Members vintage clubber Posted July 17, 2012 Members Share Posted July 17, 2012 One of my repair customers picked up this old MIJ Les Paul copy to fix up. Going to completely replace all electronics. He got a set of gold covered Rose California's from Ken. I will also be replacing the tuner bushings with new gold ones - it was missing two; new gold finished bridge and tailpiece as well! It should be a killer axe once completed! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Davo17 Posted July 17, 2012 Members Share Posted July 17, 2012 Very cool, I have a late 60's 12 string Ventura. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members vintage clubber Posted July 17, 2012 Author Members Share Posted July 17, 2012 [video=youtube;Qgqo_jMYGbU] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Crisco Posted July 17, 2012 Members Share Posted July 17, 2012 Cool. What sort of wood is it and what do you make of the 'Cap'? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members soundcreation Posted July 17, 2012 Members Share Posted July 17, 2012 those old 70's MIJ's always seem to have incredible looking plain maple tops.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members vintage clubber Posted July 17, 2012 Author Members Share Posted July 17, 2012 not sure on the body wood. I'm inclined to agree with soundcreation that the top is plain maple... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members vintage clubber Posted July 19, 2012 Author Members Share Posted July 19, 2012 Finished the job last night and shot the "After" video tonight: [video=youtube;iNY3j-Rbuc0] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members benzem Posted July 19, 2012 Members Share Posted July 19, 2012 Nice job! Sounds good! I had one prob a few years older(it had the Gibson headstock) for a few years. Kinda hated to sell it. Does yours have the tiny vintage frets? Mine were so low( fretless wonder?) that I ended up learning(noe that's stretching it:)) slide on mine. Every time I played it, silly, but "Ventura Highway" would go thru my head. Shoulda kept it. Don't forget, you were gonna do a demo of your peter green mod for me, with some distortion? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members vintage clubber Posted July 19, 2012 Author Members Share Posted July 19, 2012 Nice job! Sounds good! I had one prob a few years older(it had the Gibson headstock) for a few years. Kinda hated to sell it. Does yours have the tiny vintage frets? Mine were so low( fretless wonder?) that I ended up learning(noe that's stretching it:)) slide on mine. Every time I played it, silly, but "Ventura Highway" would go thru my head. Shoulda kept it. Don't forget, you were gonna do a demo of your peter green mod for me, with some distortion? This Ventura actually belongs to a repair customer of mine. He went ahead and ordered new tuners because the stock ones are pretty much shot. The frets are pretty small, but certainly not unplayable. I actually used the Peter Green with overdrive in this Crate Vintage Club 20 vs. Marshall Class 5 video: [video=youtube;5NV86uTr4C0] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members vintage clubber Posted July 26, 2012 Author Members Share Posted July 26, 2012 owner opted to go ahead and replace the tuners on this. I installed a set of these from Guitar Fetish: http://www.guitarfetish.com/3x3-Keystone-Green-Key-Vintage-style-tuner-Gold_p_37.html These tuning machines are great for the price point and a huge improvement over the worn out stock tuners! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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