1969 Les Paul Custom |
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| Serial # | 5608XX |
| Weight | 9 lbs 7 ozs 4281g |
| Finish | Original |
| Tuning Keys | Not Original; Shaller |
| TRC | Original |
| Frets* | Original |
| Pickup Selector Ring | Original |
| Switch Tip | Not Original |
| Switch | Original |
| Pickguard** | Original |
| Neck Pickup*** | Original 7.28k |
| Surround | Original M-69 MR491 |
| Bridge Pickup*** | Original 8.46k |
| Surround | Original M-69 MR490 |
| Bridge**** | Original |
| Tailpiece***** | Original |
| Knobs Black Bonnet | Not Original |
| Pots****** | Original |
| Capacitors******* | Original |
| Jack Plate | Not Original |
| Jack******** | ? |
* Fret wear is not excessive.
** Pickguard is cracked at forward screw hole.
*** Patent Number Stickers, Bridge PU cover included, solder broken on Neck PU.
**** GIBSON PAT. NO. Bridge, no ABR-1 on bottom, Gold over Chrome.
Brass saddles are Gold over Chrome and are original to the guitar.
***** Very Light! Gold over Chrome over what appears to be aluminum.
****** Code 1376852 CTS pots from the 52nd week of 1968, tabs have been
"squeezed" together to
accommodate the installation of some after market "speed" knobs. Do not appear to
be cracked or broken.
******* Sprague "Black Beauty" with the colored stripes, so-called
"Bumble-Bee" Caps.
******** When the original jack plate broke, the jack evidently pulled free of the
conductor, a short piece of mic cable has been spliced on to reach the jack.