All mahogany LP's

[J.T.]

I saw one in another post - said "no cap." Anyone have autopsy pics? I'd love to see how the routing/drilling was done if there's no cap. Thanks!

 

[slapshot]

drill one big long **** off hole through the jack hole that hits both pickups
see how it's round not a square routed trench?

 

[RAG7890]

There is an all Hog '57 GT at Gary's Guitars (from memory).

Apparently they sound really good. They are not common but there are a few around that I know of.

 

[scott lentz]

Great sounding guitars! Nothing easy about these guitars, especially 12/4 mahogany wide enough,and drilling through the body, but the 1/2 hole would offer some stability.

 

[soundboy57]

My 1993 prehistoric custom shop Black Beauty is one solid piece of mahogany, with the a round drill hole for the wiring to the pickups like the previous post..It has the ink stamp serial starting with "3" instead of "7" like the historic reissue.
I will try to post a pic of the control cavity soon.
It has a nice amount of bark and bite to it, even without the maple top.
Nice and balanced tone.

 

[oldgtarz]

I used to own a very early 2 pickup '93 Historic BB'57, it was torched when the guitarstore I worked for burned down. It had a two piece mahogany top on a one piece mahogany body.

 

[7gtop]

now... THAT'z a real flame t0p

 

[jimi55lp]

The vintage 54 thru 60 customs are all mahogany with no cap and so were some 57 GTs. The wire channel will identify if it's a cap or not by being squared or round.

 

[goldtop0]

Years ago in the mid 90s Tom Wittrock wrote me that he'd seen an original all mahogany 58 or 59 Standard which of course is extremely rare.

 

[rockinlespaul]

All mahogany 2006 R7. Yamano guitar. 1 of 25 I believe. True one piece hog body. I got this from Matte Henderson. Best modern les paul I ever owned.

 

[J.T.]

Oh, good Lord. Wanna know what a doofus I am? After reading Jimi55lp's post above, I went back and checked gut shots of my '57 Alnico aaaaaaaand guess what? Yeah, I own one. LOL!

 

[jimi55lp]

Sweet!

 

[Stinky Kitty]

I used to own a very early 2 pickup '93 Historic BB'57, it was torched when the guitarstore I worked for burned down. It had a two piece mahogany top on a one piece mahogany body.

Love Mother's Finest. Great band that deserves to be remembered! Funk rock, R&B at its best..

I had a 07 Studio VM I regret trading. Not in the league of those mentioned above, but that sweet little hog could grunt with the best of them.