Alright, thanks Will Florian provide the certificate when the guitar is done?
Keep us posted with pics!
Yes, he will provide the CITES certificate.
Alright, thanks Will Florian provide the certificate when the guitar is done?
Keep us posted with pics!
New pictures from Florian today.
Now he has replaced the plastic plugs that Gibson uses to align the fretboard to the neck with mahogny ones.
Before:
After:
New pictures from Florian today.
Now he has replaced the plastic plugs that Gibson uses to align the fretboard to the neck with mahogny ones.
:2cool Didn't know the existence of this plug. Could you post a wide angle picture to get an impression where this plug in relation to the whole neck is positioned?
This gives a better idea of these plugs.Now the original fretboard is off:
Looking at this thread raises a question in my mind. Maybe you guys know the answer.
Now, looking at those mahogany dowels, that is the kind of detail you would never see unless you completely disassemble an instrument.
So you might think my question is "why bother" -it will (hopefully) never be seen. But that isn't my question (although I can understand someone asking that).
No, my question is who the hell is tearing real 59 Bursts to pieces in order to discover those things in the first place??
Another quick thought:
I'm sure Florian does a great job - but wouldn't it be easier for Gibson to supply a set of new parts to designated "Makeover Artists", in order that they don't have the disassembling issues?
An original 50's instrument had not been made, torn apart, and then made again.
We blame so many things for tiny changes in tone - perhaps the very process we are seeing here might have a negative effect??
I'm sure there have been many original bursts that, during repairs, allowed luthiers to understand how they were built. Neck have been removed. Fingerboards removed. etc. etc. This isn't guesswork. This is based on 50+ years of 50s guitars being repaired.
Yes, I get that. But if you had the choice, would you rather have a damaged repaired 59, or a undamaged one? And would you pay more for the torn apart repaired one? That, effectively, is what is on offer here.
And has anyone done comparisons on before/after tone? Sure, the cork sniffers will say it's MORE accurate - even under the skin - but is it a better guitar to play? Does it sound better?
The problem here is that due to the way it happens, you are without the guitar for weeks, so no side-by-side comparison can ever be done.
Just like folks who buy expensive vitamin pills, the placebo effect will make your brain believe that the extra outlay of cash is beneficial.
But is it really?
Gibson must be fully aware of what these guys are doing - so, as I said, why not ask Gibson to not assemble your TH - just let them supply you all the parts - a win win situation - Gibson saves assembly costs, so makes more profit - and the "makeover" guy doesn't have to use all those chemicals and crowbars to take the thing to bits!
And the end user gets an instrument that has only been assembled ONCE....... just like a real 59...........
Gibson would never supply parts to luthiers rebuilding their products. It's ludicrous to even suggest that. .
As to whether a makeover plays and sounds better, that's an unqualified YES! My '03 R9, which was made over by Historic Makeovers, is far more resonant and more vocal than it was prior the makeover.
:heeIt was a happy coincidence that dried, crystallized hide glue sounded so good, too.
Not knocking them but your ideas are a bit far fetched. How could Gibson offer a lifetime warranty on guitars made by third parties?Why buy a factory produced instrument, when I can watch someone craft my made to measure TH from the ground up?