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Bet it sounded like it had a bag of dirty laundry stuffed in the sound hole. At least, that's what I'm telling myself. 😜

The case was pink inside actually. He was asking $4,500 or a nice boat. Lol. I spoke with him on the phone this morning, seemed like a good dude. Wasn't a player, said his father had bought him the guitar originally. I was going to head over after work. C'est la vie. There will be another. It's easy to by a buyer, not so easy to be a seller in this market.

Never mind all....it just sold. I suspected it was a closet queen but I'm too much a noob re: vintage instruments I was too slow in my actions. It wasn't meant to be, but I certainly learned a ton about mid-late 50s Gibsons. 🙂 Thanks very much for everyone's help.

Thanks so much for your help. Here is what I have...what do you think?

That's helpful, thanks. Are the actual bridge and bridge plate dimensions available anywhere so I can measure?

Hello there. I'm new to the forum but have been lurking quite a while. 😀 I don't have much vintage guitar knowledge and I've run across a local '56 Country Western in excellent shape, original finish but with a replaced bridge. I'm clueless as to what a fair person to person price might be given original condition minus the new bridge. I'm not sure about the bridge plate itself, or even what the original is supposed to look like so I suppose if you could address the effect on value of a new bridge plate as well - so 2 different scenarios. 1) excellent original condition with new bridge only, 2) excellent original condition with new bridge and plate. Thanks very, very much for any assistance you can provide. Jon