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Old 07-08-2010, 01:35 PM
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Originally Posted by $ongWriter View Post
I could care less about the re-sale value if I plan to keep the guitar and I like it. Plus, whoever invented the plastic adjustable bridge on Gibsons should be shot....if they've already passed on they should be dug up and shot again. I'd replace it in a heartbeat. But, I'd keep the old spare parts just in case I ever sold it.

You might be talking about Larry Allers, Gibson's Chief Engieer. Problem was in '66 he was no longer working under Ted McCarty and the shots were being called by the bean counters who took over CMI in '65. The guy you want shot was the same who gave us the Les Paul, ES-335. Hummingbird and some other non too shabby instruments. Seems to me he was a flippin' genius.
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