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    Posted 14 years ago

    lotsof8s
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    Serial number 71888556. Thought it was a Les Paul Junior, but now I'm not sure at all. It's a 1978 model according to the serial, but no one seems to know which. Any help is appreciated! I bought this off one of my electricians and he had it since high school, but didn't know much about it.

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    1. jared huston, 13 years ago
      Here you go... You have a L6-S Deluxe
      I know this for a fact since I have a Bill Lawrence designed 1975 Midnight Special and is the only other string thru body in this series and took awile getting any info as well. I finaly got a call back from Gibson with shipping records to confirm.
      Heres the line up.
      L6-S/L6-S Custom,
      Same body neck conf. but uses a tunamatic bridge with stop tail piece. ( no string thru) and six way rotary for pick up config. and three knobs or pots for vol, mid, tone, 1973-1980
      L6-S Deluxe (yours) made from 75' til 81'. Like above with a few changes like, 3 way switch, 1 Vol. and 1 tone knob. string thu body.
      And then the Midnight Special witch was a Bill Lawrence colaberation based on the L6-S that never saw regular production. Diferances are slight with body bevel or contour, pick gard shape but mostly the Fender ish all maple bolt on neck/fret baord with pearl dots Also string thru but with Bill Lawrance chrome covered humbuckers.
    2. stringman6 stringman6, 12 years ago
      les paul studio special,, nice

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