Yesterday I got my '76 Gibson Les Paul Deluxe back from Jack at Briggs Guitars. This guitar was in terrible shape when I bought it a little over a year ago, it was routed for humbuckers, painted with Red Krylon spray paint and boogered up in a few other ways.
Jack and I intended to refinish it and just replace the fingerboard (which was gouged). We ended up taking the entire neck off and Jack hand built a new neck, plugged the humbucker routs, rebound the whole guitar, and refinished it in a beutiful goldtop. It now looks like the original, but plays way better. Thanks Jack.