larsomatic Posted March 14, 2008 Share Posted March 14, 2008 want to buy an aj-500r and stick a lr baggs imix instead of just the element that is offered.does anyone have anyidea if that would work ok ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hdeglider Posted March 30, 2008 Share Posted March 30, 2008 Yes. I wish I would have done that very thing. I bought one with the nanomag/nanoflex system. It has never worked after 3 repairs and I don't think Epiphone is going to do anything about it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TommyK Posted March 31, 2008 Share Posted March 31, 2008 The collapsing neck block wasn't a glue issue, but rather, a design issue. By routing out the neck pocket, they removed most of the neck block surface that was glued to the sound board. Barely 1/4" of glue surface along each side of the neck was not enough glue joint to hold the tug of 6 strings, let alone 12. The sixes made it out of the factory and most collapsed. The 12s, probably collapsed before they were even completely strung up. I've heard of very few 12s collapsing, but not many. Could be they were built tougher or had a bigger neck block. I'd love to see the inside of one of these to see what they did. Epiphone was not the only one with this design. Fender had some flat-tops of this era with this design. Fender's solution was a ... for lack of a better word... miniature floor jack, positioned between the neck block and tail block to counteract the forces of the string tension. I had a pic of Hester Clark holdin' a Fender flat-top. The brace is clearly visible under the sound hole. Find a ksdaddy post over on the Gibson board. Click the link to his guitars. Look for the one called Palomino. It shows this brace. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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