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Old 07-08-2010, 03:00 PM
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Here's my 1964 J50, right before the bridge removal.
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Old 07-08-2010, 03:53 PM
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Yeah, I'm really loving this J-50. With a standard bridge and bone saddle (and some good looking bone pins from Mr. Colosi) this is going to be a way cool guitar.
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Frank Ford has an article with pictures detailing a conversion job he did. His comments about bridge weight make a lot of sense to me.

http://www.frets.com/FRETSPages/Luth.../hbirdbr1.html
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I have a 1964 Epiphone Texan (basically a J-50 with a sunburst top and Epiphone on the headstock) that had the adjustable ceramic saddle on a rosewood reverse belly bridge.
A local guitar repairman found me a bone saddle fitted with ebony shims that fits snugly down in the original slot. The conversion did change the tone of the guitar significantly. It became smoother and more rounded and gained a little volume, but lost that familiar growl that some of these 60's Gibsons have. Overall it's better to my ears. I've just been wondering what replacing the entire bridge and saddle might do for the sound. I'm tempted to try it, but i dunno.

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Yeah, I'm really loving this J-50. With a standard bridge and bone saddle (and some good looking bone pins from Mr. Colosi) this is going to be a way cool guitar.
First of all, Rockin' Rebel, if your local luthier is Randy Wood, you're a lucky guy. That also means that you're in the Savannah, Georgia metropolitan area, which is also a very cool place ever since they shut the pulp mills down. (My mother was born in Savannah, and her mother before her. I remember the way those pulp mills used to stink!)

Anyway, I'll just add my voice to the chorus: replacing the existing plastic/ceramic adjustable bridge and saddle for bone and rosewood is the smartest thing you can do if you want the guitar to sound its best.


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Old 07-08-2010, 06:38 PM
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First of all, Rockin' Rebel, if your local luthier is Randy Wood, you're a lucky guy. That also means that you're in the Savannah, Georgia metropolitan area, which is also a very cool place ever since they shut the pulp mills down. (My mother was born in Savannah, and her mother before her. I remember the way those pulp mills used to stink!)

Anyway, I'll just add my voice to the chorus: replacing the existing plastic/ceramic adjustable bridge and saddle for bone and rosewood is the smartest thing you can do if you want the guitar to sound its best.


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Hey Mr. Miller,
Yep, Randy's shop is 10 minutes down the road from where I work.
Randy said it would be a definite improvement in tone and volume.
Yes, Union Camp use to stink up the town.
If you haven't visited in awhile come on down. The Savannah College of Art and Design has really revitalized the downtown.
I live south of Savannah in Richmond Hill.
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