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"Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski
"Only two things are infinite - the universe, and human stupidity. And I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein
Here's what one of the "Sustain SIster" brass inserts under the ABR looks like, not small!! This is my 347.
The high bridge would not put me off buying a 2014 Historic (other things might). That may be because I have never encountered a collapsed bridge and I honestly have no idea how common that is.
A high bridge would always put me off buying any Gibson now. It's not just the potential for bridge collapse, it's that they don't feel right or sound right with the bridge that high and the tailpiece way off the body, in my opinion. Top-wrapping isn't a solution I like either - to me it's a compromise to get around not being able to get the tailpiece tight down on a guitar that was just built wrong in the first place. It also implies that the neck joint doesn't fit properly, which may explain why they don't sound good - rather than the height of the bridge and/or tailpiece directly affecting the tone.
"Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski
"Only two things are infinite - the universe, and human stupidity. And I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein
I will never buy another Gibson ever again.
Not just for this shown here but for all their quality jokes and their consistently high prices. I've said it before, while there are people like 'Feline' making these guitars properly (Amazingly), why would I waste 80% of that price on a Gibson.
There is (And has been for a while now) a 2013 Les Paul Standard in Translucent amber hanging on the wall at PMT in Northampton. The Stripes in the maple cap, which the translucent finish is supposed to show off are so blurred it actually looks like it's a drawing in a comic book. It's a mess. Honestly it's one of the worst tops I've seen so far on a les paul and it's boldly got a price tag of £1,999.99.
The name used to mean something but the more this kind of shoddy crap goes on, the more that name will be eroded.
It took Harley Davidson decades to undo the damage that AMF did to it for this exact reason and Gibson can proliferate all they like, they are right on the edge of getting a really bad name which will in turn take decades to rectify, if ever at all.
Those pictures are shocking.
I have re-read this and I would like to apologise.
Firstly for hijacking the thread which was not originally talking about modern gibsons - my previous post had nothing to do with the 79 that is in the OP.
Secondly for my machine gun hatred of Gibson, which I have given some thought to. It's not that I hate the designs or the guitars - I have always loved them and always wanted one, until I have seen recently some of the shoddiness that they are turning out but I do now concede that not ALL gibsons are this bad. What I "Hate" is the fact that they don't seem to care !
I always try to be an open minded person and after reading this back I can clearly see that it does not reflect that.
My apologies to the OP and anyone else who read this.
"Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski
"Only two things are infinite - the universe, and human stupidity. And I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein
Cheers
Still the machine heads are probably original, the headstock hasn't broken off (but it is maple) and the body is original even if it has been stripped and drilled/filled.
Bargain!