I knew JJ had some white low impedance humbucker pickups on his Harmony, pickups which he said were from a Les Paul Signature guitar. But I always though he just meant they are from any old Gibson Les Paul. But as it happens, "Les Paul signature" was a 70s model that is a cross between a Les Paul and a ES-335, with these white low impedance humbuckers. Plus out-of-phase switch and another varitone kind of a switch.
By those specs I think it's totally a JJ Cale kinda guitar. Way back in the seventies, he said he loves Gibsons, and also played ES-335 and Les Paul guitars a lot. And the Harmony had all sorts of tonal controls and switches. I think he might've gutted all of the electronics from a "Les Paul Signature" to his Harmony (although he said he originally had wiring from a Danelectro in it). Why? Didn't he like playability of the "Signature" model? Don't know...
Here's somebody's vid about an Epiphone remake of the Les Paul signature:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nzZ_XswNmC8
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