Don't always believe what you've heard including anything in this reply
But if it's such a cool old guitar why butch it up? There's a awesome 65' J50 ADJ in town with killing tone and growl factor -one of the best slopes I've played in a long time. It has a cracked plastic bridge on it and IMO playes and sounds better then many, many guitars I've tried lately. Besides once you retrofit it it's resale value (if you care) will be next to zero.