NighthawkChris

I've done a lot of business with GC and embraced them after having to deal with my rip-off local shop when during the times before GC came to my neck of the woods. Aside from all the "issues" with GC, they are a great place to get gear. But as always, YMMV. I just don't get into having to support the local shop just "because"... If they suck, they suck... There's a reason all those local shops that used to be around yesterday aren't around today. Good business goes where it's welcomed. Places like GC are the reason I can get good gear conveniently.

lol apparently I'll need Gibson to handle all the dings the stucco balls gave the guitars. From what I have read and seen, getting this crap off the walls is a mess! I'll hire someone to do this one. Luckily this is only in one smaller room in the basement - the rest of my walls at home don't have this crap on them. I think the other people who lived here before us wanted to try something new... who knows, it was a bad idea...

Anyone know a good guy that can get rid of stucco on my walls? This thread has made me feel like I need to get rid of this crap on my walls now to want to hang my guitars onto once again. Thanks! 😂

If you know a person who is skilled - and there are those out there that are - to do professional repairs close enough where shipping is not necessary, that's not a bad option either. In fact, for the points you made, probably a better choice to go locally then to the manufacturer. But just saying that if someone wants to pony up the money and all that for a guitar they absolutely need repaired by Gibson, they probably won't be sorry with what they get back. Basically kudos to Gibson on this note, but again, if someone around you is knowledgeable enough - and skilled enough - to repair your guitar, by all means. I have a guy near me I ask to help me out with things I cannot do to fix guitars. Does a great job and has worked on a few of my Gibsons too. Worth every penny... I one time considered getting a Nighthawk I won on an eBay auction for cheap restored by Gibson. It wasn't going to be cheap - probably the cost of the guitar new - so I declined and just resold the body after I stripped the finish off of it. Sold real fast too... Had a repaired headstock break when it went out the door - why guitar was so cheap in the auction. I have enough guitars and this one didn't need to be hanging around. The guy who bought it from me sent me a pic after he finished it. Turned out pretty nice; glad it went to a good home.

Everything I’ve heard about a Gibson repaired guitar has been good other than it costs a lot of course. These sort of things is always a balance whether or not repairing a guitar makes economical sense. If your $300 guitar has issues that will cost more than that to fix then just buy another guitar. If your custom shop Gibson has something that costs a lot to fix, might be worth the trouble… Not as easy to replace a $5k guitar like the $300 guitar would be. Either way going with Gibson to repair a guitar should be a good choice - again from all I’ve read.

Lol yeah instead of thinking how to hold parts down, let’s take a different angle here 😂

If you don't take @kidblast's decision, then you will most likely have to take the Grovers out, fill the holes they leave behind, pilot some new holes for the vintage Kluson tuners, then install. How pretty you do the job is up to you and what you can live with - i.e. handling the filled holes. You probably would want to make sure the plugs for the holes the Grovers made are cut flush with the headstock plane and would be even nicer to finish over them. I wouldn't do the conversion unless I was ready for all of that. So if a strap saves you this effort, probably a good idea to try this first IMHO. It's the least invasive way to correct something that is bothering you. You also don't know for sure if the tuner swap will alleviate the neck dive... But in all fairness, those Grovers are a bit heavy as far as tuners go... Swapping the tuners might affect the dive factor. Perhaps take a mass measurement of your Grovers vs Kluson tuners...

The internet for all its "good" that it brings has a lot of garbage too. Once we were able to start talking to each other non-stop via our "phones" (more like internet devices) say about 10 years or so, give or take, the world got a lot smaller. People have always been the way they are even today. We just have the means to tune into it more frequently with tech today. Information today moves like wildfire across the world. This, is what is different today. And yes, you will get a trillion opinions on the internet about something as trivial as changing a light bulb where it goes off the tracks more than it stays the course. I just accept it as entertainment these days. Grab your popcorn and soda to enjoy the show, haha!

Oh yeah... 😁 @Whitefang, well, I haven't had that happen yet luckily. House I bought came like this; I wouldn't put this bumpy crap on the walls. It's a pain to take off too from what I've read/seen. Either way, you just have to be careful putting the guitars up there I guess. If a guitar does make contact with the wall, it could be something that might not be too good for the guitar if you care about the finish on it.

Stucco? I am using Hercules guitar hangers and the stuff doesn’t damage the nitro finish at all around the headstock - where they obviously seat the guitars. If you got crazy about it, just put a small piece of clean cotton something where contact between the guitar and hanger happens.

The braided wire soldered to the top-left pot is what you're looking for regarding the bridge - and the top-right pot is the neck pickup's volume. The braided wire is actually a combination of a metal (conductive) sheath carrying the actual insulated "hot" wire for the pickup within it. As you can see, it is soldered to the leftmost tab of the pot. If you want to remove the current pickups, you de-solder the 2 braided wire sets from the 2 pots I mention here. Good luck.

Here's something I like to hang up from time to time Not that these are case queens, but when not played, generally, these are cased. I have a nice wooden guitar case rack that holds quite a few of cases. I do my best to keep these protected as best I can. Falling off a hanger is the least of my worries though. Sometimes it's just nice to hang these to appreciate them for what they are.

God, even the fake burst on that thing is hideous.

To me, Christmas is all about family. I have found that as I get older, it's the only thing that really matters.

That is not a Gibson product.

Appreciate it pal I need all the help I can get.

Bottom line is since I try not to write a novel for a post, use someone you trust. Find out how good they are with a smaller job then graduate to see if they are truly worthy to drill, clamp, whatever to your guitar(s) we all love and know. And yeah there are a lot of swindlers out there that if you go anywhere they’ll take your money cause an issue, you’re unhappy, talk to the manager, talk to your CC company to get a refund or whatever… I’d rather go somewhere that I don’t need a headache for simple stuff. That is… if I can’t fix something myself of course.

@Dave F wow!

I suppose this is a “it depends” thing - acoustic vs solid body. But even solid body guitars like my Les Pauls and such I like to keep them in the case all the time. Reason being is that I live in a place where the winter/fall comes, I turn the furnace on which dries the air up. When you have things like neck binding, not interested in all the frets spouting out the sides. Not so worried about the necks as I do gradual, slight changes periodically to adjust for seasons - and I make sure they are tuned up a lot to make sure the TR is counter acting the string tension appropriately. If I had an acoustic, man that thing would NEVER hang on the wall for a long time. It would be taken out to play then right back in the case - with humidifier packs. These guitars are just so much more maintenance compared to say, a LP. They sound beautiful, but they are just so much more delicate. So in sum if you live somewhere where the seasons change, I believe you should be casing them there guitars and not hanging them too much. Not talking about cheaper guitars. Say my R9… that’s in the case when not played. I’ll leave my Strat out all day long no issues, but this doesn’t have nitro finish, binding on the neck, etc. Not worried about the hanger ruining the finish, just worry about moisture in the air… A good case does a good job protecting a guitar from environmental factors like humidity levels and such. For instance when I tune up a guitar and leave it hanging, it goes out of tune one way or the other. When it is in the case for a long time the tuning practically doesn’t change… By all means take the guitars out to play, but case them when done. These are my observations and wouldn’t mind hearing about how others handle things like this or maybe I help someone out… No rules here, just a suggestion.

Yeah man sorry about the way that idiot handled your SG. That’s unacceptable and should be responsible for restoration. Yoi can’t trust anyone these days… auto mechanics, luthiers… no one. People today don’t GAF and that’s the problem with everything. They take your money with empty promises in return, then screw your stuff up. Frustrating as all get out. I wish you the best towards happiness and resolve. Thanks for sharing.

Everything I’m seeing looks legit.

Lol that’s what Apple (store) told me about my iPhone that needed the battery replaced. Had no issues telling me to buy a new phone… Well I know what phone I’m NOT going to get next after that debacle.

@Whitefang I’m trying to keep within the scope of the conversation with the struggles of upgrading or migrating to W11. I started to add my opinion of what I think is best and what I avoid, but not going to pick any individual out in the conversation to say they are using something that I don’t approve. I wish everyone the best with whatever they use to do their daily computing. Dealing with finding out their 3yo machine can’t handle W11 is outraging - again my opinion that may or may not be shared. I’ve fixed many, many peoples computers over my lifetime. I grew up with them since the 80s. After all, I be electrical/software engineer…

I did a web search for bypassing the requirements and seems like there’s hope for those that need W11 on a PC that fails the test. But in all honesty this kind of stuff is why I don’t do MS anymore. Apple also is bad too for the stuff that “just works”. All my opinion of course. If I had to pick my poison - i.e. didn’t have Linux - I’d pick MS though. That damn Apple store scares the bejeezus out of me! But hey, to each and to their own. Who am I to say what works for someone else…

Over the years my initial disdain for MS has evolved into they are what they are. All jobs I’ve had use MS products, but at home I use Linux. A lot about computer “eligibility” seems to be dependent on whether or not there is a TPM in your system at a certain rev. level and other secure components to aid Windows with this protection task. That’s from what I understood reading about the WHY upgrading today is a big deal. Either way most users IMHO need only a sub-$400 machine to suffice all their needs. “Power” users are the ones who need the HP to run servers and drive certain HW. But hey they’re giving MS users another 4 years or so before they decide to discontinue support… all those old machines W11 doesn’t like would probably kick some f’n a** if Linux was installed on them… just sayin’… I still have use for my AMD quad core PC I built back in 2009 because it runs Linux. Runs W10 good too - on desktop from cold boot in 30s.