Reply #9: They weren't all golddtops. [View All]

[asthmaticeog]

Goldtops were what they made when the figure in the maple top wasn't good-looking enough for a sunburst or tobacco-burst, the former of which was available in '71 (the first year they made Deluxes, IIRC).

And yeah, mine originally had the skinny humbuckers, too; you can see the rout pretty plainly when the pickups are out. I'd like to strangle the previous owner for what he did to that guitar, but then again, had he not been such a dumbass, I'd never have found a '71 Deluxe so cheaply!

I used to have an L-6 Deluxe! Loved it, especially the extra-long scale.