william tell
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RI neck angle
HEllo all .. I havewoned 2 RI in the past 12 58 and 2 59's .. Saddly I have none at present although I have a cool 56 lp jr andaand 2s 225 and es 3000 so I will survive.. I am encloseing a letter I wroe toa friend of myine about the neck angle on the reissue series .. cazn any ony comment on this .. thanks william
Harris
Hi, how is it going? I have a book called ‘The Gibson’.. It is an excellent book as far as I can tell. It goes into detail on the construction of the original pauls.. and makes the statement that the original pauls started out with a 1 degree neck( not head) angle that was moved to a 3 degree angles in 53-54 with the introduction of the stud tailpiece and the last year 1960 was a 5 degree neck angle.. The book makes the statement that the current historic reissues do not have the correct neck angle of 3 degrees for the 59 RI.. I have met a guy named Mxxxxx ( yes thatis Mxxxxx) at the xxxxxxxx who claims to be one of the original 3 vintage dealers in the USA or something like that.. He says that the Japanese come and interview him about things.. Mxxx x. and xxxx xxxxxx both corroborate his statements about his place in the vintage business.. anyrate he says the book is correct and the neck angles are still not correct… the book was written in 1996 as best I can tell . What do you say about this? Is the neck angle on the 59 RI correct for the year?.. I am in the process of buying back one of the RI’s I had to sell from GC and I kind of would like to know..
regards william
HEllo all .. I havewoned 2 RI in the past 12 58 and 2 59's .. Saddly I have none at present although I have a cool 56 lp jr andaand 2s 225 and es 3000 so I will survive.. I am encloseing a letter I wroe toa friend of myine about the neck angle on the reissue series .. cazn any ony comment on this .. thanks william
Harris
Hi, how is it going? I have a book called ‘The Gibson’.. It is an excellent book as far as I can tell. It goes into detail on the construction of the original pauls.. and makes the statement that the original pauls started out with a 1 degree neck( not head) angle that was moved to a 3 degree angles in 53-54 with the introduction of the stud tailpiece and the last year 1960 was a 5 degree neck angle.. The book makes the statement that the current historic reissues do not have the correct neck angle of 3 degrees for the 59 RI.. I have met a guy named Mxxxxx ( yes thatis Mxxxxx) at the xxxxxxxx who claims to be one of the original 3 vintage dealers in the USA or something like that.. He says that the Japanese come and interview him about things.. Mxxx x. and xxxx xxxxxx both corroborate his statements about his place in the vintage business.. anyrate he says the book is correct and the neck angles are still not correct… the book was written in 1996 as best I can tell . What do you say about this? Is the neck angle on the 59 RI correct for the year?.. I am in the process of buying back one of the RI’s I had to sell from GC and I kind of would like to know..
regards william