1952/57 Gibson Les Paul Goldtop Conversion
1957 Conversion 1952 Gibson Les Paul Goldtop. Originally a two P-90 equipped LP faithfully converted to 1957 specs. Modifications include a 4-degree tenon angle neck reset, body routing for PAFs, and 1957 stop-tail, ABR bridge, and studs. 1952 parts include the Strap buttons, pickguard, nut, truss rod cover, switch harness, switch tip, and back covers. Plays fantastic with a professionally done re-fret and a shimmed nut for ideal action. Shows expected wear for a guitar of this vintage and is in fantastic playing condition! An excellent example of a 1952 Goldtop conversion! Includes hardshell case.
Check out the feature from our luthier Tyler in the ECG Newsletter:
"If you’re ever in the mood for an internet dustup, just log onto your favorite guitar forum and take a hard stance on the morality of Les Paul conversions. The scuffle that inevitably ensues will put even the most heated political debate to shame. Is one more ’57 Goldtop worth the dismantling of a historically relevant (albeit less playable) ’52? Not to mention the period-correct hardware and PAFs that need to be sourced from other models. The toll mounts. The good news for us, though, is that our community’s tradition of frivolous guitar modification long predates this dispute. Accordingly, it has left us a small but considerable number of previously bastardized classics with which we can play out our fantasies in a relatively guilt-free environment. Instruments like this are the starting point of most conversions out there, and are certainly the only ones we’d advocate modifying. The power of old wood is undeniable, though, regardless of when the guitar reached its final form. A well-executed conversion along with painstaking accuracy in the sourcing of parts (including a killer set of PAFs) make this example the closest thing any of us will get to a ’57 for less than six figures." -Tyler Geske, ECG Newsletter
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