Hey nice to hear from you Ksdaddy. Appreciate your quick reponse, expertise and insight on the MK-72 and 70's Gibson's neck twisting issue. I have a few Les Paul's and a blonde 335 ESTD with the phase out switch or whatever it is called and half of them have that twisted neck. They play fine but it is uncomfortable at times chording at the end of the neck. I have been told that the neck can be steamed and put in a "neck brace" to correct that problem. Have you heard about anything like that to correct the twisting. The Les Paul Custom has no twisted neck syndrome at all and is a dream to play, by far my favorite solid body electric(Black). Not too sure of the year somewhere between 73-75.The Les Paul Deluxe was purchased new in 1969. Can't remember when I purchased the 335 maybe around 78-80. Boy there's a lot more to these guitars then I ever could have imagined. I just bought them at different times cause I liked the way they sounded or played at the time in the store. You are so right about how many guitars one had to chose from just hanging from the racks like 30-40 years ago.