Hello everyone,
This is my first post in this forum, which btw has been very helpful, thanks!
Anyway, I just got an -85 LoveRock (serial no. 502xxxx) but here's the deal, I'm not quite sure it's actually an LS-80 which it was sold to me as.
The seller was very polite and honest and told me all i wanted to know about this guitar, but i never asked how he knew it's an LS-80 :-?
I don't really care what model it is cause this guitar is absolutely great both when it comes to looks and playability! But the reason I'm asking is, the sticker that should've been under the serial number was(looks like recently) scratched away :-?
My first question is, i guess... how do i really determine what model it is?
I already removed the neck pickup and it's not a veneer top from what i could see, (looked VERY closely). Only removed the neck pickup but it didn't have any info on the back.
This is a very solid guitar all the way, me and a friend were comparing it to his -99 Gibson Les Paul -59 Reissue and as far as playability goes we both agreed that they're very close, he even thought the Tokai sounded better I would have to disagree on that though, to me the Classic '57 in his R9 sounded alot better...
Maybe I should make another thread for this but when I'm at it i might as well ask... What "mods" do you guys usually do on these guitars? Or do you? I've already considered switching the pickups to Voodoo '59's but what about the pots & caps, would changing them make a big difference? I'm not really concerned about keeping it all stock because it's not as it is, the tuners were switched by a previous owner to Kluson Deluxe's, guess off an old Gibson(they are very aged). Also the caps have been switched, i know this because i got the original tuners and 2 extra caps in a little bag.
BTW here's the picture that was in the ad, only pic i got right now, don't have a digi-camera... You can tell it's an old picture cause it has the original tuners, but otherwise it looks like this... reminds me of Greeny's burst what do you guys think?
Thanks in advance, Johan
ps. please excuse my spelling.
This is my first post in this forum, which btw has been very helpful, thanks!
Anyway, I just got an -85 LoveRock (serial no. 502xxxx) but here's the deal, I'm not quite sure it's actually an LS-80 which it was sold to me as.
The seller was very polite and honest and told me all i wanted to know about this guitar, but i never asked how he knew it's an LS-80 :-?
I don't really care what model it is cause this guitar is absolutely great both when it comes to looks and playability! But the reason I'm asking is, the sticker that should've been under the serial number was(looks like recently) scratched away :-?
My first question is, i guess... how do i really determine what model it is?
I already removed the neck pickup and it's not a veneer top from what i could see, (looked VERY closely). Only removed the neck pickup but it didn't have any info on the back.
This is a very solid guitar all the way, me and a friend were comparing it to his -99 Gibson Les Paul -59 Reissue and as far as playability goes we both agreed that they're very close, he even thought the Tokai sounded better I would have to disagree on that though, to me the Classic '57 in his R9 sounded alot better...
Maybe I should make another thread for this but when I'm at it i might as well ask... What "mods" do you guys usually do on these guitars? Or do you? I've already considered switching the pickups to Voodoo '59's but what about the pots & caps, would changing them make a big difference? I'm not really concerned about keeping it all stock because it's not as it is, the tuners were switched by a previous owner to Kluson Deluxe's, guess off an old Gibson(they are very aged). Also the caps have been switched, i know this because i got the original tuners and 2 extra caps in a little bag.
BTW here's the picture that was in the ad, only pic i got right now, don't have a digi-camera... You can tell it's an old picture cause it has the original tuners, but otherwise it looks like this... reminds me of Greeny's burst what do you guys think?
Thanks in advance, Johan
ps. please excuse my spelling.