Gibson Gold Plating in the '50s

[teleboli]

Anyone care to share their knowledge on which Gibson models had gold plated PAF's in the 50's and beyond?

[ThatRhythmMan]

Real PAFs
-Super 400CES
-L-5CES
-ES-5
-Les Paul Custom (both original and SG styles)
-Byrdland
-ES-355

Off the top of my head

[Hammertone]

Real PAFs
-Super 400CES
-L-5CES
-ES-5
-Les Paul Custom (both original and SG styles)
-Byrdland
-ES-355
Off the top of my head

...and also:
-ES-345
-ES-350T
-Barney Kessel Custom
-Flying V
-Explorer

Of note (and discussed with teleboli) - the neck pickup of the Byrdland and the ES-350T have slightly narrower pole piece placement than all the other PAF pickups.

[bluejaybill]

...and also:
-ES-345
-ES-350T
-Barney Kessel Custom
-Flying V
-Explorer

Of note (and discussed with teleboli) - the neck pickup of the Byrdland and the ES-350T have slightly narrower pole piece placement than all the other PAF pickups.

Yes, if the purpose of the question is about purchasing a gold PAF, be aware of that narrow spacing, it ends up missing strings on a conventional width neck, and also reduces the value, by quite a bit I would think.

[wintermoon]

...and also:
-ES-345
-ES-350T
-Barney Kessel Custom
-Flying V
-Explorer

Of note (and discussed with teleboli) - the neck pickup of the Byrdland and the ES-350T have slightly narrower pole piece placement than all the other PAF pickups.

That goes for most other gold plated PAF's in the neck position on archtops, L-5's, Super 400's, etc