i just got off the phone with Chip (
http://www.vintageguitarman.com/index.php) and we have decided on a route of restoration, in this case a route of rebuilding more or less. i have a laminated maho/maple through neck for a double cut Jr LP 59 model and cutting the wings off this 66 then attaching them to the neck through is the plan. i am wanting to do it in a T-Bird raised center fashion and use the 60's pup i have saving the pups you sold me Doc for the virgin 59 LP gold top body i have. i'll use the chrome Schaller M4 tuners along with the Schaller built LP (warwick type) bridge i have.
sorry Uwe, it is going to become a chromey.
as a side note, i ordered TUT3 from London Power and might have Chip build my 200S on my F Blackface cab and chassis as soon as this project is finished. i gave him 2 years to do this EBO rebuild so in the mean time i am going to be boning up on my amp knowledge and try to figure out about grafting a Bauxandal preamp onto a Dynaco Mk 3 amp. the Dynaco amp was the basis for the 200S. LondonPower and Triode Electronics seem to have about everything i will need to make this a reality. basically a new 200S that hapens to look like a Fender Blackface 50. i can dig it.