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Haha. Great story Matt!
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Screw you and your great work stories!

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Genuine cool story bro!

If I was in the customers position, I probably would have fallen over when you mentioned it had been played and signed by the man himself.
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Ha, you played that so well Matt!
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NZRS_Matt wrote: Image
Just noticed the wings of the headstock are glued on :zomg:
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Danger Mouse wrote:Genuine cool story bro!
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jeremyb wrote:
NZRS_Matt wrote: Image
Just noticed the wings of the headstock are glued on :zomg:
Yup. All Gibbos are like that. It's to do with the size and shape of the milled cuts of wood.

To have a 1-piece headstock would require a LOT of wood wastage
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Seriously??? Thats terrible, plenty of other manufacturers do it from one piece!
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Think about the loss of sustain from those glued on pieces!!
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jeremyb wrote:Seriously??? Thats terrible, plenty of other manufacturers do it from one piece!
It's a Gibson signature. Has been like that from day one of the les Paul. It allows them to use narrower blanks for the neck, and change the overal design of the headstock easily if need be.

Check out the Melody Maker headstock which shows a one piece Gibson headstock.
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*UNIQUE* wrote:
jeremyb wrote:Seriously??? Thats terrible, plenty of other manufacturers do it from one piece!
It's a Gibson signature. Has been like that from day one of the les Paul. It allows them to use narrower blanks for the neck, and change the overal design of the headstock easily if need be.

Check out the Melody Maker headstock which shows a one piece Gibson headstock.
Cost cutting measures do not impress me on such an expensive instrument :rofl:
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I've seen a number of those wings come off after 50 years or so.
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jeremyb wrote:
*UNIQUE* wrote:
jeremyb wrote:Seriously??? Thats terrible, plenty of other manufacturers do it from one piece!
It's a Gibson signature. Has been like that from day one of the les Paul. It allows them to use narrower blanks for the neck, and change the overal design of the headstock easily if need be.

Check out the Melody Maker headstock which shows a one piece Gibson headstock.
Cost cutting measures do not impress me on such an expensive instrument :rofl:
Gibson aren't the only ones to do that though.

Also- quite apart from being a cost-saving thing- think about how much wasted wood there would be- probably a whole extra neck for every three that are made. Give me the glued-on wings any day of the week.
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Great story, Matt! Your customer certainly got the best looking Les Paul I've ever laid eyes on.
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benderissimo wrote: Gibson aren't the only ones to do that though.

Also- quite apart from being a cost-saving thing- think about how much wasted wood there would be- probably a whole extra neck for every three that are made. Give me the glued-on wings any day of the week.
The headstocks are glued on anyway aren't they? no reason why they couldn't come from wider pieces of other wood!
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