RusRob Posted September 19, 2013 Share Posted September 19, 2013 I thought some of you may be interested in seeing the finished project. Picked up this J-40 for next to nothing a while back but it was in need of some serious help. When I got it the neck was off, half the frets had been removed and someone "tried" to fix a broken brace by smearing glue all over the inside of this poor guitar. I decided it would be easiest to remove the back to fix the braces and clean up the glue. Since I had it open I decided to scallop the braces to reduce the stiffness which really opened up the sound. Since the finish was falling off of this guitar and it needed a complete refinish I decided to do a burst on it and paint the headstock black. I didn't finish documenting the complete project because I got busy with other work, but I finished it in between jobs and I am very happy with the results. I also decided to make a "bat-wing" pick guard in place of the teardrop. I have had it done for about 2 months now and it plays and sounds really nice. The old thread with in-progress pictures can be found here: http://forum.gibson.com/index.php?/topic/100779-project-j-40/page__p__1363098__hl__j-40__fromsearch__1&do=findComment&comment=1363098 Enjoy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
onewilyfool Posted September 19, 2013 Share Posted September 19, 2013 Rusrob...as usual...a great job!!! Very interesting pinless bridge there....do you have any sound bites??? Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kidblast Posted September 19, 2013 Share Posted September 19, 2013 awesome.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigKahune Posted September 19, 2013 Share Posted September 19, 2013 . Looks very tasty. Nice work. . . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zombywoof Posted September 19, 2013 Share Posted September 19, 2013 Looks like the bridge off my Harmony Sovereign! Well Done - a nice job. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bayoubengal1954 Posted September 19, 2013 Share Posted September 19, 2013 Wow! I don't know what else to say. Just, wow... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RusRob Posted September 19, 2013 Author Share Posted September 19, 2013 Thanks guys, I wasn't sure how this one would turn out since it was in such bad shape when I got it but it all came together pretty well. The pin-less bridge was the original one. The early 70's J-40 had the pin-less and the later ones had pinned bridges. I have a really nice block of ebony that I was going to cut a new bridge from and make it a pinned bridge but since the original was in really good shape I decided to just use it instead. ....do you have any sound bites??? Not as of yet... I am working on a setup for my pc and I just recently bought a Focusrite Scarlett 2-4 interface but my low impedance mic doesn't have a hot enough signal to get a good recording. I will work that out and get a good clip of this guitar as well as my X-braced LG-0. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
E-minor7 Posted September 19, 2013 Share Posted September 19, 2013 Extremely fine artisanry - and one of the most intriguing threads ever seen on this Board (includes the original, which I missed in April). That revoicing - no it's more than that - is just radical, , , one serious move. If we'll ever need to hear a sample, it is now. . . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Motherofpearl Posted September 20, 2013 Share Posted September 20, 2013 Wow! Great job! I was expecting to see a fox burst but you did a great job! Great man Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dchristo Posted September 20, 2013 Share Posted September 20, 2013 very nice Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BluesKing777 Posted September 20, 2013 Share Posted September 20, 2013 Very nice looking job! Where have I seen those pinless bridges? Taylor? Larivee? BluesKing777 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
duluthdan Posted September 20, 2013 Share Posted September 20, 2013 This is quite a transformation! Did you keep the double "X" ? Thanks for showing us the skills, amazing work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
E-minor7 Posted September 20, 2013 Share Posted September 20, 2013 Where have I seen those pinless bridges? The bridge seems to be original. But are you sure about that truss rod shield ? ! Did you keep the double "X" ? I believe the double X is preserved - Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RusRob Posted September 20, 2013 Author Share Posted September 20, 2013 This is quite a transformation! Did you keep the double "X" ? Thanks for showing us the skills, amazing work. Yes I did keep the double X but since I had the back off I decided to scallop the braces and lighten things up and give it more breathing room. The bridge seem to be original.But are you sure about that truss rod shield ? Yes the bridge is original. It was in really good shape so I decided to use it. The truss rod cover is Stew Mac. I didn't have the original and this one had the correct hole spacing. I am working on getting a decent recording of it so you can hear how it sounds. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BluesKing777 Posted September 20, 2013 Share Posted September 20, 2013 Very nice looking job! Where have I seen those pinless bridges? Taylor? Larivee? BluesKing777 It came to me where I saw pinless bridges recently - I was looking in Guitarist UK magazine at a Patrick James Eggle custom guitar with pinless bridge: http://eggle.co.uk/products/383/Saluda-Florentine-Bocote.htm BluesKing777. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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