It doesn't come out (unless you want to destroy the socket).
It's designed to take either a 1/4" plug or an XLR plug (hence central hole for 1/4" and 3 smaller holes, actually marked 1 2 3 for XLR pins)
That picture looks just like Genevieve would have looked before she was stained and poly'd.
According to a luthier acquaintance I took her to shortly after acquiring her (and interestingly confirmed by Gibson customer service when I contacted them separately) the body wood (or at least THAT...
I don't have a Rickenbacker 360/12, a White Falcon, an ES175, a LP Special DC, a Rickenbacker 4003, a 12 string acoustic, a Firedbird or a T Bird so - No I guess not!! :D
Yep. I don't know much about the 1990's one. I believe it was late 90's, chrome (or nickel) hardware on the old ad I saw. Can't remember if it was flame veneer or plain top though. Also from memory it came with cream pickup rings rather than the black ones of the later version.
My bad if I missed it but I'm certain when I looked (just prior to me posting) Natural wasn't there as a colour option. Also it came with Gold hardware and pickup covers rather than chrome (they did produce a Standard in Natural sometime in the 90's with Chrome hardware and pickups) and a...
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For reference they were made between (AFAIK) August 2008 & March 2009. Seemingly VERY small numbers (from what research I've been able to do it looks like there were only about 50 that came into the UK) and seem to be like rocking horse poo in general.