Gibson Les Paul

Gibson Les Paul:

This was one hell of a fun project. It started with a very nice, if slightly neglected, 1991 Les Paul. It started with a Bigsby tremolo installation. I recommended installing Grover locking tuners and a Tusq self-lubricating nut to help with tuning (later, after installing all that, the bridge rocked in a very poor manner so we swapped in a Schaller roller bridge). After some back and forth, we both decided that the aesthetics needed a refreshing, and since Tom had already changed the pick guard for a black one, we went with changing the hardware for black stuff. Pickup surrounds, top hat knobs, pickup selector knob and surround, and nut were all swapped for black versions. The pickup surrounds were shaped to the top so they fit properly. 

After this, and some more words exchanged, the owner decided to swap pickups and do a vintage rewire. I sourced some vintage-style caps, some nice CTS pots, some push back wire and Tom acquired some Wolfetone pickups. The rest was just the usual cleaning and polishing. What a fun custom job! Real nice to play too...