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It was a guy called Steve Carr who built it. There's an interview with him here : http://www.acefrehleylespaul.com/SCInterview.html On this site there are also some pages on the "smoke bomb" and "rocket launcher" Les Paul's Ace used through the years.

Aah, thanks for that advice. I was affraid to have gone crazy. I'll make some measurements to check things out. While I'm in there I'll also have a good look around the solder points. Once again, thanks !!

The best advice is to get back on your meds. If I could ever get tone pots in any guitar to start adding gain after 10+ years I would get a patent on it and make tons of money hand over fist. Personally, You have probably changed something - like an amp, or a cable, or a new stompbox, or installed new pickups... No I haven't done anything to it. But eh... you wouldn't be interested in a one of a kind, gain adding, pot, would you ?

I just noticed the tone pots in my LP copy started adding gain to my guitar's signal. Narrowed it down to the guitar causing it. Also noticed a large presence peak in my tone. I always have my volume and tone knobs on 10. I always had a nice open tone on both pickups. Since this morning my bridge pickup has an enormous resonance (presence) peak. Sounds similar to a "half cocked" wah or an oscillation. Tones out of my rig are now very shrill during the initial attack and decay very rapidly Never heard this before in the 10+ years I play this particular guitar. Are the pots / caps dying on me? Or would a broken solder joint be more likely ? Any advice? Thanks everyone.

Fantastisch !! Great work !

Looking good ! Congrats!

Awesome project. I just wish I had half of your woodworking skills. Keep up the good work !

Fabulous !!

I must be a bit color blind. I like it a lot anyway. Thanks for elaborating on the paint used.

Looks like a nice finish to me. I really dig the red metal flake. Thumbs up !

You guys continue to amaze me with the sheer quality of your work. I can only hope for my projects to come out similarly.

Aggresive design. I like it a lot.

Nicely done

I've had good experiences with the Norton (DP160) in the bridge and the Air Norton in the neck of a basswood bodied guitar. Nice warm tone, plenty of scream in them if you want that. Not sure if it's your cup of tea though.

This is going to be good ! Love the theme you've got going there.