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  1. Lot of super glue and rosewood dust. But $1500 is not low enough to make me sit at the bench for 9 hours with the aforementioned ingredients.
  2. Gibson truss rods are wonderful. I can’t remember ever needing to turn a Gibson adjustment nut any more than 1/8 turn to get the desired result.
  3. I have about 15 guitars on my Reverb watch list. I think 2 or 3 have sold in the past month. People aren’t dropping their prices though. Sticking to their guns.
  4. I don’t think it’s necessary to avoid Ruckus. He seems like a nice guy.
  5. Haiku Dennis suspicious A Gibson with a low price Pull the trigger yes
  6. Titebond and toothpick, yep. If I had a nickel for every raggedy or incorrect screw hole I patched that way….
  7. I've owned mine for 46 years and I've never been tempted to switch to a six saddle bridge. If that's what anyone wants, go for it, but I've never felt the need. If something just does not work for me, I have no aversion to changing it. There's a '58 Gretsch on my bench that is getting a new nut because the spacing on the old one was too wide. It's also getting opened up to have a treble bleed installed. Not afraid of fixing something that's broke, but as far as I'm concerned, the three saddle ain't broke.
  8. Definitely not rosewood of any type. The sides and back are mahogany, as is the neck. I can't tell you whether you overpaid or not but this damage will need to be addressed. I did a Gibson 12 string a number of years ago. I can't remember how I pulled it back into position. Probably just as well; I have done some nasty things here that would make a chiropractor wince.
  9. We can't help based on a serial number. We will need to see several photos of the guitar.
  10. It's very likely a 1966 based on the bridge. Or I should say it's definitely not 1969. This guitar has a serious problem. The top has a crack just beside the neck block and the neck (and neck block) has shifted. Note the crack and also note the edge of the sound hole at the end of the crack and the distortion of the body binding. It's not just a matter of repairing the crack. Everything needs to be shifted back into place first. I have repaired Gibsons with similar problems (it's a Gibson thing, seems like). Once the neck block is back in place, I glue in a narrow block of wood alongside the neck block, glued to both the neck block and top (inside).
  11. Gibson offers very little storage space. You will need to upload it to a site like imgur or inkfrog and post the link here. It could either be a 1966 or 1969 based on the serial number. Spruce top, mahogany sides and back. Mahogany neck. If the bridge looks like this, it is likely a 1966. If it looks like this, it is likely a 1969.
  12. That would be a monstrous improvement over both the original Jag/Jazz and Mustang saddles.
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