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  1. A dab of clear fingernail polish on the saddle retainer wire solved the buzz/vibration for some.
  2. Like many others you describe the Epiphone Byrdland as a guitar with a carved solid spruce top. But in fact, this guitar has a laminated top, be it that there are only two layers and their grains run in the same direction, one is 4 mm thick, the other 1 mm. This is confirmed by Gibson/Epiphone. They sent me the following statement... From this: http://fretboardmag.com/epiphone/epiphone-byrdland/
  3. Introduced in 1959, the Gibson ES-330 was a revolution in the field of hollowbody electric guitars with its unique laminate top and back, top bracing, neck block, and tenon. Laminate tops are less prone to feedback and less likely to crack from humidity changes.
  4. They're no longer listed as a category on the homepage. I think they want people to get on the mailing list.
  5. The P90 Bluesmaster in Natural is a guitar that I'd like to own. They have a good player on YouTube that demos their guitars and you get to hear them through all the pickup switch positions, clean and dirty. St. Blues also has some guitars for sale at their site for a discounted price with minor flaws or that have been displayed at music shows and can't be sold as new.
  6. Here's the Elitist neck description from Sweetwater: All Elitist necks are cut at a 14o grain orientation from one piece of wood for optimum strength, stability and tonal response. As with all great instruments, the necks are then carefully and individually fitted to the body using a hand-glued, dovetail neck joint. The Elitist '65 Casino has a 22 fret, 1-piece mahogany set neck with an rosewood fingerboard, which imparts a warm midrange sound.
  7. The Kent Armstrong pups distributed by WD Music Products are designed by Mr. Armstrong, but manufactured by Dong Ho Electronics in the Philippines.
  8. I recently had a new wiring harness (wires, orange drop caps, CTS pots and quality pickup selector switch) and bone nut installed. Very pleased with the result. I also have Graph Tech saddles and haven't experienced the rattling bridge problem so I've kept the original. The pickups are stock and sound good to me, but I do wonder what the guitar would sound like with pickups from Fralin, Lollar, Armstrong, etc. The tuners would be the next upgrade if there is one.
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