My favorite guitar I've ever owned (but no longer) was my '68 Gibson Les Paul Deluxe. The original was like the ones Pete Townsend would play with the mini-humbuckers. Before I got it, the gold top was stripped and the pick up cavities were routed out to fit standard hunbuckers.

By the time i got it, it had a deep natural finish, two Dimarzios and a phase switch. Great guitar and I was an idiot to have gotten rid of it no matter how not original it was.