lbpesq wrote: ↑Sun Dec 27, 2020 12:15 pm
i’ve read both that Alligator was a ‘56 and a ‘57. The recent Bonham’s auction material cited a serial number of 7310, which would be a ‘55. Never heard it was a ‘54. Where did you read that?
Bill, tgo
Perhaps I heard it was a ‘55 which is why it would have the 54 pups. I actually heard this from a guy who was building an Alligator and I had assumed it was a ‘57, I asked if he was usin 57’ pups and he told me that when someone from Alembic took the guitar apart they dated it to 54-55 (I can’t remember). It was discovered that the guitar had pups with alnico 3 magnets, etc, which dates the guitar to that timeframe. Sorry I don’t have a clear memory on the exact year, etc.
My main point though was that the Tru 54 are probably going to be the closest in spec to what Jerry had in his Alligator, whether it was a 54 or 55.