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    dirk ziff

    Here's the photo that was posted back in 2003:
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    Calling Early-60s SG Experts

    Interesting. I bought the guitar from a guy in Montreal who told me that he had owned it since 1971. He didn't mention where it came from..
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    Calling Early-60s SG Experts

    Here's a full-frontal and more. :LOL: PAFs are still intact, skinny neck (.789" @ the first fret), 7 lbs even. All original parts except that I put a modern ABR on it and a VibroStop Kit to block the VIbrola and keep it in tune. This is the guitar that inspired me to design the VIbroStop kit...
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    Calling Early-60s SG Experts

    Tuners with threaded bushings require a larger diameter hole. The proper tool to enlarge the hole is a reamer which puts little stress on the wood, but often times a twist drill is used which can easily grab the wood and the result can be a split wing. My 1961 SG has a split and repaired wing...
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    Share Your ES335

    Custom Shop Pelham Blue '64 Reissue with a wraparound tailpiece. 1 of 2 made. Here's the other one....
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    What's going on with this fretboard?

    I never noticed them before, but my 2004 Historic Custom has them. If I look really closely at the boards on my R8's and R9s, maybe I can see some faint chatter marks but they're barely visible, Maybe rosewood boards are sanded, but custom boards are only planed. The Custom boards have...
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    R9 Switch Medallion Stuck

    I had the same problem with the plastic covers on my 2003 R7. They must have been tapped into the pockets with a mallet. I eventually was able to remove them by going through the screw hole with a tool like this. I sanded the outer perimeter of the covers to reduce the size before reassembling.
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    Swapping tuners on CS R8, is it worth it?

    Grovers feel very smooth when turning them, however I never have any tuning issues with Klusons so I leave them in place. I've even removed Grovers from a couple of my vintage Les Pauls because I don't like the added weight (Klusons=4.6oz, Grovers=9.4oz). I think that if Grover introduced a...
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    Historic Lifton Case Comparison

    Here are photos of several variations of cases. Note that the 2014 and 2017 cases have more padding and five hasp-style latches rather than just one.
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    The Journey of my Historic Makeover

    That looks killer!
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    Slow red wine fade

    Who asked for that, other than nobody?
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    Pick-up ring screws R7

    I have the screws available. Drop me an email at info@mojoaxe.com
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    2007

    2007 was a good year for wood. A 2007 Chambered R8 with an R9 worthy top: 2007 R9 Alongside the Berman Burst poster from the 1982 Guitar Player magazine:
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    Favorite era/year for Gibson reissues?

    I've owned a lot of Historics since 2003 and I can't say that any of them have been duds. 2007 seemed to stand out as a period with a lot of vintage-looking Eastern Maple tops. I do think that the post-True Historic models made since 2017 have a great vibe. The hardware (plastic and metal)...
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    Replace Sideways vibrola with Maestro?

    The holes are in different positions between the two units, however the Maestro unit will cover the holes leftover from the sideways vibrola. If you actually want to have a working vibrola then the Maestro is probably the better choice. The Maestros sometimes have a very shallow break angle...
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