chilipeppermaniac
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Wait till you see it!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Don't be scared!!!!
Gibson Deluxe content, During Mini Hum Research, Found this FUNNY AZZ CLip
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chilipeppermaniac
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ON the Subject of Mini Hums which was brought up in a few posts by Esgee elsewhere, RE: Firebirds and Metal
I initially thought of Townshend and his numbered LP Deluxes. This clip is not of Pete's LP's but sort of starts with his SG Special Sounds.
The playing starts around 7:36+ The dude rips on the P90's
I initially thought of Townshend and his numbered LP Deluxes. This clip is not of Pete's LP's but sort of starts with his SG Special Sounds.
The playing starts around 7:36+ The dude rips on the P90's
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chilipeppermaniac
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And the Real thing Freaking ripping that SG at 9:20+ on Young Man Blues.
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chilipeppermaniac
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Now for some Mini HUM Lesters
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chilipeppermaniac
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gball
Ambassador of Boogie
Mini hums are interesting. I really do like how they sound, however I recently installed one in my Firebird I and it almost immediately came back out. The Firebird pickup killed it in every possible way. I know they are built really differently but I didn't expect that big a difference in the tone.
Amp Mad Scientist
Ambassador of Heresy
A LP deluxe would have had mini humbuckers from the factory...
And so somebody cut the body out for the full sized pickups.
I've done that before myself.
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chilipeppermaniac
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YUP I know this and pretty sure many of our members do too. BUT until I saw my first Deluxe in person at a local music store, it had not clicked in that the first time I saw a LP Deluxe player with them was Townshend. He was also the first guy I saw playing a Tele............ except I later learned his Tele's I saw were Schecters.
The most usual LP players I liked before that trip to the store was Page and Joe Perry and of course Frampton with his 3 pickup Customs.
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chilipeppermaniac
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My search for JUST what LP I owned as my first guitar also sent me on a fact finding and very informational endeavor as far as LP models, appointments, history, colors, neck shapes, logo and serial/ made in USA type info goes.
For example, as a life long LP fan, I hadn';t known they stopped making LP's for a period of time and then resumed with the Deluxes.
Gball,. I believe 67plexi has a Firebird and pickup story of his own recent experience.
For example, as a life long LP fan, I hadn';t known they stopped making LP's for a period of time and then resumed with the Deluxes.
Gball,. I believe 67plexi has a Firebird and pickup story of his own recent experience.
BFT Gibson
Ambassador of Originality
mini hums..yesss,,actually hell yes..right exactly where needed in my case for the songs
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chilipeppermaniac
Ambassador of Decibels
How many of y'all knew the Mini Hums went into the guitars to use up what was left of Epiphone Mini Hums?
Deluxe (1968–1985)
1972 Deluxe with mini-humbuckers
1969 Deluxe
The Deluxe was among the "new" 1968-1969 Les Pauls. This model featured "mini-humbuckers", also known as "New York" humbuckers, and did not initially prove popular. The mini-humbucker pickups fit into the pre-carved P-90 pickup cavity using an adaptor ring developed by Gibson in order to use a surplus supply of Epiphone mini-humbuckers. The Deluxe was introduced in late 1968 and helped to standardize production among Gibson's U.S.-built Les Pauls. The first incarnation of the Deluxe featured a one-piece body and slim three-piece neck. (It has been thought that some of these early "one-piece" bodies were actually leftovers from original 1950's Les Paul parts) The multipiece body (a thin layer of maple on top of two layers of Honduran mahogany) arrived in 1969. In late 1969, a reinforcing neck volute was added. 1969 Deluxes feature the Gibson logo devoid of the dot over the "i" in Gibson. By late 1969/early 1970, the dot over the "i" had returned, plus a "Made In USA" stamp on the back of the headstock. Gibson produced 216 Deluxe Gold Top as specially-ordered guitars with full-size humbucker t-tops pickups between 1972 and 1974 (179 in 1973, 28 in 1974 and 9 in 1972), as a Les Paul Standard pickup specification. These Gold Tops are quite rare to find today and are worth US$8,500 to US$9,500 in the collector's market, because they were the first guitars since the Gold Top 1958 fitted with humbucker pickups from the factory. Until the end of the year 1974, 90% of the Gibson Les Paul Deluxe manufactured were Gold Top. New colors emerged from 1975, less valued than the Gold Top. By in late 1975, the neck construction was changed from mahogany to maple, until the early 1980s, when the construction returned to mahogany. The body changed back to solid mahogany from the pancake design in late 1976 or early 1977. In 1985 the Gibson canceled the Deluxe model.
Adrian Smith, of Iron Maiden, uses a Gibson Les Paul Deluxe Gold Top 1972, with the bridge pickup converted to a humbucker, and has been using it since joining Iron Maiden in 1980. Pete Townshend used Les Paul Deluxes onstage almost exclusively between 1973 and 1979, often with additional middle pickups.[26]
Jimmy Page, of Led Zeppelin, used a Gibson Les Paul Deluxe 1969 Red, converted to humbuckers, during the 1970s, and reunion of 2007. Vivian Campbell, of Dio, used a Deluxe Black 1977, with a humbucker conversion, during his period in the band. Ace Frehley used Deluxe 1973 converted humbucker in 70s. Steve Lukather has Deluxe Gold Top 1974 original humbucker.
Scott Gorham and Brian Robertson, of Thin Lizzy, also used Les Paul Deluxes in the 1970s (Robbo converted his Deluxe Cherry Sunburst 1973 to humbuckers in 1977, and plays the guitar to this day). Slash has a Deluxe Tobacco Sunburst 1975, converted to Humbuckers, and use in live shows. Yngwie Malmsteen had a Gibson Les Paul Deluxe Gold Top 1969 in his collection for more than 30 years, converted to humbuckers. It was sold for over U$$25,000 a few years ago.
Deluxe (1968–1985)
1972 Deluxe with mini-humbuckers
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1969 Deluxe
The Deluxe was among the "new" 1968-1969 Les Pauls. This model featured "mini-humbuckers", also known as "New York" humbuckers, and did not initially prove popular. The mini-humbucker pickups fit into the pre-carved P-90 pickup cavity using an adaptor ring developed by Gibson in order to use a surplus supply of Epiphone mini-humbuckers. The Deluxe was introduced in late 1968 and helped to standardize production among Gibson's U.S.-built Les Pauls. The first incarnation of the Deluxe featured a one-piece body and slim three-piece neck. (It has been thought that some of these early "one-piece" bodies were actually leftovers from original 1950's Les Paul parts) The multipiece body (a thin layer of maple on top of two layers of Honduran mahogany) arrived in 1969. In late 1969, a reinforcing neck volute was added. 1969 Deluxes feature the Gibson logo devoid of the dot over the "i" in Gibson. By late 1969/early 1970, the dot over the "i" had returned, plus a "Made In USA" stamp on the back of the headstock. Gibson produced 216 Deluxe Gold Top as specially-ordered guitars with full-size humbucker t-tops pickups between 1972 and 1974 (179 in 1973, 28 in 1974 and 9 in 1972), as a Les Paul Standard pickup specification. These Gold Tops are quite rare to find today and are worth US$8,500 to US$9,500 in the collector's market, because they were the first guitars since the Gold Top 1958 fitted with humbucker pickups from the factory. Until the end of the year 1974, 90% of the Gibson Les Paul Deluxe manufactured were Gold Top. New colors emerged from 1975, less valued than the Gold Top. By in late 1975, the neck construction was changed from mahogany to maple, until the early 1980s, when the construction returned to mahogany. The body changed back to solid mahogany from the pancake design in late 1976 or early 1977. In 1985 the Gibson canceled the Deluxe model.
Adrian Smith, of Iron Maiden, uses a Gibson Les Paul Deluxe Gold Top 1972, with the bridge pickup converted to a humbucker, and has been using it since joining Iron Maiden in 1980. Pete Townshend used Les Paul Deluxes onstage almost exclusively between 1973 and 1979, often with additional middle pickups.[26]
Jimmy Page, of Led Zeppelin, used a Gibson Les Paul Deluxe 1969 Red, converted to humbuckers, during the 1970s, and reunion of 2007. Vivian Campbell, of Dio, used a Deluxe Black 1977, with a humbucker conversion, during his period in the band. Ace Frehley used Deluxe 1973 converted humbucker in 70s. Steve Lukather has Deluxe Gold Top 1974 original humbucker.
Scott Gorham and Brian Robertson, of Thin Lizzy, also used Les Paul Deluxes in the 1970s (Robbo converted his Deluxe Cherry Sunburst 1973 to humbuckers in 1977, and plays the guitar to this day). Slash has a Deluxe Tobacco Sunburst 1975, converted to Humbuckers, and use in live shows. Yngwie Malmsteen had a Gibson Les Paul Deluxe Gold Top 1969 in his collection for more than 30 years, converted to humbuckers. It was sold for over U$$25,000 a few years ago.
gball
Ambassador of Boogie
I did, but that's because I am a nerd and buy lots of guitar books, especially those focused on Gibson.
Jeez, he turns it over and rests it right on the toggle switch. What a putz.
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chilipeppermaniac
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Gball, I wish you could have been with Smitty and me at Atomic Music yesterday.
I suspect you might have found the F30 interesting, as well as a bunch of nice guitars, and the awesome Neil Peart Tama drums banner they have on the wall.
Smitty might have let you show us a thing or 2 on the Washburn too.
I suspect you might have found the F30 interesting, as well as a bunch of nice guitars, and the awesome Neil Peart Tama drums banner they have on the wall.
Smitty might have let you show us a thing or 2 on the Washburn too.
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chilipeppermaniac
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I see this type of thing with Fred Sanford type Big Dummehs wearing rings, turning guitars over against hard objects etc thing all the time.
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gball
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Man, Atomic is one of the best music stores ever. I did a fair amount of horse-trading in that place over the years.
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chilipeppermaniac
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Gball, Atomic is in Beltsville now on Rt 1 near Powder Mill Rd. Easy drive down 295 from us in Halethorpe now. I went to one of their earlier College Park locations my first time back around 2000. Of the stuff I have gotten there, I still have my Mesa Boogie Diesel 4x10 bass cab and now my ES 135 and empty Marshall 50 watt head cab. Pretty much think I've only sold the Ampeg solid State bass head I got when I got the Boogie cab.
Also, the guys there yesterday sure we about as friendly and pleasant as I have ever seen em. They normally have seemed nice, but yesterday seemed a little extra congenial. Maybe Covid has caused a drop in business and an increase in needing to keep attentive to customers.
Also, the guys there yesterday sure we about as friendly and pleasant as I have ever seen em. They normally have seemed nice, but yesterday seemed a little extra congenial. Maybe Covid has caused a drop in business and an increase in needing to keep attentive to customers.
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gball
Ambassador of Boogie
I think you were the one that told me they'd moved. I used to go to the funky location in College Park. I got a bunch of stuff there over the years - actually, one of the best guitars I ever owned came from there, a HCS '96 Les Paul Standard that I still kick myself for selling.
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chilipeppermaniac
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I pretty much remember I had, after smitty and I met up there that first time I wanted him to come check it out like around when I had my 135 awhile and he saw that Little Mesa he and you like.