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Gibson Les Paul custom from 1982

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9/8/2005 12:39 PM
John	Gibson Les Paul custom from 1982 Hi I have a Gibson Les Paul custom from 1982. On the body under neck pickup stands W-RED and W-H-W and under bridge hand written MS. If someone knows the mining of that please let me know.

9/8/2005 4:01 PM
Joey	It means that it was to be sprayed wine red. Not sure about the rest but sometimes the people involved in the making of the instrument would put their initials there.

9/8/2005 10:26 PM
Marco	Yes W-Red means wine red. W-H-W means white knobs and pickup frame. Not sure about MS.

9/9/2005 9:20 AM
JJ	Hi I think that’s SM not MS. SM stands for chrome hardware.

9/9/2005 9:31 PM
Dwight Listmayer	So that would be "Silver Metal" then? WOW, you guys are good, but it wasn't my question it the first place. Interesting to see that replies are 100% correct throughout, since it would be an unusual, but valid Custom with the chrome hardware, instead of more common Gold. Strat man Dwight

9/10/2005 3:42 AM
John	Hello Thank you all. I did some research on my guitar and: Les Paul custom with silver metal hard ware and white plastic parts was made in 1982. They made very small numbers of that model. It has Crank-style tuners by Gibson. Check the picture http://photos1.blogger.com/img/264/1593/1024/PICT00171.jpg

9/18/2005 11:41 AM
Steve Dallman	Gotta love those Norlin improvements! Maple necks on Les Pauls, diamond volute (rare)...

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