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Here are some pictures of the Antiquity installed in my guitar. Ps - here's a picture of the whole guitar anyone know where I could find a pickup cover shaped like the original (other than eBay) are there any tuning machines available these days that fit the tapered headstock better? It needs some more fret work and I'd like to head towards the factory profile. what was the original neck radius on these guitars? this one has sort of a compound radius now after partial refrets etc. In addition to what year it was made I'd like to know: The ES 125 had a uniquely shaped pickup cover that's hard (impossible?) to find now. Just in case anyone else reads this thread in the future I chose a Seymour Duncan "Antiquity" P-90 cause it's a low enough profile to fit under the strings. You can just see the enlarged hole around the edges of the Seymour Duncan P-90 I put on it. In fact, someone butchered the top a bit trying to put a humbucker in it. because they've all been replaced long ago. I won't be able to find anything out from the pots etc. I know mine has the tapered headstock cause it made it a headache to get replacement tuners for it! The posts closest to the nut are too short. This thread contains some helpful info in that regard.īut the same thread also says that post '52 the guitars no longer had a tapered headstock. My next clue that confirms it's earlier than '55 is that it has 19 frets vs. Maybe it was a factory second or something? Although I haven't seen any mention of wax pencil vs. The info on this website makes me think it might be a 1954 because the number starts with "X". When I bought it I was told it was a '57 but there's a number written in wax pencil inside that makes me believe that it's a '54. I'd like to try and nail down how old it is and then figure out one or two other things about the guitar. It's been through the ringer over the years but I love it and it's been my main guitar since I got it in 2010. Hi! I have what I think is an early '50s ES-125.