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I find CBD ointment, an Advil and some pre-playing exercises necessary before I play anything these days.

In '68 I got married the first time. Already owned a half dozen pretty good guitars. Well, that all came to a crashing halt.

I agree. Inquiring minds want to know.

Beauties! You're my hero.

BK, my WL-12Mh has a fairly hefty neck. Slimmer than the 14 fretters, I really don't think so. I've had three other Waterloos and the neck on this one feels large, but not huge. (Hard to describe without using numbers.)

Yes, BK, it did. Got it from the Left Coast. Shortly after which I had two folks PM me with their WL-12Mh offers. So, I'd say they're out there.

BK's on the right trail. A Waterloo WL-12mh cured my need for a vintage Gibson 12 fret L. Also, it's left a lot of green on the table.

Your '67 will have the narrow neck. If you like and are used to this neck, I would expect the neck on the '42 to feel thicker and slightly wider. That alone would be a big plus for me.

Check out Merle Travis.

Played a Gibson today at the Reception.

A big sky yes on the black 12 fretter!

Wish Gibson'd put that thick baseball neck on a J-45 to be sold in the US.

So the glue runout is on the Top? All around the bridge? That smacks of a repair. Maybe a bridge replacement. Also, possibly done by someone less that expert in bridge work.

It's basically a long scale J-45. Maybe slightly punchier than a Standard due to the longer scale? Standard modern Gibson neck measurements rather than the original Texan's 1 5/8 nut. Oh and Gibson decided apparently to squash down (shorten) the headstock too on the reissue.

I'm sad to read this. Thank you, Tony, for all the inspiring music. RIP.

Like this one a lot. Congrats!

I think that's a nice look.

After working a a wholesale meat market the entire Summer between 10th and 11th grade I'd saved up enough and went downtown to our biggest music store and bought a Martin 0-16NY, paying list at that time. Who knew any better back in '61? That model had just been released by Martin along with the 00-21NY. I was in tone heaven. To this day I still have one of those, just not my original one.

Thanks for the energy.

Never a great fan of Gibson's original LG body shape anyway, I too find the new reissue LG2 shape quite attractive. Unfortunately I saw that the necks on this model are narrower than standard, which is too bad for me.

Really like the look of your 2002 J-50, BK. Just right!

Always hump day at El Rancho de la Camel.

A visual comparison by bringing both images together is what has led me to suggest that Gibson's new Reissue LG2 has the same body shape as the American Eagle, which is not the original shape of Gibson's LG series in the past.

I've noticed that this reissue LG2 has the body shape of the LG2 American Eagle, so not the original LG series body.

It really doesn't look like the Songwriter body is the same shape as a Hummingbird body.