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guitarguy1964 · 04-27-2008, 03:37 PM

I bought my first good guitar in 1981 at the age of 17. I had just started gigging in my first band and had saved the $400 to buy it. It was a 1973 Deluxe Les Paul Gold top that had been routed for humbuckers. Actually I use the term routed "loosely". Don't you have to use a router for that term to apply? I think the guy who owned it before me used a butter knife and a mallet. I didn't discover that till years later when I replaced the Dimarzio Super Distortions with a Seymour Duncan JB in the bridge and I cleaned it up with a router. In the late 80's I became a "Strat Guy" and sold it. By the mid 90's I was missing the Les Paul and bought a Silverburst Custom and I've been a Gibson guy again ever since.

04-27-2008, 03:37 PM	#19 (permalink)
guitarguy1964 Junior Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Posts: 1	Re: What was your first good electric Guitar? I bought my first good guitar in 1981 at the age of 17. I had just started gigging in my first band and had saved the $400 to buy it. It was a 1973 Deluxe Les Paul Gold top that had been routed for humbuckers. Actually I use the term routed "loosely". Don't you have to use a router for that term to apply? I think the guy who owned it before me used a butter knife and a mallet. I didn't discover that till years later when I replaced the Dimarzio Super Distortions with a Seymour Duncan JB in the bridge and I cleaned it up with a router. In the late 80's I became a "Strat Guy" and sold it. By the mid 90's I was missing the Les Paul and bought a Silverburst Custom and I've been a Gibson guy again ever since.