buyusfear
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I have another goldtop in my care, getting a new lease on life with one of MojoAxe's awesome Goldtop saver Compensated Top-Wrap Trapeze Tailpiece's.
This guitar is absolutely stunning, and rings like a a bell. The owner's grandfather was the original owner. This current owner is thankfully a player himself, and learnt of a previous '52 I had done this to, and reached out to have me do the same to his. Its an extremely simple mod, usually only requiring that you gently straighten the trapeze at the angled bends, which in this guitars case would have needed to be straightened regardless, as they were too raked from factory IMO.
I've been lucky enough to handle many early gold tops now and each one is such a thrilling experience, and pleasure to photograph.
Lastly, Dan has just recently come up with an extremely accurate wide lapel Bell Truss Rod cover I ordered along with some tailpieces. It matches the vintage truss rod covers extremely closely. More photos on that here.
Onto the goods.
As a builder, I love seeing honest handwork like this heavy sanding where the heel meets the body's cutaway:
Not to mention the imperfect binding scraping:
This guitar is absolutely stunning, and rings like a a bell. The owner's grandfather was the original owner. This current owner is thankfully a player himself, and learnt of a previous '52 I had done this to, and reached out to have me do the same to his. Its an extremely simple mod, usually only requiring that you gently straighten the trapeze at the angled bends, which in this guitars case would have needed to be straightened regardless, as they were too raked from factory IMO.
I've been lucky enough to handle many early gold tops now and each one is such a thrilling experience, and pleasure to photograph.
Lastly, Dan has just recently come up with an extremely accurate wide lapel Bell Truss Rod cover I ordered along with some tailpieces. It matches the vintage truss rod covers extremely closely. More photos on that here.
Onto the goods.
As a builder, I love seeing honest handwork like this heavy sanding where the heel meets the body's cutaway:
Not to mention the imperfect binding scraping:
