Gibson can be goofy...

Doug

Here's a trivia question for ya...

When Seth Lover's PAF humbucker was finally patented, a patent number replaced the "Patent Applied For" stamp on the pickup. But the patent number Gibson placed on Lover's humbuckers was not the patent number for his pickup. What Gibson guitar part was the number placed on Lover's humbucker really for?

robertoriginal

the trapieze piece on the original les pauls.

i saw this on shortscale. i figured if i answered it here then i would look smart.

Doug

robert(original) said:

the trapieze piece on the original les pauls. I saw this on shortscale. i figured if i answered it here then i would look smart.

Well, you pay attention, Robert, and that's a smart thing to do... 😉 ...But how in the world would Homeboy (knowledgeable as he is) or anyone know the answer, huh? I thought it would take one of the professional gurus from Very Old Vintage Guitar Magazine to know that answer!

But it's kinda cool trivia, the first PAF patent number was really the Trapeze number... 😉

Cheers,