70's Era Gibsons

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DonP said:
You haven't played mine.

I don't see how you can warp a 3 piece maple neck, but I guess anything is possible.
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my 76 Deluxes 3 piece maple neck went real funny... every 6 months i was having it dressed to get the lumps out of the neck... finally they did a complete neck removal and rebuilt it... most of the issues were at the neck/body joint all along but the neck was warping too...... but the fingerboard had been sanded straight so many times it was too thin... so they did a complete custom job on it
 
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I liked the RD ARtist. I played one in a shop that had a neck that I kinda liked. I wanted one really bad back then.

I never found a Les Paul back then with a neck that felt good.

I used to have an ES-347 second that I really liked. But it had that issue with the finish being kinda tacky, and I don't think it was necessarily the most toneful guitar. It had that TP-6 fine tuning tailpiece, which I've read is considered by some to be a tone robber.
 
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Kosh Naranek said:
I used to have an ES-347 second that I really liked
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Oh, man... I had one as well, that was one of the best if not the best guitar I've played in my almost thirty years career as a musician.

It got stolen. I still get tears in my eyes when I hear "ES-347".
 
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I have owned a # of thes guitars and some were nice but most really junky. I owned one Black 76 PRO with P/90's that while it weighed a TON it also played and sounded great! There are some real gems out there in the 70's Gibsons like the Black 76 Pro I had. However I would NEVER buy one of those guitars unless I could actually handle and play it. Sorta like buying a new Gibson today sadly:banghead:!
 
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LtKojak said:
Oh, man... I had one as well, that was one of the best if not the best guitar I've played in my almost thirty years career as a musician.

It got stolen. I still get tears in my eyes when I hear "ES-347".
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Back in that era I wonder what the Gibson QC inspectors were smoking. I had a buddy who owned a shop back then. I saw quite a few Seconds that I could never find a flaw in a and then BUNCH of non seconds that were just so crazy bad out of the box he sent right back so???
 
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Howdy,

Regarding the TP-6 tailpiece, that darned thing is easily replaced with a standard "stop" model. I did so with my 1980 ES-335 CRR. I also replaced those rotten "Dirty Fingers" (heavily overwound Ceramic monsters) with SD 59s. Sounds, looks and plays great now.

Eggman
 
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Ace, you are killing me. Let them think Norlin's are crap. In fact, I say we start spreading the word that ALL Norlin's are complete junk. Then, when the market drops out, we BUY THEM ALL UP!!! More for us, then, my friend!!!
 
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