MikeScalf
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Just wondering.....is this now a part Gibson/Part Replica Les Paul? :hmm
Boogie, Jim I believe your name is, it seems that I'm getting flamed more than you are, which is fine with me.
I don't really care if anyone likes what I have to say in this context, and it seems that you don't either, which I respect.
I also respect your obvious skills, and your right to do your project as you see fit.
I've restored some excellent guitars for some ridiculously cheap money too, so we're on the same wavelength there.
I just can't reconcile (in my mind) removing old wood from a vintage Gibson for the purpose of improving the cosmetics.
My approach would have been different; I would have put on the vintage neck and decided if I liked the tone and feel of it before doing anything so radical.
Now there's no way to know if the guitar is tonally better or worse than what you would have had with the vintage neck on it.
Good luck to you, and I hope that you are satisfied with the results.
There is no way anyone can convince me that the new top will sound as good as the old one.
Steve, I wish you lived closer so you could hear for your self how great a retop sounds. Until you hear one you'll never know and are just making a logical assumption.
I'd be willing to believe that a retop could sound better, but the odds are likely in favor of the original top. Good hide glue, very dry piece of the right maple could do it--and you get the added bonus of a good looking center seam.
Is this one of those pre-carved tops from up north?
I'd be willing to believe that a retop could sound better, but the odds are likely in favor of the original top. Good hide glue, very dry piece of the right maple could do it--and you get the added bonus of a good looking center seam.
Is this one of those pre-carved tops from up north?
Wait you lost me. In those pics the body is not the old '52 body. Where is the old body with the new top?
Great Job Boogie!!!
"Cutting the man down for retopping?? PUH-lease!! He already has at least one burst and a 1957 GT, I think he knows what is best for HIS guitars people!!
Of course your getting flamed more than he is! Geez.
Pretty soon the "sour grapes brigade" will begin posting again because your excellent skills are garnering more attention than they are!!
Thank you for not only SAVING that vintage axe, but for showing us how you go about your wonderful restorations!
BRAVO!!!
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