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NGD: '65 Gibson Melody Maker

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Came across it in the Hollywood Guitar Center. 1PC body and sounded really good unplugged. So I bought it although I'm not sold on the stock pickups at all.

Once I got home and took it apart I found that it's really easy to separate the original pickup from the plastic cover to fit a strat pickup in it. The original pickups are bigger than strat ones but I chucked a piece of foam in the cavity to hold it in place. Sounding better now with a Dimarzio Pro Track in the bridge, might look into a BKP Trilogy Suite or Brute Force later on.
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I like the look of the Maestro bridge but the arm just gets in the place, it also press against the hardcase lid. So I unscrewed it but kept the tailpiece (instead of just going wrap-around like most do).
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Re: NGD: '65 Gibson Melody Maker

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Good score. I had a couple of the single cut models way back. Big fat neck's on a nice slim body, very resonant and cheap as chips ( relatively ) :thumbup:
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Re: NGD: '65 Gibson Melody Maker

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Looks like a wide nut? Early 65 then?

These are sweet guitars. Yeah, some of them Strat sized humbuckers might work too.

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Very cool looking

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GrantB wrote:Looks like a wide nut? Early 65 then?
Yeah ~42mm nut. Strat pickups seem like the easiest way without routing or new pickguard.
Dharmajester wrote:Good score. I had a couple of the single cut models way back. Big fat neck's on a nice slim body, very resonant and cheap as chips ( relatively ) :thumbup:
It's crazy how practice guitars from back then have better specs than some of the current "high end" guitars...
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I played this lovely guitar this afternoon thru the Wizard.

I not sure it was the guitar or the Wizard, but I love it, lol.

Fuck yeah, I played it thru the Wizard. Lol

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DongHua wrote:I played this lovely guitar this afternoon thru the Wizard.

I not sure it was the guitar or the Wizard, but I love it, lol.

Fuck yeah, I played it thru the Wizard. Lol
When in doubt, it's usually the Wizard. :lol:
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godgrinder wrote:
DongHua wrote:I played this lovely guitar this afternoon thru the Wizard.

I not sure it was the guitar or the Wizard, but I love it, lol.

Fuck yeah, I played it thru the Wizard. Lol
When in doubt, it's usually the Wizard. :lol:
heck a Squier would sound decent thru the Wizard

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It's not the size of the wand its the Wizard behind it!
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jeremyb wrote:It's not the size of the wand its the Wizard behind it!
That's the kind of lie I tell the wife.
Tin arse!!

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Terexgeek wrote:
jeremyb wrote:It's not the size of the wand its the Wizard behind it!
That's the kind of lie I tell the wife.
This is the quote of the year at NZG. :thumbup:

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