The Les Paul Gold Top I have been waiting for

chris45

Well my search is over - AND now I know where all of those banjo tuners from firebirds went to:

https://www.gumtree.com/p/guitar-instrument/gibson-les-paul-futura-gold-top-with-dark-back-/1322596520

ICBM

It's also in prestige condition. Imprestive.

WezV

Gibson did put those steinberger gearless tuners on some LP's. Banjo style tuners are a very different thing

Those steiny ones actually work really well, but don't suit that guitar at all. 

ICBM

WezV said:

Gibson did put those steinberger gearless tuners on some LP's. Banjo style tuners are a very different thing

Those steiny ones actually work really well, but don't suit that guitar at all. 

They are brilliant on Firebirds though - they're so much lighter than the banjo ones that they correct a lot of the notorious Firebird neck dive. (As you know, I know .) A friend of mine here has just bought one with them on, which I think I will be seeing tomorrow...

WezV

Agreed, 3 of the 5 Firebirds I have had use them.

Funkfingers

Erm, to what does the Futura part of the model name refer?

In the history of Gibson model nomenclature, the word Futura is normally associated with one of Ted McCarty's red herring patent application drawings. (The shape could be considered a forerunner of the Explorer.)

The purpose of the hoax was to divert attention away from the Gibson humbucker patent. Like the Moderne, the Futura was never meant to be taken seriously until Ibanez, in their Seventies copying period, "replicated" the designs. Suddenly, people wanted the Gibson originals - even though they had never existed to begin with.

WezV

Funkfingers said:

Erm, to what does the Futura part of the model name refer?

In this case it's just a typo of the word Future.... See truss rod cover

chris45

Blimey I genuinely thought it was a fake

WezV

chris45 said:

Blimey I genuinely thought it was a fake

http://www.gibson.com/Products/Electric-Guitars/Les-Paul/Gibson-USA/Les-Paul-Future-Tribute.aspx

Just be glad they didn't take the upgraded tuners