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What pups do I need to restore my Custom to "original"
I bought this natural finsish LPC this past Friday for $2000 and want to get it back to stock. Any ideas on the pups I need? I did get an older pair of pups with it (not originals) and the EMG s that are in it plus the original pots. Any input is appreciated. Great site for great guitars. Thanks
My bad I didnt realize I didnt put the year. Its an 84 Last edited by silversurfer; 10-13-2008 at 02:16 AM. |
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Re: What pups do I need to restore my Custom to "original"
They're either the Bill Lawrence era Gibson pickups, or Shaw design Gibson pickups. I don't *think* that they're T-tops, but that's also a possibility. My '87 Custom came with Shaws (that were introduced in the early 80s).
T-tops and Shaws are highly regarded, the Lawrence pickups not so much so. There's a lot of discussion about pickups and what was used when on the "other" Les Paul forum. Tell us about the older pickups that came with it?
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Re: What pups do I need to restore my Custom to "original"
These are the "Shaw" pickups without covers...
 I put the gold covers on the Duncan Antiquity humbuckers when I put 'em on this guitar... 
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Re: What pups do I need to restore my Custom to "original"
Looking back at your other post... an '84 would have had Gibson's Shaw design pickups.
According to them that knows, you might find a set for $300-400. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Thread Tools Search this Thread 08-25-08, 08:13 PM #1 Patrick Ginnaty Les Paul Forum Member Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Bremen, Maine Posts: 649 Shaws -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- What are Shaw pickups going for now? Patrick Ginnaty View Public Profile Send email to Patrick Ginnaty Visit Patrick Ginnaty's homepage! Find More Posts by Patrick Ginnaty Add Patrick Ginnaty to Your Buddy List 08-25-08, 08:21 PM #2 MapleFlame All Access/Backstage Pass Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Somewhere between Woodstock and D.C. Posts: 5,584 Re: Shaws -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 300-400 in some cases. Go on FleaBay type in Shaw Pickups and then go to the left and hit completed auctions, that will give ya a rough. __________________ Lotta Gold in my Hills these Days Just a Little mapleflame MapleFlame View Public Profile Send email to MapleFlame Find More Posts by MapleFlame Add MapleFlame to Your Buddy List 08-25-08, 10:09 PM #3 sarge40 Les Paul Forum Member Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Long Island, NY Posts: 255 Re: Shaws -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- People are starting to realize what they are. I think its even driving the other patent number stamped pups (P490s, etc) up in price since its hard sometimes to determine if you have a Shaw or not. I've seen some likely Shaws go recently in the $150 range. Matched sets fetch a bit more per pup.
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Re: What pups do I need to restore my Custom to "original"
I emailed you... did you get it?
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Re: What pups do I need to restore my Custom to "original"
Deffinetly an 81 at the bridge.. Neck seems to be an 85 with the gold logo but could be a 60 with a grey logo.. Im not sure on that one.
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