BluesKing777 Posted April 17 Share Posted April 17 (edited) One of the many Rosa String Works videos! (Sorry - I know not why but the videos are not working on my iPad, but work on my p.c.) Plastic bridge Gibson: Another video? New bridge for the Dove! BluesKing777. Edited April 18 by BluesKing777 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
philfish Posted April 19 Share Posted April 19 Labor consuming work, those repair guys got to love there shops I'm glad I know one Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BluesKing777 Posted April 23 Author Share Posted April 23 On 4/20/2024 at 4:11 AM, philfish said: Labor consuming work, those repair guys got to love there shops I'm glad I know one Extreme patience! BluesKing777. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tpbiii Posted April 23 Share Posted April 23 I would never change a plastic bridge on a really early Gibson In my experience, they are indeed less powerful guitars than the pre 1955 stuff, but pretty much typical in power for lat 50s/early 60s Gibson. We most collected power Gibsons starting in the early 30s. These guitars have the power needed for the kerosene circuit 60 Gibsons do not -- particularly after 1965 and really after c 1969. Here are (most of) my Js -- 1935-1965. The Dove is a 65, and IMHO is not a great guitar -- I have never found one I considered great. Th Hummingbird is a 62 with a plastic adjustable saddle. Gibson power started in the 1930s, and became less and less in each of the following decades -- wartime, post war and 1950s up through 1954. After that they are just not strong enough for real traditional string bands. But my late wife and I not money did traditional mountain genres, but we started as folk revival musicians about 1960. That was an urban music craze that was much milder -- lot of strumming and singing. Her HB was pleanty strong enough for that, but it really sounded like the 60s. Bluegrass light -- 1/4 Kay bass, 1924 Gibson RB-4 trap door and 1962 Humming Bird. A 3/4 bass, 1930s flathead, and a 35 D-28 would overpower the acoustic studio. I would not change anything.😎 Best, -Tom Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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