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Old 07-08-2010, 01:51 PM
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Originally Posted by zombywoof View Post
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.
Maybe he just had "one" bad day. On that day he made the adjustable and PLASTIC bridge. I'm sure it took no time to crank out a couple hundred of them and by that time it was kinda like the Taylor ES system..."well, we have it started, we invented it, and we already have a bunch made....lets just act like it's a good idea and maybe no one will notice"....and, it seems I end most of my post this way, but...just my humble opinion!
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