This took me back a bit when I first saw it! The guitar I play in Steel Trees is a lawsuit Japanese made copy of the '72-'74 Les Paul SG that had been in someone's loft for 20 years. Similar year on this Antoria and the build quality is to a great standard, its just been beat up over the years, one of the biggest issues was that the neck holes needed filling and redrilling to get the correct string alignment. I started with wiring the new pots in, just the common A500ks with a .47 Tone cap, before deep cleaning all the hardware, which had a good 50 years of Grunge on there! The frets are well worn, but level so the playability when set up isn't too bad at all. I've wired in some 70s Greco Humbuckers on the 3 way toggle as standard Gibson (Neck-Middle/Neck-Middle-Bridge/Middle-Bridge and Setup with 10s. Back from the dead!
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