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MarkR1

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About MarkR1

  • Birthday 02/29/1960

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    Kentucky
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    Guitar, Ukulele, Collecting guitars and vintage amps.
  1. I've got a 59 GA-18T Explorer and a 59 GA-8 Gibsonette and both came with the original 2 prong plug. The GA-18T I immediately took it to my amp tech and had the cord changed to a grounded cord. The GA-8 I got it a couple of months ago and waited to have the plug changed. I was playing it one day and was touching the strings of my guitar and went to turn it off and it gave me a buzz that I won't forget for a while. Needless to say it was in the shop the next day getting its plug changed too. I would defintely recommend switching to a grounded plug. I told them I wanted to keep the original cord tho which I keep in the bottom of the amp.
  2. Yes you are right they sure look nice on guitars for sure.
  3. Thank you, I just realized that MOP and Abalone are the same thing I believe.
  4. I have a 95 Gibson j-200 Birdseye Maple #19 of 250 made and I just got it back from Custom Inlay Inc. in Leitchfield Ky about 40 miles from me. It's owned by Brian England and its family run. He does inlay for Gibson and Jackson. They also make guitars, mandolins and banjos called England. I visited the shop a week ago and again today and he has quite a nice setup and some very nice instruments. He made a Compensated saddle out of bone and bridge pins out of fossiled walrus jawbone with I think it is abalone inlay on the tops of the pins.The guitar sounds fantastic now. I think instead of abalone inlay I think it is called MOP inlay. I'm just amazed at the difference in sound not to say the beauty of those pins. I've added some pics so you all can see them.
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