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guitarjtb
 Post subject: New tone bar design.
PostPosted: Sun Jun 21, 2015 5:52 am 
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Why carve your tone bars when you can pick them up at Lowe's or Home Depot. The ones on this late 40's J-50 come in oak and have the fancy routed edge. They are about 1" tall, so you don't have to worry about those pesky top vibrations. You might want to pick up a 5 gallon pail of that glue while you are there, because it works best when it is really thick.

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 Post subject: Re: New tone bar design.
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Wow!

I was afraid it was polyurethane glue before I saw the 2nd pic.

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Wonder what the X-braces will be like. Oh, I viewed the pictures in the wrong order.
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Bet it had a nice tight sound. Probably a special mod for the studio.

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Whoever did that knew how to cure a severe belly in the top..................!! Nice rescue of the top..........!!
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Tom West wrote:
Whoever did that knew how to cure a severe belly in the top..................!! Nice rescue of the top..........!!
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Thanks, Tom. That's one reason I have not built any guitars lately. I have been busy with "lost puppy rescue" on old Gibsons. This one turned into a really nice one.
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Looks aftermarket...
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Looks aftermarket...


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I think it looks like somebody else did it, not Gibson...
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I guess I've unknowingly thrown out a lot of valuable bracing material over the years.

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Oh, that's the infamous "stage guitar" mod.... guaranteed never to feed back!
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Thought I heard something. laughing6-hehe :D laughing6-hehe

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