dhanners623 Posted March 25, 2021 Share Posted March 25, 2021 Been looking online at vintage J-35s and LG-2s. (Not to buy, sadly....) Some have white/cream tuner buttons, and a few have black. Were there years they came with black, or did Gibson just slap on whatever they had around? Or were the black-buttoned tuners something owners added later? In short, was there any rhyme or reason why some had white and some had black? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jedzep Posted March 25, 2021 Share Posted March 25, 2021 In my memory of early vintage shopping, it seemed black buttons matched nut and pin colors, which is what my '35 L00 has. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lars68 Posted March 25, 2021 Share Posted March 25, 2021 My old Banner has white pins and black buttons, so anything goes I guess. I would go by personal preference in your case, David. My choice would be white to match the new logo you have planned. Lars Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dhanners623 Posted March 25, 2021 Author Share Posted March 25, 2021 3 hours ago, Lars68 said: My old Banner has white pins and black buttons, so anything goes I guess. I would go by personal preference in your case, David. My choice would be white to match the new logo you have planned. Lars We'll see if the logo comes to pass. I emailed Gibson's R&R shop to see if it was work they would do. Short answer is they do, and the "ballpark" quote they gave me for refinishing the headstock faceplate and silkscreening an "accurate" script logo in white would be $525. I have to pay shipping to and fro, so that adds to the cost. I'd also have to wait until I'm back in the U.S. (perhaps this summer) since they don't ship internationally. For that kind of money, I could get a Farida slope, a Guild DS-240 or an Epiphone IB'64 Texan -- or any of another dozen things I think I need but probably don't. I should just be happy with what I've got. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zombywoof Posted March 25, 2021 Share Posted March 25, 2021 (edited) Problem is the bridge pins and tuner buttons may have been replaced long before any of us got our hands on the instrument. I have had tuner buttons worn so thin you can see through them to the shaft and others which crumbled in my hands. Looking at catalogs there does not seem to be any consistency. In 1934, as example, an L-00 is described as having black bridge pins and white tuning buttons. An L1 is described as having white buttons and white bridge pins. And so it goes. Edited March 25, 2021 by zombywoof Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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