jannusguy2 Posted January 8, 2013 Share Posted January 8, 2013 Never liked these gold Waverlys on this guitar: I much prefer these Waverlys: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fp Posted January 8, 2013 Share Posted January 8, 2013 Good move. I'm not crazy about gold hardware as well. The nickel with ivoroid buttons are nice. Now after looking at it closer it appears you left the gold tuners but just replaced the buttons with white ? Speaking for myself I would have bought Waverly's with ivoroid buttons and sold the gold tuners. And why oh why did Gibson use the modern logo as opposed to the script logo that would have been original to the Smeck ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jannusguy2 Posted January 8, 2013 Author Share Posted January 8, 2013 Good move. I'm not crazy about gold hardware as well. The nickel with ivoroid buttons are nice. Now after looking at it closer it appears you left the gold tuners but just replaced the buttons with white ? Speaking for myself I would have bought Waverly's with ivoroid buttons and sold the gold tuners. And why oh why did Gibson use the modern logo as opposed to the script logo that would have been original to the Smeck ? The entire tuners were swapped. But, yes the hardware is still gold with the ivoroid buttons. There was no way to just swap the button portion of the tuner. The new tuners are the tuners that are used on the J. Browne signature series. This guitar was a prototype for that series as opposed to being an actual reissue of a Smeck. So, it's a bit of a Heinz 57 especially since it has rosewood back/sides vs the walnut they finally decided on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fp Posted January 8, 2013 Share Posted January 8, 2013 Oh ok I didn't know you had the protype ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ParlourMan Posted January 8, 2013 Share Posted January 8, 2013 Love it, would like it even more now.... congrats. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdd707 Posted January 8, 2013 Share Posted January 8, 2013 Nice move .... improved the looks greatly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
livemusic Posted January 8, 2013 Share Posted January 8, 2013 Nice move .... improved the looks greatly. Yes, it looks very nice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiny Posted January 8, 2013 Share Posted January 8, 2013 Nice one. I like that gold/ivoroid combo -- you don't see it every day. Was it a clean swap, or did you have to do any drilling? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jannusguy2 Posted January 8, 2013 Author Share Posted January 8, 2013 Nice one. I like that gold/ivoroid combo -- you don't see it every day. Was it a clean swap, or did you have to do any drilling? Clean swap. Didn't even remove the old ferrels. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CAMELEYE Posted January 8, 2013 Share Posted January 8, 2013 Nice, Rob. You have great taste. Ce Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blindboygrunt Posted January 8, 2013 Share Posted January 8, 2013 beautiful guitar , one of the nicest i've seen on here , tuner swap made it better i'd love some sound clips from you jannusguy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
onewilyfool Posted January 9, 2013 Share Posted January 9, 2013 Can I have your old Waverlies????....lol...looks great!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jannusguy2 Posted January 9, 2013 Author Share Posted January 9, 2013 Can I have your old Waverlies????....lol...looks great!!! I do plan to sell them. Let me know if you're seriously interested. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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