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  1. Regarding '55 as a transition year-I've got a '55 LG-3 with a small pickguard and a 19 fret neck. Both features of the earlier versions.
  2. I looked for a birth year guitar for a while (I'd love to have a '52 Telecaster), but a '48 Southern Jumbo kind of fell in my lap, so that fulfills my vintage Gibson lust. I do have a '52 Chris Craft, so I've got something from my birth year though.
  3. I really dislike the look of Grovers on Gibson acoustics.........................
  4. You may want to try Ben Bruton/Bruton Guitars in Rochester. I'm not sure if he is accepting repair work, but I've had him do a neck reset on a '48 Southern Jumbo and a restoration of a Martin D-35S and have been very pleased with his work. In addition, he's a nice guy.
  5. Case looks like a late '60's early '70's. Certainly not from the '50s.
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  7. I put the new/old bridge on today-piece of cake. Four small lag screws are all that hold it on.Sounds pretty much the same as it did with the cracked bridge. If this one cracks too, I'll replace it with a wooden one, as the bridge plate feels cracked also. Since I got this guitar, I've looked checked dealer listings and Ebay auctions for '63-'64 Gibsons/Epiphones-quite a few of the senior models still have these bridges on them, so apparently a fair amount survived intact.
  8. Update-visited my local luthier yesterday and showed him the El Dorado. He gave me an original plastic bridge he had in his parts drawer, so for now I'll just replace the cracked one as I like the how the guitar sounds the way it is. If I notice any problems down the road, I can always have a new bridge made.
  9. Sorry to dig up an old thread, but I just picked up a '64 Epiphone ElDorado (at a too good to pass up price) that has the plastic bridge and ceramic saddle. Unfortunately, the bridge is cracked on the bass side and is pulling away from the top, so replacement probably is the only option.I didn't look at the bridge plate with a mirror, but it feels like it's cracked, so it'll probably need to go also. I strung it up with .11s and it sounds good with good intonation, but don't want to do any further damage. I left for a short vacation right after I got it, but will pay a visit to my local luthier next week to see what he thinks. The guitar is in good structural condition other than the bridge, but cosmetics are not up to collector standards, so I'm probably not hurting any "originality" by fixing a broken part.
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