1975 Ibanez 'Lawsuit' Goldtop Les Paul with P90's

This is my 1975 Ibanez 'Lawsuit' Gold Top. Bought whilst living in England, this thing has obviously had some interesting owners, and life has gotten much better for it in my hands. Someone called John Birch has tried to scratch their own name and serial in it, but many Ibanez experts have backed up the store's claim (and mine) that this is a Japanese Ibanez.

Clips are played through a Ceriatone Marshall 18watt TMB clone with Weber speakers, with a Zvex Box of Rock, Crowther Hotcake, BYOC Analog Chorus, and Boss RV5 in sections (mentioned in video while playing).

A copy of of a '54 Gibson, It has the wonderfully weathered look that so many people are trying to bash/scratch/wear into brand new guitars. The 'lawsuit' refers to the Gibson-copy headstock, upon which a previous owner has placed a Gibson decal. It's been mistaken for a Gibson at gigs, but I rather it just said Ibanez!

It has the 'butcher's block' body, with the matching back veneer. It has the hollow cavity between the clock and and maple cap too. It would have originally come with mini-humbuckers when new, but has had full-size humbuckers at some point in its life (hence the holes). Now it has Tonerider P90's, and sounds great. You can hear how loud and resonant acoustically when I play the overdriven sections - you can hear the strings in the room over my Marshall amp! Recently has been refitted with new switch, pots, jack, Wilkinson tuners, bridge, tailpice and pickups - setup by Tym Guitars in Brisbane, Australia.

It's for sale on eBay right now because I have other toys to buy, and I just can't keep restringing this many guitars (I have 12).

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[comradeyars]

921 views and zero ratings? Come on people that's a lovely P90 sound, get your rate on.

[LanDnalyaW]

bolt on neck?

[silverdragon0000120]

Wat is pickups??

[2009korte]

cool knobs

[alistairthegreat]

i have a recent tokai gold top with jon moore pickups (tonefordaysdotcom) and it screams and growls much like yours.

very nice.

[a7marshal]

This sort of reinforces my opinion that pickups are the most important variable in electric guitar tone. Here you have a butcher block body with a bolt-on neck, and you're getting a killer tone--it runs counter to the gibson purists that talk about "deep neck tenons," and correct tonewoods.

[greenorange75]

Now, THAT'S a $2,000+ lawsuit that I'd love to have.

[allen764]

i like the riff

[TheF86Sabre]

@PBANDSNOW You are the only one then, anyone "in the know" would not consider 70's les pauls as authentic proper les pauls, you like them great. As for them being heavier wtf they are heavy enough, my R'58 weighs 8.75 pounds, play that for 2hours you will see how heavy it is. Beauty is in the eye of the beholder, however it doesn't take away the fact that 70's les pauls are not very desirable in the vintage market.

[TheF86Sabre]

@PBANDSNOW Jimmy's EDS-1275, the mahogany 6- and 12-string necks are outfitted with rosewood fingerboards. The body's period-correct mahogany is finished in a meticulously weathered dark cherry and done up with chrome hardware and strap locks, a period-correct 5-ply pickguard, four Page pickups, and two volume and tone control knobs. There is no pan cake in a solid body ! the 1275 is just a bigger SG, it may have 2 pieces of mahogany glued together, thats not pancake!

[TheF86Sabre]

@PBANDSNOW Why ask Page? He doesn't play guitars from the 70's I bet he wouldn't be caught playing pancakes! You should do a little more research on his guitars, they are from the late 50's.