My apologies for the photo quality ~ had to use my phone for this one!Here is a seldom seen gem from the Gibson catalogue. These were part of the Nighthawk series of the late '90's that for some reason were discontinued, likely because they just weren't "Les Paul" enough for folks at the time. Regardless, they are top quality instruments that sound incredible and can be had for a very reasonable price. Apparently they are reissuing the design under the Epiphone brand.
This particular one is all stock and plays like a dream! It's equipped with the Gibson Veritone 6-way switch that can be bypassed by pulling up on the push-pull tone knob. The owner wanted that option reversed, so the Veritone is off when the tone knob is down. It's also due for a set-up.A push-pull tone knob (the component on the left of the pictured control cavity) is nothing more than a simple toggle switch attached to a potentiometer using a common shaft. The requested mod required moving the brown wire coming off the Veritone switch (bottom component) from the bottom connectors of the push-pull toggle to the top connectors. It took longer to warm-up the soldering iron!
