Stu-bud
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Well guess hard to find out hearing this from the horses Mouth.
I truly don't see many 1981's under the 500 digit in the ser# from the MI planet
I see plenty of 81 over the last 3 digits of 500 and up but the lot of 81's under seem to less abundent. The salesman in Ash said only selected stores had gotten the 1981 reissue at the start thats why i grabbed the only one I saw between 3 locations.
Thats why I was curious on the production count. Like I stated I don't see many 81's From Mi Plant where the poster above stated it was not uncommon.
So without an idea or count from Gibson would be hard to justify
Well Thanks for your post
I just bought an '81 dot reissue, blond, production number 009. Per Gibson, the guitar was made on the 254th day of 1981 in Kalamazoo, MI.
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Would be interested in looking under Derek Truck's personal SGs' Lyra cover. Perhaps he is hiding some dead weight there for improving the balance? For sure an insider tip to fight neck heaviness of Min-ETune SGs!
The Trucks tailpiece is very sturdy; it weighs just over 8 oz. It could improve the balance on its own.
Stu.
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Thats cool, so are you doing the same thing then, adding it for the looks? So its installed by 4 screws?
Yeah, mostly for looks, but also to help counter the neck-heaviness (the tailpiece weighs 1/2 lb.). When used as a real tailpiece, they are held on with 6 screws (and fairly long ones at that), due to the string tension. As a faux tailpiece, I was actually considering a little velcro in lieu of screws. Not sure yet. Below are before and after photos, and a photo of the back side of the tailpiece (you can see the 6 mounting holes).
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A Gibson Derek Trucks tailpiece just came up for sale on e-bay, and I bought it. Possibly for my Firebird. You could try contacting this seller to see if they might have another.
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I've been to two of the three American Guitar Makers. They are just short of paranoid about their trash, them days of the Charvel/Jackson guys taking stuff out of Fender dumpsters were short and long ago. I've never met anyone with a dumpster guitar. I don't want to talk about him like he is not in the room, but man I hope that guy didn't pay a lot for that thing!
rct
No, I didn't pay alot for it.
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So...who got the parts out and put it together?
Where'd they get the neck?
Can a guitar like that even have a serial number?
rct
The information I have is that a Gibson employee/tech put it together. The neck is all Korina, and I think already glued onto the body when it was cut. Gibson cut a small notch out of the rear of the neck (in addition to sawing the body in 3); the notch was very nicely filled with mahogany, you cannot feel a thing.
On the back of the headstock is a Gibson Custom Shop insignia (?). There is no serial number.
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Who the heck cut it up??? What a bummer!!!
Gibson did. That's what they used to do with rejects.
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1982 is consistent with what I believed to be the year of the Korina Explorer I just bought. It arrived last Saturday. It is a very nice guitar. Very straight, perfect (fat) neck, plays like butter. Frets are perfect. I took it to the guitar doctor and as far as we can tell, the only reason this guitar was a reject and sawed in 3 pieces is the trim of the wood on the headstock; it's off by 1/4 inch or so.
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I'm trying to determine the years in which Gibson reissued the '58 Korina Explorer. I've read of late 70's through early 80's, but nothing definitive.
Thanks, Stu.
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