Vintage Gibson pickup question

MacMac · 10-10-2008, 10:47 AM

Hey I was wondering if someone out there could help me out I recently found a black 1971 Gibson Les Paul Custom forsale for almost dirt cheap the only problem is the guitar does not have any of the orginal hardware, it needs a refret and it doesn't have the orginal pups in it. I now where to find the hardware for the guitar, and do the refret but where I'm lost at is I don't know what kind of PUP's Gibson used during this year can anybody help me out, or can someone tell me who makes a pup that would be a close match to the pickup of this Gibson era.

cryptozoo · 10-10-2008, 12:43 PM

T-Tops, and they're on eBay all day long. Almost all of them from that period rated in the mid-7ks.

10-10-2008, 11:25 PM

And until mid 74, the T-Tops would have the patent number sticker. In mid 74 they went to the stamped backing plate.

BCRGreg · 10-11-2008, 02:13 AM

I have a set from a 1972 Custom with the logo stamped into the gold covers.....

pfrischmann · 10-11-2008, 08:40 AM

One of my alltime favorite sounding Les Pauls was a pancake body with those logo pickups.

10-10-2008, 10:47 AM	#1 (permalink)
MacMac Junior Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 22 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Vintage Gibson pickup question Hey I was wondering if someone out there could help me out I recently found a black 1971 Gibson Les Paul Custom forsale for almost dirt cheap the only problem is the guitar does not have any of the orginal hardware, it needs a refret and it doesn't have the orginal pups in it. I now where to find the hardware for the guitar, and do the refret but where I'm lost at is I don't know what kind of PUP's Gibson used during this year can anybody help me out, or can someone tell me who makes a pup that would be a close match to the pickup of this Gibson era.

10-10-2008, 12:43 PM	#2 (permalink)
cryptozoo Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 246 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: Vintage Gibson pickup question T-Tops, and they're on eBay all day long. Almost all of them from that period rated in the mid-7ks.

10-10-2008, 11:25 PM	#3 (permalink)
SKATTERBRANE Guest Posts: n/a	Re: Vintage Gibson pickup question And until mid 74, the T-Tops would have the patent number sticker. In mid 74 they went to the stamped backing plate.

10-11-2008, 02:13 AM	#4 (permalink)
BCRGreg Grumpy Old Luthier Join Date: Apr 2007 Posts: 4,230 Thanks: 51 Thanked 123 Times in 26 Posts	Re: Vintage Gibson pickup question I have a set from a 1972 Custom with the logo stamped into the gold covers..... __________________ Cool guitars, extreme repairs and brutal honesty. www.bcrmusic.com www.grumpyoldmenband.com http://www.youtube.com/user/unkagreg www.ristguitars.com

10-11-2008, 08:40 AM	#5 (permalink)
pfrischmann Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Posts: 31 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: Vintage Gibson pickup question One of my alltime favorite sounding Les Pauls was a pancake body with those logo pickups.

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