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A neck reset and a new saddle from a qualified guitar repair person can make your guitar playable again. This is not the end for your guitar.
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Google translate can only do so much.
Of course, you or Guitar can probably be saved! A good place to start is to check the neck angle. Hopefully this article from a well respected, belated Guitar Repair person can help you get some information.
Checking the neck angle with a straight edge and seeing where it touches the bridge of the guitar is one of the key points of the article.
Hope not too much is lost in the translation:
http://www.frets.com/FretsPages/Musician/Guitar/Setup/NeckAngle/neckangle.html
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7 hours ago, John Fawcett said:
Contacted Gibson last year who said they could do nothing for me.
I offered to pay for new one and to pay postage to uk only to be told they dont sell the scratch plate.
Did Gibson say why they couldn't help? Isn't their warranty coverage very limited outside of the US?
. . . and just how badly is your pickguard curled? (pic would help)
There has been much on this forum about lifting, flattening, and generally about replacing the pickguard:
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A tempting move with the price drop. . . just something about the first digit being a $3_ _ _ that throws me off the trail anymore these days. A nice looking TV, and Sal provenance ? ! 😀. How are the frets on this 2010? And- what happened to the TV case?
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Another vote here for Sitka, as in the Standard you're considering. Maybe if you wanted to do some hard punchy bluegrass runs, then Adi.
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Oh wow- I wish I didn't see this, or read your glowing report- the guitar clicks several boxes for me, especially it being a more comfy Gibson slope, and a curiosity about walnut and a sound port guitar. Figuring the decreased body depth, along with the serious break angle many of these seem to have, should make for a guitar with ample projection.
The Batwing guard looks great on there . . . . An enjoyable NGD weekend to you, too.
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Looks great, Buc. Glad it made its way to you in one piece, too.
It's so easy to fall into a Goldilocks scenario when there are several guitars around- to do a/b/c comparisons and seeing the pluses and minuses in each, and forgetting to just enjoy the one that's in your hands. The super clear bass is perfect for fingerstylie things, and the comfy curvy body shape makes for a great strummer. Rich mids can be found in there somewhere- very sensitive to where its played- i.e., near the fretboard extension.
The Elixir PB's I have on the 185TV will have only been on there four years next week. 😑. 'Am half tempted to replace only the wound strings, #6 -> 3. Definitely trying to keep the bright nature under control. Maybe even consider slightly heavier E & B for that reason. But . . .
15 hours ago, Buc McMaster said:Tightened the rod about 3/4 turn and the neck responded as it should. Saddle is a little tall so I'll bring that down a touch. . .
. . . if you're the sort that needs have an acoustic play like an electric, bear in mind that bringing the saddle down lower may also move the eq to the higher side of things..
Congrats, and enjoy your NGD weekend.
ps- glad to see Bozeman remembered to put your split parallelograms in left->right.
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Also- weren't the 1946 Gibson acoustics unlikely to receive a stamp inside on the neck block?
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All clues point to '46 LG. The photo in the upper right makes it look to have unusually high action? It's ladder braced, you say. . . They don't support the top as much as cross bracing, and over time have the tendency to pull up on the top around the bridge, and the area around the soundhole can lower. Or is that just an optical illusion I'm seeing?
ps- most here use imgur.com for free photo hosting- you can direct embed multiple photos from there to your posts here.
Nice looking guitar, though.
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5 hours ago, Buc McMaster said:
I am now the proud owner of a 2003 Gibson J-185 of the sinister persuasion! Coming out of Tennessee, should arrive Friday. Woohoo!
Congrats- hope we get to hear it, too.
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2 minutes ago, AnneS said:
Assuming it’s lived there for ‘lo these many years, I’d think the havoc, were it an issue, would have already ensued. If the repair history doesn’t have red flags, then perhaps it acclimated just fine and/or was properly taken care of. My three cents…
It does show a little weather checking- but not a biggie. Shipping in the winter can challenge things, though.
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45 minutes ago, Buc McMaster said:
. . . owns a 185?
It's the bass note clarity that I'd been looking for in every incarnation of slope shouldered '45 based guitars I've had. That, the rock n' roll/life of the party good looks, and the obvious comfiness of that deep waist, were all givens, by it's body shape, appointments, and wood specs. A terrific strummer, but can get too bright if that strum lights up too much of the unwound strings. But there's a power core in the low->mid strings that when dialed in and driven, the mini jumbo body shape adds focus that gets the thing up on plane allowing some different kind of core that takes on a mid tone that's unlike any J-45.
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On 1/4/2024 at 8:33 PM, Dave F said:
Picked this up over the holidays.
2007 J160E
Solid top X-braced
Still need to fix the low nut slots
Congrats, Dave. 'Would love to see it out in sunlight, but sunshine's probably not going to happen any time soon.
Even if the 15 fret bumping the bridge closer to the soundhole might not sound too perceptible, where your picking hand contacts the strings might now be closer to the bridge (?). . . that might be noticeable.
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Nice. That should get you lucky. ; ).
We'll give you a pass on the M-guitar, as word on the street is you'd recently got an OM. Enjoy the honeymoon. As opposed to the LG, a small(er) Martin with rosewood- that should give you some nice a/b times.
ps- where's the mic?
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Congratulations on a very nice iced tea faded burst on your J-45. Does that bottom photo reveal that the faded cherry burst thas survived under the burst after you cleaned up the adhesive?
You've gotta treat us to a more higher resolution image of that nice top!
Congrats, and hope you get your guard right.
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46 minutes ago, E-minor7 said:
Mattias Krantz, aha, , , I would have thought it was German. .
That was the thinking here, as well. But . . . seeing this wonderful video of his travels to Madi-land, where the spiders grow so large that Mattias just had to wonder about their ability to spin a web great enough to make a guitar string, he mentions that even a Swede would shake their head upon hearing what he was thinking of trying. . .
so for the forumites who love the potential of all creatures great and small: (ps- this is a special video, on several levels)
Sweet dreams.
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11 minutes ago, dhanners623 said:
And why is that, exactly? I stuck “GHS White Bronze” in the search box and found no other threads….
Was wondering the same thing.
Instead, maybe Murph can let us know what he likes about the GHS Bronze strings.
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That's funny- I thought he might be heading off to pick up some Black Diamond Heavies. 😎. Hope you don't mind- I've no experience with the GHS White Bronze- just mixing in a little Gibson content topical to Ray Wylie and guitar strings:
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So sorry to hear about Frank Ford's passing- he was such an example of giving back. . . his frets.com was a monstrous collection of his knowledge that luthiers and players alike were able to refer to. Rest in peace, Frank, and thank you.
And just this morning I was thinking of recommending Gryphon to Caliwebman0 (Scott) for guidance in the repair of his recently acquired old Nick Lucas guitar, as the shop is so well regarded and in Scott's home state.
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On 12/21/2023 at 8:35 PM, Dave F said:
I've had them worse than that. A lot worse.
Absolutely. Gibson is not shy about applying a healthy coat of lacquer to the front and back of their headstocks. Would you rather have them stamp it after they apply the lacquer? 😀
On 12/21/2023 at 7:17 PM, Cougar said:I think it's supposed to be Made in USA and the stamper just botched the job. What do you think?
How does the guitar sound? You'll be fine.
Nice guitar. Good luck with the sale.
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Congratulations- you have really communicated the joy of The Season. Amazing work, and I'm sure it was a labor of love for you. Once again, you have raised the bar on your own work. Lots of looking up to the heavens, with graphics to match. The instruments all looked and sounded awesome. Merry Christmas to you and all the forumites .
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Murph should get the guard. If his Gibson brain works like mine, he'll probably get a Hummingbird to go with . . .
plant the seed
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19 hours ago, Larsongs said:
I was sure somewhere in all my paperwork & original brochures it said Bozeman Masterbilt.. But, I must’ve been smoking Crack! I stand corrected. It is a Gibson J-160E built in 2002.
It wasn't the crack- it was an ad campaign that Gibson had in the early 2000's. I had a J-45 R from that series.
Good luck with the real crack.
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5 hours ago, sbpark said:
I'll take them!
Fine. Those HB pickguards are gold to us Birdists. Dan's goodhearted nature has always impressed over the years. Now- SB- use it for good, not evil. ☺️.
Dan- smiling fierce, once again. 👍.
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This might help:
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