Jeff Highland -> RE: Building Guitar Number 100. (Oct. 19 2012 7:05:51)
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Hi Rufus, I have a couple of es125 gibsons mid 50's and mid 60's Had a es175 that was a boat anchor. The last Gibson acoustic that was brought to me for setup, an two year old AJ which is a $4000 dollar guitar here had the bridge wings separating from the top already. Looking in the soundhole at the X braces one was quartersawn, the other was flatsawn which is not a good idea at a notched joint. The sound was very subdued. You get good ones and bad ones, quality control is not impressive, and some of the design features are poor, like the huge pocket around the truss rod nut which leads to fractures at this point through the one piece neck /head.
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