What year did TB+ get the mounting screw cutout?

[Ken]

I know that 1991 TB+ had a metal plate covering the underside.  2001 TB+ had just a drilled hole through the epoxy underneath.  Since at least 2013, TB+ have an actual molded cutout in the plastic cover underneath for the mounting screws.  Anyone know when this started?  I'm trying to date a set of TB+ and so far that's all I have to go on, that they just have just drilled holes through the epoxy underneath.

Thanks.

[gearHed289]

My '94 Les Paul has the molded cutouts FYI.

[Ken]

My '94 Les Paul has the molded cutouts FYI.

Thanks.  You mean these?

[gearHed289]

Yes, I hope that's what you meant too!

[Ken]

Exactly!  Thanks.  TB+ are so weird.  I really do love the tone of the 2000-era ones that just seem to be drilled there, no molded cutout.  I still have the 1991s with the flat metal plate over the bottom to try out.  No idea what they'll sound like relative to the 2001 and 2013.

[uwe]

Yes, I hope that's what you meant too!

But Tom!!! 

I resemble the way you think.



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[gearHed289]

Reading between the lines when there's nothing there. Is that a lawyer thing?