50s LP Special neck pup cavity

[kdm]

does this look alright to you.....?

 

[jimi55lp]

No, the treble side has been chiseled out. The table that the p90 sits on should go across the neck side down to the treble side connecting with the bridge side of the route, the wire channel looks correct. Easy to fix if you have a router.

 

[kdm]

thanks so much, I wasn't aware that the P-90 sits on a table....

 

[SKATTERBRANE]

Normally you can see the neck tenon joint south of the pickup route too. What is this? (I am thinking about the DC version)

 

[kdm]

Normally you can see the neck tenon joint south of the pickup route too. What is this? (I am thinking about the DC version)

This is a single cut. There are only few pics of LP Specials cavities in the net. The pics I saw, the cavities all look different....

 

[SKATTERBRANE]

Cherry single cuts from the 50's are fairly rare.

 

[kdm]

even Hendrix played one....

 

[kdm]

Cherry single cuts from the 50's are fairly rare.

the guitar has been refinished in cherry red long ago....

 

[SKATTERBRANE]

Ah! That makes sense. I wonder if it was a Junior reworked? Rerouted and binding etc?

 

[kdm]

found a pic where the pup table is intact.....:

Ah! That makes sense. I wonder if it was a Junior reworked? Rerouted and binding etc?

as far as I know it always was a Special, only refinished.

 

[HOT-BRIT]

ah! That makes sense. I wonder if it was a junior reworked? Rerouted and binding etc?

could well be

 

[retrobob]

even Hendrix played one....

I'm pretty sure Hendrix is playing the Special that I now own.

Or at least one that looks like mine.

 

[jimi55lp]

Like mine too!

 

[kdm]

Like mine too!

c'mon lets see your LP Specials...

 

[dwagar]

might be just the pic, but that one Jimi is playing looks like a dark wheat color.

 

[kdm]

might be just the pic, but that one Jimi is playing looks like a dark wheat color.

this photo shows me a TV yellw

 

[Mantis]

I'm pretty sure Hendrix is playing the Special that I now own.

Or at least one that looks like mine.

that would be very cool, i know the "Wind Cries Mary" sounds quite stellar on a special.

 

[kdm]

for comparison the pup cavity of a 54 LP Goldtop......the tenon is clearly visible.

 

[12watt]

Mysterious. Maybe it had a mini humbucker fitted at one time?

 

[Danelectro]

A singlecut Special has a box neck joint like a SC Junior so there is no long tenon.