56/58 LES PAUL conversion !!!!!!!

I just got back my fav Les Paul of all time. :banana: I sold this to a friend many moons ago and he was kind enough to relinquish this into my hands again.
I bought the guitar exactly as is. The changes were done a long time ago (perhaps in the early 70's). I only had it refretted and the pickups partially potted.
This started life as a 1956 goldtop. That year was the perfect one for the conversion as it was the first year the LP Standard model had a tuneamatic bridge and tailpiece. So no ugly extra holes in the top to be filled from the wraparound bridge that earlier LP's had. The top is almost one solid piece of maple but there is a join way down around the bridge volume and tone controls. While there is some very cool and unique flame to the top, it does not have the usual matched booktop flame. The top had been refinished. But there is still some of the original gold paint in the pickup and control cavities. The guitar weighs in at a more than reasonable 8.3 lbs. It is also exremely well balanced so ergonomically it is a dream to play. I have to say, I am not a Les Paul fan in general, for my own inability to be able to deal with it's inherent design. But some LP's speak to me....and this one speaks very loudly.
Some very sweet humbuckers ( an original PAF with double white coils in the bridge and an early patent sticker in the neck) were added. Both these have extremely low resistance readings (7.5 bridge and 6.8 neck) but are just screamers with smooth unique tone.
I feel very blessed to be able to get this back and I thought I'd just share with all us Canuck guitar freaks.

Pete