Walt Felix

Thanks for the info. I'm surprised it's from around those years. I though it was a little later, but my knowledge of it is limited to Google searchs. I know it was my grandfather's who was in a country band back then. He had that and another Gibson which I don't know anything about. My mom traded the Gibson years ago to a local guy for guitar lessons for my younger brother. The way I understood it was the guy passed on this one. It sat in her house until her passing a few years back. Since I also took lessons as kid, I decided to keep it when we were cleaning out the house. I play it a bit, but never that proficient. Broke a string the other night and started looking for info on replacing the cracked bridge, that's what lead me here. Definitely seems like I should have a wooden bridge installed.

Hi Everyone, After her passing, while cleaning out my mom's house, I came across one of my Grandfather's acoustics that I decided to keep. He passed away in the early 80s. It is an FT-79N Texan. The best I've been able to determine after a bit of Googling, looks to be possibly a 1967-8 (6 digit SN - 214496). It seems to be in pretty good shape, with some minor a lacquer checking but not bad. But the adjustable bridge (which I suspect may have been replaced at some point) has a small crack and is lifting. To the best I can determine, it should be rosewood but it almost looks like it has a plastic base which is why I suspect it's been replaced. I'm guessing it's probably worth fixing, what would be the correct bridge and where could I find one? What else can you tell me about this Guitar?