Download Total Guitar issue 320 for the accompanying feature - available in the UK and, digitally, worldwide via Newsstand for iPad, iPhone and Zinio (www.zinio.com) from 7 June 2019.
The first Les Pauls have the weird bridge problem. BUT the late 53 onward have that amazing SOLID bridge and the early P90s. Same for Fender - somehow the earliest models are actually the best ones. Once I got an early Les Paul goldtop and an early 50s Tele, I sold ALL my other electrics. They just don't matter to me, as the Gibson and Fender do it for me.
