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BigKahune

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  1. Quite the looker. Congrats! 😎
  2. I frequent the Lounge forum which tends to have more electric players. There, over the last few years, this “neck shape - pain” topic has come up a coupla times. As I recall, some of the players with trouble preferred the “V”/“soft-V” shapes. Having previously found the V comfortable, it should work out for you. If you made modification and didn’t like it, you should be able to recover some of the value by selling it.
  3. Originally the Southern Jumbo come out in the early 1940s as a “deluxe” version of the J45. As is typical for Gibson, the specs have bounced around a bit. In recent years there have been dozens of versions of the SJ and J45. Trying to make specific comparisons now is going to be quite a chore, except to point out the original idea - the Southern Jumbo is a “deluxe” version of the J45.
  4. Yes KSdaddy. +1 The Electric division went with the new serial format. The Acoustic division stuck the the older format.
  5. I remember Guitarstrummer - good forum contributor. Sorry to hear of his passing Scott.
  6. Sound hole wise, kinda looks like a Gretsch Rancher, but that was a bigger guitar - large lower bout. I agree with Zomby - if that’s a Gibson, it was probably modified.
  7. Welp . . . Quite the looker! Turned out great. 😎
  8. Possibly: started out as a legit Gibson, but at some point suffered bad neck/headstock damage. Then somebody did a neck replacement with an Epi neck and put a Gibson waterslide on it to go with the original Gibson inside label … making it a a multi-brand Frankenstein repair.
  9. Congrats on your Ric 360. 😎 I’ve got a 360/12. I love it. When I first got it, tuning/intonation was a chore. I put a Ric 12 saddle bridge on it which made all that go away. Enjoy.
  10. I did a search yesterday and came up with this on guitar.com Gibson’s community forums appear to have been shutdown. The web domain has been gone since last Thursday at the earliest. Also: Gibson appears to have quietly shut down their forums and support. Glad it was a solvable tech problem. 😎
  11. I haven’t come across “rounding” the edge of the saddle before. I would try a coupla other things before messing with the saddle. Try reseating the E string in the bridge. Try another E string. Hope you find a solution.
  12. Really nice SJ. I’ve got a SJ TV - love it. Yours is quite a looker. Gorgeous top. And your happy with the sound/tone. It’s great when search efforts payoff. Congrats and enjoy! 😎
  13. Congrats Murph! A few more weeks and I’ll be 4 years into retirement - loving it. I worked until I was 65. 😎
  14. Sweet looking project. Gorgeous RW. 😎 Looking forward to seeing pics of the finished job.
  15. Good to see you back. Nice bit and the J15 is sounding great. 😎
  16. Nice to see the all the effort everyone put into this project pay off so we’ll. Enjoyed it very much! 😎
  17. Congrats on a gorgeous 336! 😎
  18. I'm aware Martin vs Gibson issues come up now and then, but it was not my intention to create a Martin bashing. And, I have never sent a combative or hostile word at you. I'm not into Gibson vs Martin issues, but I apologize Sgt. Pepper, for commenting on one of Martin's humerous top decorations - which I'm sure they intended to be humerous. BTW, I love Martins. I'm a Martin owner: D-45, 00-15M, J12-15. I own guitars from Guild, Taylor, Yamaha, Takamine, Rainsong, Fender, Jackson, Rickenbacker. I'm interested in the sound and play of individual guitars, not which builder is the best or worst. Life is short, buy the guitar.
  19. 🤣 😂 🤪 Can't forget this Martin gem -
  20. Some or the graphics color came up with the flubber, but curiously, there was color left behind too. I gave the underlayer a polish with Virtuoso and it looks great. Sorry 62, I tossed the old flubber and 'shrubbery'. And I was happy to be rid of it. 😎
  21. Jinder - Good to hear you had a similar experience that also worked out. I'd still like to caution folks that might try this solution that it's a bit risky - but here's two successful examples to refer to. I guess there's a majority of buyers out their that like the fact that the Flubber protects the pickguard graphics. I like it much better with just the bottom layer on the guitar - feel and sound wise it think it's better. Wear is fine with me. Cheers. 😎
  22. I've got a 2008 J-200. It's in beautiful shape and I love it. But I was never in love with the flubber pickguard - soft, thick and tends to curl up off the guitar top. Over the years I never addressed it, I simply took it out, pressed down the pickguard edges and played the session. I've seen a coupla remedies posted here, but never tried them. Now that it's over 10 years old, the flubber's tendency to curl up is even more pronounced. So, the other day, I took it off, applied some heat from a hair dryer and tried to get it to curl back the other way a bit. I figured if it didn't work out I'd find for a replacement. Well, the pickguard cracked. But as I looked it over, there were two layers: a pickguard layer on the bottom and a soft clear layer on top. Only the top clear layer was cracked. The bottom layer was fine. What's more, the two layers were separating. So I warmed them up and peeled of the top clear layer, which broke up as I peeled it off. But the botom layer was intact. So I warmed it up and put back on my J-200 and presto - I've got a nice, thin, firm/harder, original looking pickard without that soft layer of flubber on it. Seems that top flubber layer shrinks a bit after manufacture, forcing the two layers to curl up. It's been a couple days and that bottom layer is staying nice and flat. The guitar sound/tone might be a bit more lively but not so much that it stands out. I never cared for the feel of that flubber pickguard, but the bottom layer, sitting there by itself, feels like a normal pickguard. I'm happy. 😎 <edit> I should add: I don't know how well this would work with newer pickguards. My guitar is nearly 14 years old which might effect the ease at which the layers will separate. De-flubberized pickguard Old, yellowed, flubber layer.
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