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Gibson Les Paul Signature - repair and set-up

This 1974 Gibson Les Paul Signature Bass spent the first 10 years of its life hanging in a music store, waiting to be sold. The first owner of the bass actually thought he bought a new bass back in 1984! Recently the first owner sold this bass off. And the new owner asked me to bring the bass back to its former glory.

​It had a shifted top nut. The pot were noisy and unreliable. It had very uneven frets. The pickup was set at the wrong height. The bridge was not mounted correctly and it had a very high action.


I put the nut back in place. Took the pots out and cleaned them. Leveled the frets, crowned and polished them. Mounted the bridge correctly and lowered it. I chose to replace the saddles with shorter ones, because the action was still too high. Also mounted a Modbar to keep the double windings off the saddles.
I polished the shoulders of the headstock to get rid of some of the damage the bass sustained from hanging in a shop ten years.
And I set the pickup to the correct height, which is crucial for these bass guitars.
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  • About me
  • Bass
    • Brooks Thinline TeleBird
    • Brooks ThunderVee
    • Brooks Grabbird
    • Brooks EB-N
    • Brooks EB-N Red
    • Brooks EBN-MS-5
    • Brooks TeleBird
    • Brooks EB-RBL-Q II
    • Brooks EB-RBL-Q
    • Brooks EB-RBL
    • Brooks EB-TB
    • Brooks EB-PL Noir
    • Brooks EB-PL
    • Brooks-1
    • Brooks EXB-MS-10
    • Brooks EXB-MS-5
    • Modification EB-SPL-Noir
    • Gotchie EB-PL burst
    • Gotchie EB-PL cherry
    • Acoustic Bass
    • LesPaulBass2015
  • 12- string Bass
    • Brooks TB-12-Q
    • Brooks TB-12
    • Brooks EXB-12-Q
    • Brooks EXB-12-B
    • Brooks EXB-12-3P
    • Brooks EXB-12-2PR
    • Brooks EXB-12R-MV
    • Brooks EB-N-12
    • Brooks QB
  • Guitar
    • Brooks LS
    • Brooks LP-SC
    • Brooks LP-TC Almalgamation
  • Concepts
  • Repairs and mods
    • Epiphone Newport
    • Headstock repair
    • Waterstone Pickup replacement
    • Gibson Les Paul Signature
    • Gibson Les Paul Prototype
  • Book
  • Contact
  • Links