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I have a 2004 version of this exact guitar in honeyburst, I bought it new! I have just swapped out the original ceramic pickups for SD Pearly Gates, and am totally delighted with the results, it gives it a more vintage sound/feel/look.👍👍 I was interested in the wiring change you made in the video as that could further enhance the sound & would be a good match for the pickups! Thanks!👍👍🎶
Appreciate that you noted importance of good solder iron with adequate heat (and tip). You could do another video on noting all the solder joints on the board that need a redo. I wish I learned this early on. I once replaced wiring and seloector switch in my Les Paul and later had problems from bad solder joints due to cheapo ppencil point solder iron that wasn't up for the task.
I beg to differ, to some of us these are very collectible I have 4 from 95 alone premium plus tops and one quilt, another 3 being plain tops. There were only 2 black ones ever produced. One for the Gibson brochure, and one for a collector who had to have it. He collected all the colors they made at the time and to complete his set he needed the black Gibson agreed to make it for him. That is the only one that ever left the factory in black. The brochure one is still in the Gibson vault.
I own a 1995 Les Paul Classic. bought it from sam ash in NYC. one of my best guitars. When i was younger I loved the high gain ceramics 496R 500T but now I'm thinking about swapping for a more vintage PAF hb. and upgrade the volume pots to 500k while at it.
So this is a mojo tone kit amp with a few upgraded caps. From my experience, it's much less expensive to compile the parts yourself , you can end up with higher quality components and spend less overall. It's certainly easier to just order a kit, though. I'd recommend a kit if you are new to building amps. If you want to find out what's under the mysterious painters tape, you can google a jtm45 layout diagram or schematic. There's no magic sauce. If there are differences under there , it's not a jtm45. Maybe it's a jmp of some sort.
Excellent advice as far as compiling individual components go. That’s exactly what I will do. However, there are multiple revision performed to the original circuit design. These are predominantly in the preamp stage and voltage divider sections. I will create more content surrounding these revision.
What a beast! Love that point-to-point wiring, although the soldering is obviously by an amateur, using way, way too much solder. Great materials, and elegant chassis layout nevertheless. 👍
Great video bro. At the beginning you said the Les Paul classic measurements match several of the 1960 examples that you have had your hands-on, however you didn't specify which measurements. I would be interested to know. I love the fact that these have the small pin bridge that goes straight into the body VS the grommets/ferrules. These Classic models are probably the last time Gibson will ever offer that small pin option on a guitar less than $6500 from the factory. Both Tokai and Edwards LP's offer that option and both are extremely high quality if you can live with a non Gibson name. I can. I had a 2006 Les Paul classic honeyburst plain top of course, but I could not live with the green frets! Gosh they were awful, what was that about? I just got a 1997 classic shipped. I separately ordered the "Retrospec Exclusive Series Cellulose Nitrate Les Paul Fingerboard Inlays" from Historic Makeovers. So that will fix the green issue. The non-vintage correct wiring doesn't bother me, I always change that anyways using more modern shielded wire, potted pickups, push pull pot on the neck so that's a wash. I'm more concerned with the look outside the cavity. You didn't talk about the Gibaon water slide logo or the printed on Les Paul decals for certain years of the Les Paul Classics. I thought that was something pretty interesting, that might make this collectible one day. Gibson can give us the small pins on this guitar. But they couldn't give us everything.
Hey Dude! Long shot here but i'll try anyway. I have the same receiver but mine is having a lot of pops and statics on the right channel. Sent it to a guy but couldn't fix it. The pops still sound no matter if i crank the volume all the way down, also the balance doesn't affect it at all, if i only let the left channel on, the right one cracks and pops. Bass, mid and treble do affect it. Do you know what's the problem here? Varistors? Caps? a short somewhere? I love this receiver but the cracks are quite disturbing. Any help is appreciated. Thanks!
Looks like there are some of those cheap silver mica caps. If they cost 50 cents each then you are asking for trouble, speaking from my own experience with those caps.
thanks for sharing, Preparing for my own restoration of a SuperTwin Reverb (an odd one). This video really helps in preparation. BTW, Your link to the website if broken. I was wondering which deoxit versions you use for what parts. Also, there seems to be a lot of wax on the older boards. I heard that with older amps and micro dirt collected in the wax you can get DC current passing between components. Whats your stance on it.
Let’s talk about Deoxit . This is the product I use and recommend for all diy and future technicians to use. I use there D5 line. As far as the wax type circuit boards. These tend to warp and become inductive when the unit is exposed to moisture. The best fix is to use a turret board type to replace the wax type board. However this drops the vintage market value. Please note. If you have any further question. Please do not hesitate to call me at 805-881-2299. Best Regards, Eric-
This is correct. However all engineer technician are aware of this issue and there are simple fundamental techniques that can resolve those issues within the circuit design.
When Guitar’s stop being, well, guitars to be played by guitarist and more collectors items, and collected by collectors for the sake of collecting expensive things. I kind of knocked the wind out of what a guitar is really meant for, and that is to be played and to be heard, and in my humble opinion, not on some wall just to be started at. it defeats the purpose but it’s your stuff and you could do what you want with it as for me, I can make a guitar that sounds and plays just as good if not better than any last Paul ever made and yes I will keep on rockin
I too live in SB and Seymour Duncan’s warehouse re-wound one of my red bobbin Strat pickups for me. I need to locate your shop to install the 50’s wiring kit I purchased from Emerson Custom for my 1992 LP Classic. My biggest question is about weights. My 92 weighs 9lb-12oz. Can you tell us what your 97’ Classic weighs? I’m so curious! And can you tell me/all of us what the 5 original 1960’s that crossed your bench weighed? I also have a 1999 LP Classic plain top in honey burst that weighs 9-1/2lb. You can see this one on my RU-vid videos. I like to study/play Fleetwood Mac unique covers exactly like Lindsey Buckingham and I video capture close to the fretboard slowed down a bit to teach/share how to play them. That 1999 Classic sounds so good, I am afraid to change anything else to it. It has Wolftone Dr Vintage pickups and original wiring. I’m guessing 300k pots etc. I’d like to send you a photo of my 92’ Classic Honeyburst. It has a modest beautiful flame top that like yours, may have been rejected for a higher priced model? I hope you can reply to my weight question? I wonder how the tone is closest to original’s based on weight’s. 8-1/2lb to 9-1/2lb vs heavier bodied LP Classic’s? Thank you!!
I bought a 95 classic, new in 95. I will never sell it. I just take the pickups way beneath the strings to get a more vintage sound, or close to strings for high gain screaming. It’s by far the best guitar I have. I am amazed they still don’t cost that much to buy second hand
I just found you great video I'm new at this and I'm getting ready to start my first 50 w Marshall I have two years electronics training from Vo-Tech School
I have a 2000 Gibson Classic with a flat top and a one-piece mahogany body. The guitar comes with its brown case with a pink interior, like all the Gibson Classics from the 90s. This detail changed in later years of the 2000s, but I always had a doubt. Does my guitar belong to the decade from the 90s to the 2000s? (Decade that I understand as golden for the Gibson Classics for the good woods). Or does my Gibson belong to the next generation? That is, from 2000 onwards... 🤔
Some of the best woods from Gibson that have come across on my test bench are most often from 2000-2001. I have a 2001 Les Paul custom from the custom art and historic department that is super dinged up and abused ( I believe that I am the 4th or 5th owner). And, that is my #1. I absolutely love love love this guitar. Why? For some reason, the wood is super resonant in a kinda of creamy way for lack of better words. Looks like you scored!
Thanks my friend. I'm glad to hear that. I was really thinking about selling my Gibson and getting another 1990 Classic, just because I thought the 1990 one had better woods and because it looks more aesthetically like an R8 ("MODEL" lettering and fine binding) compared to my 2000 Classic. Now that I know that both instruments have the same wood, it's not worth the change. By the way, I have read in some source that the neck of the Classic from the beginning of the 1990s was even thinner, and that at some point in the mid-90s, Gibson corrected it because apparently it had some problems with tuning. That's right? I'm going to look for the source that comments on it, if I find it I'll share it with you so you can read it. Even so, I would like to know your opinion if you have been able to appreciate this in the Gibson Classics that have passed through your test bench. Greeting.
@@Imbroken_Band_HolyGrail_Guitar You are looking for a 1990’s Les Paul Classic? Do it! Why? Because the later Les Paul Classics may be weight relieved. Not good! As far as the neck goes… all of the classics I have come across are very consistent for all dimensions across the board. However the neck set up tends to be widely different from Guitar to guitar. I currently have a 1997 with neck buzz. And this is after a crown level and polish. As far as the neck profile goes.I have found that the original 1960 Les Pauls have a more D shape then the Classics.
