1960 Epiphone E352T Windsor sunburst

Excellent condition, 8/10, Made in Kalamazoo, MI, USA at the Gibson factory, 1pc New York pickup, including brown original hardcase with pink lining, the original gold single line single ring Kluson tuner buttons have shrunken and the E1 button has crumbled all together so it now has a modern set of Schaller Original G-Series machine heads 3L3R Deluxe KeyStone. 21 on and the originals in a bag in the case to be restored by a future owner, Basically a fancier Gibson ES-125tc or ES-125tdc models, but with better pickups and better hardware. The 1961/1962 models really rock because of the PAF mini-humbuckers. The 1959/1960 models don't sound as loud and powerful, but have a more jazzy and mellow tone. , more info: 1959 Windsor introduction specs: 1 or 2 New York pickups (1 pu models in neck position).16 3/8" wide, single pointed cutaway unbound tortoise pickguard metal peghead logo 24 3/4" scale rosewood bridge trapeze tailpiece gold plated parts oval fingerboard inlays natural or sunburst finish. 1961 Windsor specs: Mini Humbucking pickups. No peghead plate. Windsor Discontinued 1962. more info on the pickup: Epiphone had been designing electric guitar pickups since the mid-'30s when, in 1949, its efforts culminated in the Spectrum single-coil model. Appearing across the Epiphone range, variations included those with or without adjustable polepieces, gold-plated or nickel-plated covers, and white or black plastic surrounds. It was also available as an aftermarket accessory that was mounted to a pickguard unit in both single- and dual-pickup formats for either cutaway or non-cutaway guitars. When CMI/Gibson acquired Epiphone in 1957, the New York firms remaining stock of parts was shipped to Gibsons Kalamazoo plant in Michigan for use in the assembly of Epiphone-branded instruments. This included Spectrum pickups, which were used prior to the introduction of the mini-humbucker in the early 60s. Thus, on account of their geographical origin, the Spectrum units are commonly referred to as New Yorker pickups. Epiphone 'New Yorker' pickups Once Curtis was able to find a 50s original that sounded good, he set about making his own version of the pickup. Sometimes people confuse them with mini-humbuckers, says computer scientist turned pickup builder, Curtis Novak, but those are faux polepieces in the originals they are outside the bobbin. Theyre single-coil pickups, but theyre sidewinder coils, meaning the coil lies on its side. It's a bit like if you took a Strat pickup and laid it on its side. With a regular single-coil pickup, north and south [magnet poles] point away and towards the body. But with these pickups, north points towards the bridge and south points towards the neck. It's a tricky design because any side coil has a certain focus to it almost nasal-y and out of phase and theyre a little bit more humbucker-ish sounding.