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The Jimmy Page harness has all of the pots as push/pull pots. When they are all in their normal positions you have a standard Les Paul setup. Pull the bridge volume pot and you split the bridge pickup; pull the neck volume pot and split the neck pickup; pull the bridge tone pot and it puts bridge & neck pickups out of phase with each other; and pull the neck tone pot and it puts bridge & neck pickups in series together. In the end it means you apparently get 21 different pickup configurations! I still can't for the life of me remember all the options, but I have started to find various combinations that give a nice sound. There are a few clips on YouTube that explain it quite well. I bought the harness of eBay - a local guy offers them up - for about $85. He does a great job and I can certainly recommend him. All of this JP stuff came about after a build diary that Salo did here a couple of months back - I hadn't heard of it until then.
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That's a nice concept Chuck, i love the shape, it looks great
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Thanks for the explanation. I have to do some research on this :)
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Originally first fitted in the Gibson Les Paul Jimmy Page Model. Gibson's first 'signature' Les Paul (really a double signature. as all Les Pauls are signature guitars- hence the 'Les Paul' name).
Here's my 1995 one (before I changed the hardware to nickel - really must take another picture). They were made from 1995 to 1999 but were a standard model range guitar, not like the later custom shop limited copies of JP's Les Pauls.
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Please do take another picture of this beautiful guitar!!!
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I will. I need to do some more shots for the 'Show us your herd' thread. I've discovered where all my guitar stands were hiding and have now dusted them off, so once the sun decides to show itself again, I'll take some more pictures.
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Finally got around to disassembling the build so I can get to painting. Did some sanding and a timbermate coat. Hopefully get some undercoat on this weekend. I originally had plans to do some GT stripes as part of the painting but will wait and see how I feel when I get to that stage!!
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It does look really good chuck
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Progress! First sprayed a white colour coat on the upper front/back of the body, then masked and did a couple of full body colour coats. Masking removed and I'm pretty happy. There's a bit more masking required for the next phase, but getting there. I still can't believe how big the cavity routing is on this one - I can't wait to get the pickguard back on to cover it up :D!!
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looks great Chuck, nice crisp edge on the white stripe. Sure is a big cavity, must be pretty light weight !
