Hi Cliff, youtube suggested your video to me, if I could help out a bit on the history, you got it mostly right. The 1952 has, as you said a maple top and to p-90's, but it also had the trapeze tail piece with the bar bridge. The neck angle was to flat and it made the guitar very hard to play, as you had to run the strings under that bridge to get it to play at all. mid 53 they changed the neck angle and switched to a stop bar bridge, like the special. It was 1957 when they switched to the Seth Lover humbuckers, they also went to an all mahogany body, but by 58, they went back to the maple cap and started the now famous burst tops. The Les Paul Customs (Black beauties) were always an all mahogany body, in the 1950 that is. I hope this helps. I would like to add, you made a very good video, well filmed and presented, and I agree that the special is a fine guitar for a beginner. I look forward to your next video.
Thank you so much! I was going off a list that showed offerings by year but I do recognize that there were a ton of changes during that period. I’ll try to dig in a little deeper next time. I appreciate you taking the time to clarify!
@@crunchchannel you are most welcome. I'm glad you didn't feel that I was trying to troll your post because that's not my intent, though there are plenty here on this platform that will, if given the chance .
Hi Cliff, youtube suggested your video to me, if I could help out a bit on the history, you got it mostly right. The 1952 has, as you said a maple top and to p-90's, but it also had the trapeze tail piece with the bar bridge. The neck angle was to flat and it made the guitar very hard to play, as you had to run the strings under that bridge to get it to play at all. mid 53 they changed the neck angle and switched to a stop bar bridge, like the special. It was 1957 when they switched to the Seth Lover humbuckers, they also went to an all mahogany body, but by 58, they went back to the maple cap and started the now famous burst tops. The Les Paul Customs (Black beauties) were always an all mahogany body, in the 1950 that is.
I hope this helps.
I would like to add, you made a very good video, well filmed and presented, and I agree that the special is a fine guitar for a beginner.
I look forward to your next video.
Thank you so much! I was going off a list that showed offerings by year but I do recognize that there were a ton of changes during that period. I’ll try to dig in a little deeper next time. I appreciate you taking the time to clarify!
@@crunchchannel you are most welcome. I'm glad you didn't feel that I was trying to troll your post because that's not my intent, though there are plenty here on this platform that will, if given the chance .
Where in Alabama? Huntsville here.
Birmingham area!