Gibson Les Paul Traditional

[icr]

Congrats on your acquisition!!!

I also have a Traditional. Mine is a 2012. Granted, it's not a Custom Shop or Historic, but it more than scratches my Les Paul itch and it plays and sounds great too. Mine is a Honeyburst as well.

Wow, that top is as good as it gets in my opinion.

What I did with mine is to replace the chrome hardware and pickup covers with nickel. What had happened is when restoring my ES335, I wanted it to look new and shiny again, so I replaced all the hardware and pickup covers on the ES335 with brand new nickel and put the old tarnished stuff in a box.
Glad I saved the old tarnished hardware and didn't throw it away, it looked good on the Les Paul! The old tune-o-matic from the ES335 fit on the existing posts with just a little enlargement of the holes.

[Stringswinger]

Wow, that top is as good as it gets in my opinion.

What I did with mine is to replace the chrome hardware and pickup covers with nickel. What had happened is when restoring my ES335, I wanted it to look new and shiny again, so I replaced all the hardware and pickup covers on the ES335 with brand new nickel and put the old tarnished stuff in a box.
Glad I saved the old tarnished hardware and didn't throw it away, it looked good on the Les Paul! The old tune-o-matic from the ES335 fit on the existing posts with just a little enlargement of the holes.

I am in the minority of guitarists who prefers Chrome to Nickel (I am a Harley Guy and we do like our Chrome ). I also prefer the Nashville TOM to the ABR-1 as it has a bigger adjustment factor to dial in the intonation of a plain G (and also has fewer rattles). But I get that Nickel hardware and an ABR-1 gets you to
"historic correct" specs and the nickel will age. Chrome will look new forever (unless it is subject to too much moisture and pits).

[shrews824]

Wow, that top is as good as it gets in my opinion.

What I did with mine is to replace the chrome hardware and pickup covers with nickel. What had happened is when restoring my ES335, I wanted it to look new and shiny again, so I replaced all the hardware and pickup covers on the ES335 with brand new nickel and put the old tarnished stuff in a box.
Glad I saved the old tarnished hardware and didn't throw it away, it looked good on the Les Paul! The old tune-o-matic from the ES335 fit on the existing posts with just a little enlargement of the holes.

Thanks. I really love the top as well. I've had a lot of folks compliment it. As a bonus, it plays well too!!!

Yeah, I've thought about putting some different hardware on it, but I decided to leave it as is. I don't mind new and shiny. I did replace the speed knobs to the witch hat knobs. I also just put a plain truss rod cover on it. Other than that it's all stock.

[icr]

I am in the minority of guitarists who prefers Chrome to Nickel (I am a Harley Guy and we do like our Chrome ). I also prefer the Nashville TOM to the ABR-1 as it has a bigger adjustment factor to dial in the intonation of a plain G (and also has fewer rattles). But I get that Nickel hardware and an ABR-1 gets you to
"historic correct" specs and the nickel will age. Chrome will look new forever (unless it is subject to too much moisture and pits).

Yes, your "T" looks great as is!

[DRS]

Here's my 2010 Desert Burst