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Gibson truss rods are wonderful. I can’t remember ever needing to turn a Gibson adjustment nut any more than 1/8 turn to get the desired result.

I have about 15 guitars on my Reverb watch list. I think 2 or 3 have sold in the past month. People aren’t dropping their prices though. Sticking to their guns.

I don’t think it’s necessary to avoid Ruckus. He seems like a nice guy.

Yeah, some brands can do it, some can't.

Haiku Dennis suspicious A Gibson with a low price Pull the trigger yes

Titebond and toothpick, yep. If I had a nickel for every raggedy or incorrect screw hole I patched that way….

I've owned mine for 46 years and I've never been tempted to switch to a six saddle bridge. If that's what anyone wants, go for it, but I've never felt the need. If something just does not work for me, I have no aversion to changing it. There's a '58 Gretsch on my bench that is getting a new nut because the spacing on the old one was too wide. It's also getting opened up to have a treble bleed installed. Not afraid of fixing something that's broke, but as far as I'm concerned, the three saddle ain't broke.

Definitely not rosewood of any type. The sides and back are mahogany, as is the neck. I can't tell you whether you overpaid or not but this damage will need to be addressed. I did a Gibson 12 string a number of years ago. I can't remember how I pulled it back into position. Probably just as well; I have done some nasty things here that would make a chiropractor wince.

There’s a what in the what now?

We can't help based on a serial number. We will need to see several photos of the guitar.

It's very likely a 1966 based on the bridge. Or I should say it's definitely not 1969. This guitar has a serious problem. The top has a crack just beside the neck block and the neck (and neck block) has shifted. Note the crack and also note the edge of the sound hole at the end of the crack and the distortion of the body binding. It's not just a matter of repairing the crack. Everything needs to be shifted back into place first. I have repaired Gibsons with similar problems (it's a Gibson thing, seems like). Once the neck block is back in place, I glue in a narrow block of wood alongside the neck block, glued to both the neck block and top (inside).

Gibson offers very little storage space. You will need to upload it to a site like imgur or inkfrog and post the link here. It could either be a 1966 or 1969 based on the serial number. Spruce top, mahogany sides and back. Mahogany neck. If the bridge looks like this, it is likely a 1966. If it looks like this, it is likely a 1969.

That would be a monstrous improvement over both the original Jag/Jazz and Mustang saddles.

I always measure at the 12th fret, only because of consistency. If, however, as in Fender’s case, they are measuring at the 17th fret and my goal is to set a Fender up to factory specs, of course I’ll use their numbers. Because math is hard.

How's your humidity? Is it dry where the guitar sits? If you don't have a hygrometer, that's okay, just look at the top from the side. Does the top seem to be sunken in? Or flatter than what you'd expect to see? Run your fingers across the grain of the top and note if it feels like corduroy. You may just need to hydrate. Aside from that, have you changed gauge of strings? Gone lighter perhaps?

Gotcha beat. Aleve.

I currently own a Squier Vintage Vibe Jazzmaster (Sonic Blue? Daphne Blue?) and I've bought (and then sold) two Squier 70s Vibe Jaguars. All three had Mustang-esque saddles from the factory. I swapped them out for the vintage grooved barrel original style, not because I preferred them (who in their right mind would?) but because they each have two height adjustment screws per saddle. That way I could dial in the radius to match the board. I could not do that with the Mustang style, which has no height adjustment.... they just had three different sizes that 'kinda' matched the radius.

What's the guitar look like?

I just checked, no restrictions, last post Aug 2023.

"Results for serial number S9205029 This Epiphone guitar was made in 1989, 1999 or 2009 Samick factory in Korea"

It’s the captain’s log that brought the Klingons to the thick cover in the first place! If it had made a clean break, we wouldn’t be in this mess!

Klingons are harder to wipe out if they’re hiding in thick cover. Sometimes it takes a heavy rain to flush them out.

Eisenhower here. Kennedy and Nixon faced off on tv when I was a month old.

Hats off for taking the time to A-B errrr, A-B-C-D these strings. I’ve never had the patience to do that. When I think Rotosound, the first thing that comes to mind is the bass strings that sounded fantastic but would grind down the frets in record time. Obviously that’s not going to happen with bronze. I leave strings on my guitars for a criminally long time. I have no idea what’s on any particular guitar unless I dated a string package and put it in the case pocket. I will give Rotosounds a try!

I think I have about 48 right now, but that’s counting some banjos and mandolins. I could get rid of many of them but the way things are (not) selling on reverb, they might as well stay put. Doesn’t matter what I have here, I’ll be back on the Telecaster within a week.