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I have a 1961 es 5, this guitar belonged to Tommy Crook, chet atkins often referred to Tommy as the worlds greatest guitar player. from what I am figuring, the guitar has about 60,000 hours of playing time as Tom played it 6 nights a week for 50 years. You can find it on you tube. It does NOT have the correct tailpiece, it has a 175 tailpiece, really need an ES5 tailpiece. Thanks

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If that was the tailpiece that Tommy Crook had on it when he used the guitar I would keep it as is. A normal vintage guitar having all it's original parts is always a plus but the value in this one as you describe it seems to be the celebrity factor. Altering it would decrease that value.

 

Phil

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