Pre-NGD: 1974 Les Paul Custom Alpine White

[jstarr823]

Absolutely superb. Congrats.

 

[KS 5150]

Absolutely superb. Congrats.

Thanks!

 

[KS 5150]

Starting to age the brass poker chip & waiting on the engraved pickguard to arrive....wish me luck!

 

[KS 5150]

Quick picture update of the transformation...getting closer:

 

[BenjaminW]

All that's left of the transformation into Randy's is putting on gold Grover tuners if you haven't yet, then you've got Randy's Les Paul right there.

I'm GASing for a 74 as well, but I'm not coughing up enough money for one yet.

 

[KS 5150]

All that's left of the transformation into Randy's is putting on gold Grover tuners if you haven't yet, then you've got Randy's Les Paul right there.

I'm GASing for a 74 as well, but I'm not coughing up enough money for one yet.

I don't want to route to change the tuners. So that will be a feature that will be a bit inaccurate. I do have some more work to sand the pickguard a bit, as the reproduction I got isn't the same size or shape as an actual '74. I didn't want to engrave the original, as I'm saving all of the original parts. But I'm happy with the progress so far If you are considering a real '74, especially in white, I'd look into it sooner than later. I've noticed the prices have taken a bit of a jump lately.

p.s. I checked under the truss rod cover, and mine is a non 20th anniversary '74, just like Randy's. The way to determine is that a '74 has a mahogany neck, whereas a '75 has maple. Mine is definitely mahogany

 

[ARandall]

^ The maple neck didn't come in until quite a way through the year.....so a good portion of 75 actually had mahogany necks, plus every other feature of the 70-74 period.

 

[Strat God]

Congrats on a beauty and welcome to the club!
I have one that used to belong to Dwager and love it.

 

[HardCore Troubadour]

@KS 5150 you should be very, very proud!!

Great LP!

 

[KS 5150]

@KS 5150 you should be very, very proud!!

Great LP!

Thank you sir! It's not officially mine until November so I'm just Rhoads-ing it & trying to avoid temptation lol!

p.s. fixed the pickguard so it's now straight.

 

[KS 5150]

Congrats on a beauty and welcome to the club!
I have one that used to belong to Dwager and love it. View attachment 384722

Wow, you got Don's?!? That was my template for what I was looking for
I even reached out to Don for some advice, which he was very kind to provide

 

[KS 5150]

^ The maple neck didn't come in until quite a way through the year.....so a good portion of 75 actually had mahogany necks, plus every other feature of the 70-74 period.

I managed to get a look at the pot dates, & they look to be late '73, so a '75 seems unlikely.

 

[ARandall]

Yes, pot dates are a way better way of determining the age of a guitar in this period by comparison to supposed spec change times.