 4, It is very possible it is a Super Distortion, as that pickup was introduced in according to Wikipedia. The fact that it is not labeled might mean it was the only model DiMarzio had at the time.