I Found It!!!

[retrobob]

I was playing my trusty 59 Jr. this morning when I noticed one of the dots on the fretboard was missing.
When did that happen?! Today ? The last time I played it?
Spent some serious time going over every square inch of the music room floor
which has a carpet with a very busy pattern.
Like looking for a contact lens, but I found it. Glued it back in.
That was a close one!

Happy New Year!

 

[Tom Wittrock]

:dude:

 

[tuberide]

Good fortune retrobob. I took the back panel off of a Fender reverb unit. When it was time to reinstall one of the cup washers disappeared. I cleaned the whole house looking for it and it never showed....a two day affair. Ended up buying a dozen cup washers for $15.

Keeping your jr original is much more serious. Good for you and the jr. :salude

 

[retrobob]

Yeah, I'm really getting into playing the Jr, and I'm noticing, wow,
that one marker doesn't have much reflection to it.
I take a closer look and its totally gone! Hope none of the other ones fall out.

Most replacements look nothing like those 50s dots & inlays.
Glad I found it!

 

[MikeSlub]

Glad you found it. I've had a few vintage Juniors where those inlays pop out like that.

 

[Electric Lloyd]

I have scavaged a few extra dots from old Harmony fret boards. They are the same size & look, although, they may vary in "yellowness". I hooked Mapleflame up with a few for his Jr. & they worked pretty good, I guess.
Glad you found the original! :applaude

 

[retrobob]

The next collectible thing. 50s Gibson dot markers! :hmm

 

[Tom Wittrock]

The next collectible thing. 50s Gibson dot markers! :hmm

And then they will rob them from LG-0s and ES-125s. :ganz

 

[garywright]

...glad ya found it ...btw, BMU ..you got a dot stash too ?