Seagull Posted October 9, 2019 Share Posted October 9, 2019 A local Luther brought my old J-40 back to life. The pin-less bridge gave way to low RH several years ago. He did a great job with the repair. Plays better than ever and sound much better. It's an early 70 version. It's a keep sake belonged to an old friend of mine that passed a decade ago. Seems good details on these are hard to find. Kind of like they just put together what was left at the end of the day. I have heard them called a work'in mans J-45. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
duluthdan Posted October 9, 2019 Share Posted October 9, 2019 What an odd looking bridge. Looks like a nice player, glad you found a guy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
QuestionMark Posted October 10, 2019 Share Posted October 10, 2019 I was all set to buy a used 70’s J-40 at a guitar show about 10 years. I bargained with the seller for about an hour and then walked away for a few minutes to take a bargaining break. About five minute later I walked back and saw the guitar at another vendor’s booth at double the price I had the original vendor down to. When I went back to the original vendor, I asked him what happened and he told me when I walked away, a vendor walked over and offered him something like $25 more than the price I had negotiated down to. That one got away. It was a pretty good guitar. Not one that is on everyone’s radar with its unusual for Gibson string through bridge, but a pretty good sounding and playing guitar. Good to see you have the one you obtained now all fixed up. Enjoy! QM aka “Jazzmam” Jeff Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Proclaimer888 Posted October 10, 2019 Share Posted October 10, 2019 Nice look'n guitar and sounds like a keeper.......those ol' guitars surly have some stories to tell. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zombywoof Posted October 10, 2019 Share Posted October 10, 2019 11 hours ago, QuestionMark said: I was all set to buy a used 70’s J-40 at a guitar show about 10 years. I bargained with the seller for about an hour and then walked away for a few minutes to take a bargaining break. About five minute later I walked back and saw the guitar at another vendor’s booth at double the price I had the original vendor down to. When I went back to the original vendor, I asked him what happened and he told me when I walked away, a vendor walked over and offered him something like $25 more than the price I had negotiated down to. That one got away. It was a pretty good guitar. Not one that is on everyone’s radar with its unusual for Gibson string through bridge, but a pretty good sounding and playing guitar. Good to see you have the one you obtained now all fixed up. Enjoy! QM aka “Jazzmam” Jeff The first day of a show is all about dealers buying from one another. I once passed on a 1956 J160E which I could have scored at a local shop for a scary low price. It ended up going off to Dallas or one of the big shows where it was sold to another dealer who promptly added a couple of thousand to the price tag. And so it goes, so it goes . . . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zombywoof Posted October 10, 2019 Share Posted October 10, 2019 (edited) It is always nice when an instrument takes on a special meaning to the owner because of the memories associated with it. That is true Mojo. Funny but I cannot recall even ever stumbling across a J40. to play. I wonder though what is the difference between a J40 and a J50. The bridge looks like a clunkier version of that on the Harmony Sovereign 1260. I am a bit surprised though that the repair guy did not replace it with a pin bridge. Edited October 10, 2019 by zombywoof Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seagull Posted October 10, 2019 Author Share Posted October 10, 2019 We chose to leave the pin-less bridge, it was still in pretty good shape. He did add two thru pins to help secure it in place. It really made a difference in the tone of the guitar 100% for the better. It was rather a dud before. I had him put very light strings on it, but after he said we could go up a gauge if I wanted. We will see, it still covers a room pretty good and plays like butter... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seagull Posted November 19, 2019 Author Share Posted November 19, 2019 (edited) Ready to go out on the town tonight for a local gig. You can see the two pins that where added to the bridge to secure it "forever". Edited November 19, 2019 by Seagull added txt Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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