ksdaddy

In the 70s all Gibson acoustics were 25.5”. I think it was around ‘83 they switched back to the traditional lengths.

In the early 80s my father gave me his Springfield Reliance 22, that he got new in 1934 for $2.98. He used a couple big mailing tubes and a box or two to wrap it up in. Once wrapped, it looked like the world’s largest bicycle pump. Ralphie’s best present was being able to paste Scut Farkus in the mouth about 37 times and making him cry like a little b_____!

In my neck of the woods we add: ”I’m gonna haul right off and…” or ”I’m gonna draw right off and…” Picture an old western movie where, in the fist fights at the saloon, someone will draw their fist back before striking someone in the jaw. Should be obvious but maybe not. It just adds a little “I’m serious about getting this done” seasoning to the intended action. Another one I might add to the END of the proposed action proclamation is “right in front of God and everyone”, lending an even more layer of gravitas and resolve. (getting up off the couch) ”I’m gonna go haul right off and take a leak and then get another beer, right in front of God n everyone.”

Tighten the the truss rod a tiny bit. Shoot for 0.007” if you want a target.

His brother was Lat Long, the famous cartographer.

According to a gentleman I spoke with at the Gibson Garage, there are no plans for a 175 or any of its variants.

I was there in 2007. I walked a lot. I was amazed by how well kept the residential areas were. There were houses from the 1920s that looked like they were just built. And the businesses downtown had very nice people. I walked into one store and a lady asked if I’d like a coffee or a bottle of water. It has a nice vibe overall. People tend to call it a small town but my town is about 8000 people so Bozeman seemed bigger.

I’ve told this story already but it bears repeating. About 15 years ago a guy brought me two LG-1s to sell on consignment. One was a 1967 with belly up bridge and likely lighter bracing, the other a 1968 with belly down bridge and presumably heavier bracing. Not double x, as I believe they didn’t start that until 1971. The heavier 1968 sounded better.

If there isn't any paint in the crack at this time, you should glue it NOW. If you strip the green off, you will get paint into the crack and the glue won't hold.

I’d be more concerned with the narrow nut width than anything else. Looks ’68 to me! Don’t worry about it being overbuilt. I’ve played some from that era that were very nice.

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There are a couple ways you could use. Actually more than a couple. If that were on my bench, I would be looking closely at the crack to see if I saw clean wood in the crack. If so, I would likely try to open the crack a little and working yellow wood glue into the crack. I would also use compressed air to work the glue in deeper. Then clamp. You’ll need a long cabinet clamp. Maybe you could use a ratchet strap if you don’t have access to a proper clamp. Another method would be to squeeze the crack shut (by the aforementioned methods) and then drizzling “hot” (super thin) super glue directly onto the closed crack. Despite most people’s experience with super glue bonding immediately, walk away and let it cure overnight. I don’t want to downplay this crack, but believe me when I tell you, you can fix it yourself and you do not need to look for another body.

I'm not one to travel. In fact the only time I've gone on a plane was to the Homecoming in Bozeman in 2007. We've been planning a trip to Nashville and Memphis for a couple years now, likely hit the talking stages pre-covid and just bumped back until the crisis was over. We have our flights, which they keep changing. We have our hotel, which is not far from Broadway, and most important, we are scheduled for a day trip to Memphis to see Sun Studios and Graceland. My #1 goal is Memphis Recording Service, 706 Union Avenue. I just want to be able to say I was there. As to Nashville, I do want to see the Country Music Hall of Fame and Ryman. I'd like to go to Gruhn's but it's a little out of town... maybe an Uber? We do not have an itinerary other than the Memphis side trip and the Grand Ole Opry (Gatlin Bros and Crystal Gayle are scheduled that day). I'm not a little bit panicked, wondering where something will go wrong. Not a traveler, me.

I first saw her on the cover of a 1977 Guitar Player. I didn’t actually see and hear her until Austin City Limits in the 80s sometime. A friend’s son worked with her and John Lee Hooker on some type of collaboration around 2000 or so. He said Bonnie was a sweetheart. He also said John was in a hurry to get home, apparently his wife was much younger and he very much wanted to “spend time” with her as often as possible lol.

I was at work and happened to be alone at my end of the building. I was hung over and sick. A female coworker came down the hall and told me a plane had crashed into the World Trade Center. All I could picture was a little Cessna smacking into the building and wondering how in the world they would be able to clean up the mess, up high like that. Next thing I knew, a report came in that a second plane had hit, and we got the call to shut the office down for the day. I think 9/11 has affected me a lot, even though I’m a few states away and didn’t lose anyone, nor did I have any direct affect in the ensuing military actions. But now I tend to think of things as “pre-911” or “post 911”. I listen to old Art Bell shows at night and when the announcer says (paraphrased) “this show was originally broadcast on August 4, 2001” or similar, I cringe and feel sick, knowing 9-11 was coming up.

Daisy is my 3-1/2 year old Jack Russell Shorty. I’ve had lots of dogs and loved them all but none as much as this one. People say, “oh God, how can you have a Jack Russell?” And I reply, “how can I NOT?”

… I seem to be held captive.

One of my mentors once told me, “there’s guys out there that can play circles around anything you or I could ever do, and they’re on the streets of Nashville, starving to death.”

In Montana the necks are stamped early in the process. It's about that time when a body and neck are 'married' and will join at some (soon) date. The guitar isn't typically finished for a couple weeks after that date.

I admire and respect their talent and hard work to get to that level of proficiency. But I can’t listen that fast.

This has not been a good summer. I didn’t even pull my deck furniture out of storage.

That’s what I was going to suggest. It happened to me once.

In the late 70s I was so fed up with the music my contemporaries liked, I would have jumped on ANY train that took me out of town. On one side there was disco, the other side Kansas, Styx, BOC, and I couldn’t relate to either side. I picked up a copy of PUNK magazine and about that same time I was exposed to the phenomenon via a tv show called Weekend, which did a story on it. I bought the Sex Pistols album and tried to like it. I bought a Ramones album and enjoyed it more, but also had the opinion that they played the same song 14 times to fill an album. Enter Elvis Costello. I saw him on SNL with the giant glasses, ill fitting clothes and a Jazzmaster refinished in the style I call “hippie s*** brown”. He was so radically different, I had to run out and buy every album. Boring! 1978 and 1979 brought me Devo and the B-52s, neither of which were punk, but it gave me something “different” to latch onto. Through 80-81-82 I listened to Split Enz, the Brains, the Flying Lizards, Bow Wow Wow, the Cure, Sparks, etc. By that time, punk was very much past tense.

There are no hard and fast rules about Gibson. Specs and hardware could (and did) change. I’ll bet if you remove one of those Schallers, you won’t see any extra screw holes underneath. In fact, it would be impossible to switch from the “two screw” ones you have pictured and replace them with the cast body Schallers without having those two screw holes visible.

Yes we are lol