Bridge is the right way around - those damn saddles pop out anytime the strings are slacked off. I noticed after the photo was taken.
And yeah, it's worn very nicely. Why pay 12k for a Murphy Lab when you can buy an OG for 3k?
Bridge is the right way around - those damn saddles pop out anytime the strings are slacked off. I noticed after the photo was taken.
Awesome. Does it bump up the output and tone enough for you to be happy with it, now, or still thinking of replacing it?JSett wrote: ↑Sun Mar 03, 2024 11:06 amyeah, just more foam I guess. Doesn't make any real difference apart from aesthetic
*Edit: you made me go back and check the pickup setup and it was a bit too low. I dug out some foam and bumped it up a little. The pickup covers on these are pretty short so there was a limit to how big the whole unit could go. Poles still had to wind out a bit extra though. Sounds much fuller now (no surprise)
I'll be able to tell better tomorrow as I can't play at volume here right now. It definitely bumps up the output being closer, and the bass response. This is expected though with any pickup... I just hadn't noticed the extra few millimeters after the swap. It was about 4mm or 5mm from pole to string and now it's about 2mm. Much better.GilmourD wrote: ↑Sun Mar 03, 2024 12:38 pmAwesome. Does it bump up the output and tone enough for you to be happy with it, now, or still thinking of replacing it?
My whole thought process was to move the whole coil further into the middle of the magnetic field for more interaction over a broader area of the field disturbance.
Something that I concluded long ago:Surfysonic wrote: ↑Mon Feb 12, 2024 3:49 pm
FWIW, I enjoyed having my vintage instruments and will always be happy that I had the experience to own and play them. That said, I was never comfortable with the idea of taking them outside of the home to play out.
Some very valid points here. I get that. I wouldn't see one of these onstage at a small punk show and even think it might be a 50s-70s one. Maybe an 80s as there's older punk heads that love them. It's almost exclusively Fenders onstage these days with anyone under 40.øøøøøøø wrote: ↑Sun Mar 03, 2024 1:12 pmSomething that I concluded long ago:
Reissues and relics have become so common (and so convincing, especially from a few feet away) that nobody will assume your cool old guitar is real and valuable unless you brag about it.
If you see a band onstage anywhere in a venue <10,000 cap with what looks like a pre-CBS Fender or pre-Norlin Gibson, the odds that it's actually what it appears to be are probably less than 1%
Anyone who knows enough about valuable guitars to target for theft also knows this, so it's a trivial matter to "hide in plain sight." If someone wants to pull off a vintage guitar heist, working musicians and people in bands will not be their target, and they know this.
Obviously you still want to guard against dumb petty theft (i.e. keep your gear in a secured area of the venue or on your person), but that's good advice for anything more valuable than a few hundred units of local currency.
I’ve never looked closely at a Gibson that old, but it doesn’t seem like there’s a thin retaining wire to hold the saddles down when changing strings?
Yeah, the retaining wire was a later addition to their bridges. It's not really an issue until one drops unexpectedly. Imagine breaking a strong onstage and the saddle just disappearing into the stage abyss (the same one that swallows picks)!
It’s interesting that anyone who states said opinion also happens to be selling a headstock repaired Gibson…
Are you suggesting that people would be so unscrupulous as to lie on the internet for personal gain? Outrageous!sal paradise wrote: ↑Wed Mar 06, 2024 3:56 amIt’s interesting that anyone who states said opinion also happens to be selling a headstock repaired Gibson…
I have to say that I agree with said opinion but I've never owned nor been involved in the sale of any Gibson, broken headstock or not. I have, however, played and worked on guitars with broken headstocks and... Well, there's good repairs and... Well, I think the rest is obvious.sal paradise wrote: ↑Wed Mar 06, 2024 3:56 amIt’s interesting that anyone who states said opinion also happens to be selling a headstock repaired Gibson…
I'm currently looking for a new car since my current (previous?) car was declared totaled yesterday... In looking I'm filtering my search to specific features and discovering that listings that make it through my filter don't actually have those features... And it's quite annoying. My wife basically said what you said.
You mean like when you’re search for a vintage guitar by year, and numerous ‘1972’ American Vintage II‘s come up in the search results? Yeaaah, not a fan of that.
This is the worst. Even selecting the decade on reverb still lets these reissues through.thisisnickpaige wrote: ↑Wed Mar 06, 2024 2:49 pmYou mean like when you’re search for a vintage guitar by year, and numerous ‘1972’ American Vintage II‘s come up in the search results? Yeaaah, not a fan of that.