badbluesplayer

The jack goes in first - using a coat hanger wire to pull it through works well. Then the tone controls go in - still pulling a little on the jack. You can use tubing on the tone controls to pull them toward the correct holes. You have to wiggle the whole harness around as you push it in to make sure it's all in the correct shape with all the wires in the right places. You have to pull here and there on the harness as it goes in to make sure it's in the right place. As you pull on the jack and the tone controls the volume controls and switch go in. And finally the bridge pickup. You should be able to tease the controls onto their correct positions. A hooked piece of wire or some kind of dental pick tool helps to grab stuff through the holes and push it around. If you have tubing or strings on the controls, you should be able to pull them right into the holes. Controls without any tubing or string will have to be pushed and/or wiggled into place.

The stuff all goes in through the bridge pickup cavity and then you stick your fingers thru the f holes to work the stuff into place. Here's a 339.

My 339 is # CS74280 and it's a 2007, made in Memphis. 4280 is the production number. Not sure what the extra digit is (the 5) on Chris's guitar. I don't think they made 52,000 CS/Memphis guitars that year. Maybe.

Here's a link to Gibson's info - http://www.gibson.com/en-us/Support/SerialNumberSearch/Default.aspx I guess that 339 must be a 2012 model and 52,496 would be the production number - the 52,496th guitar from that production year. Somebody correct me if I'm wrong.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vQrINNp4lwc

Stormy Weather - Lena Horne http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QCG3kJtQBKo

"White Room" - Cream

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SIH_iCgiw1g&feature=player_embedded

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7LjrCV4Gnxw

"Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?" - Bing Crosby http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eih67rlGNhU

Purple People Eater - Sheb Wooley http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X9H_cI_WCnE

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SN8pWdZhVaM&feature=list_other&playnext=1&list=AL94UKMTqg-9A-1QBTtOLkyBFuFZKTkx4S

Orange Blossom Special - Flatt & Scruggs

Let it Snow - Dean Martin

Eggs and Sausage (Nighthawks at the Diner) - Tom Waits http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o8rsq6lYrwU

Black Magic Woman - Fleetwood Mack & Peter Green http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hRu7Pt42x6Y

Black Magic Woman - Fleetwood Mack & Peter Green http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hRu7Pt42x6Y

In a Gadda Da Vida - Iron Butterfly http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2bQZ6l_cq5Y

John Henry - Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GWcjxadRTKY

Like a Rock - Bob Seger

We're an American Band - Grand Funk Railroad http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lMsIrKjSM6Y

Mountain Jam - Allman Brothers

Black Cat Bone - Albert Collins

Statesboro Blues - Blind Willie McTell

Here's the final setup specs from a post by Dave at Gibson: Here's how Gibson - Memphis does the final setup on their instruments. Its a post from Dave at Gibson: Hi I'm David the final inspector at Gibson Memphis. I can give you the factory spec info. on our setups. You will need a mechanics rule to do this properly. To check neck relief: fret the low E at the first and 15th fret (not 12th) reach to the 7th fret and tap string. There should be a small space between string and fret - no thicker than a piece of paper. Do the same with the high E. ACTION: fret low E at first fret and measure the distance from the bottom of the to the top of the 15th fret. It should be 5/64". Do the same with the high E, measurement should be 3/64". Now measure the string height at the nut; underside of the string to the top of the fret. Low E and A should measure 2/64", D and G =1.5/64" and B and high E = 1/64". If string height at nut is correct, recheck string height at 12th fret with strings open. Measurement for low and high E's should be the same as measurement taken at the 15th. Pickups: Fret low E at 22nd fret and measure pickup height from underside of string to point on pickup closest to string. Bridge pickup should be 3/64" (I think the 3/64" is a typo, it should be 3/32") , neck pickup should be 4/32". Fret high E at 22nd fret, distance for both pickups should be 3/32". Play test: Play every string at every fret checking for buzzes. Bend High E string 1 and 1/2 steps, beginning at the sixth fret and ending at 22nd, checking for "choking" and to make sure string stays in nut notch. Each 1/64 of an inch equals about 0.4 mm, so, 1/64" = 0.4 mm. 2/64" = 0.8 mm. 3/64" = 1.2 mm. 4/64" = 1.6 mm 5/64" = 2.0 mm. 6/64" = 2.4 mm.