Of all places, I never posted this here, overhauled Les Paul content...

[Innocent_Bystander]

I'm not sure why I never put this on the SD forums since I went with SD pickups.

It's a '91 Standard, my first "good" guitar that I bought in the mid-to-late 90's cheap. It was in need of new tuning machines and I was never really into the double blacks, so I decided to do a complete overhaul with Historic parts. I still need the knob pointers but I haven't decided if I actually want them yet. Here's what I replaced;

- Tonepros Kluson Tuners
- Historic Truss Rod Cover
- Historic Pickup Rings
- Historic P-90 Pickgaurd, cut to fit
- Double Creme Seymour Duncan '59 Neck/JB Bridge
- RS Guitarworks Vintage Style Pots/Caps
- Top Hat Style Knobs
- Tonepros ABR-1 Style Bridge
- Brown's Guitar Nashville to ABR-1 Conversion Posts
- Tonepros Lightweight Aluminium Tailpiece

I know they aren't the best pictures, I've been to lazy to take more but what's everyone think?

Before


During


After

[WhoFan]

me like Black LP's....

[scottish]

looks awesome. i like it a lot

[j9fd3s]

nice! i just had an opportunity to trade my epi les paul, for a custom epi.

i took mine apart to clean it up to sell it, and discovered it was my first guitar too, couldnt sell it after that...

[Zhangliqun]

I love black LP's too -- as long as they're Customs. Cream and nickel or chrome just don't work with black to me.

[SonofaMitch]

I love black LP's too -- as long as they're Customs. Cream and nickel or chrome just don't work with black to me.

+1 I love My Custom

[The Golden Boy]

Personally, I like the look of the double blacks-

But it's a beautiful guitar either way.

If'n it were me, I'd have only changed out the TRC and the knobs and been happy.

[d1dsj]

Looks classier now IMO.

[JamesPaul]

I have a Black (? Ebony) LP Custom and while I do like the gold look, yours looks great with the creme!

[Pink Unicorn Horsey]

Actually, I think the Arctic White looks rather cool. You need to swap out the selector switch ring, though.

I've got an Ebony '94 LP Standard -- looks just like yours in the "Before" pic, except that I replaced the speed knobs with top hats like yours.

- Keith

[Metalblaze]

Although I'd make it like this...


...It's very cool!


Edit: oops I forgot the switch. lol

[Innocent_Bystander]

Thanks for all the comments.

Actually, I think the Arctic White looks rather cool. You need to swap out the selector switch ring, though.

I've got an Ebony '94 LP Standard -- looks just like yours in the "Before" pic, except that I replaced the speed knobs with top hats like yours.

- Keith

Yep, along with the knob pointers I still need to change the toggle switch ring. Do you happen to know where I can get one that isn't aged? The few I've seen from people here in the US are aged and really wouldn't fit the rest of the guitar at this point.

[Johtosotku]

Very nice! I should know, as I have exactly the same looking guitar as your first picture except mine has covered pickups and a different name on the headstock.

I've actually been looking around for a good picture of a similar guitar with uncovered pickups to see what it looks like. That's perfect. Cheers!

[Pink Unicorn Horsey]

Here's a couple of pics of mine:

[kherman]

Sweet!

[MVI]

Very cool. Leave it to a brother to know his s%*#* about how to fix up an axe.

[JeffB]

After

Barring Wine Red, what you have above is my absolute FAVE look for a Les Paul Standard, and how I had my 91/92 (can't remember, lol) looking (double creams, though I had gold speeds) GORGEOUS!

[Zhangliqun]

I'm not knocking it, really. Hey, it's a real Les Paul, cream/black or not, how bad can it be? It's still very cool. But if it was mine, I'd try to Custom-ize it with black plastic and gold hardware. (Might even try something crazy like zebra pu's with true-white slug bobbins instead of cream.)

[Pastor of Muppets]

Double creams FTW - looks loads better now IMO.

[pixelpusher]

sweeet! love the double creams tho I'm a zebra fan myself.