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Maybe Yukki's built the wood under the fingerboard up a couple of mils to get more of a 59ish fatter feeling neck.
"That's a good question Brian.
Maybe Yukki's built the wood under the fingerboard up a couple of mils to get more of a 59ish fatter feeling neck. "
I did wonder that too Phil!
If the custom had a slim 60's neck and the neck wasn't removed the only way to get girth would be to go Up the way. Especially as a new fingerboard was being fitted.
I'm sure Yuki will explain.
I'd be curious to hear his explanation
Marvellous, thanks for sharing.
The Custom uderwent a (and I believe there is some degree of collective consensus on this) hideous makeover prior to its recent facelift. re this stage the fiddle has already been fiddled with so any sense of originality has been thrown out the window. It's fair game and collectors looking for originality wouldn't touch it.
The new owner clearly has some serious talent and sensibility (not to mention balls) in undertaking such substantial revival projects. From a craftsmanship standpoint, it is commendable. Whether the guitar had its justice done or not is really not up to the public forum to decide. It's his guitar. It reminded me of an anecdotal incident where a historic Motorsport racer crashed a vintage multimillion testarosa during an event. Half cried foul on the notion of racing these cars, saying these are meant for historic show. The other half set their feet down and announced that these cars were meant for racing and this is exactly what they were doing.
What I do feel uneasy about is how this guitar has been shown outside of this forum, on Instagram. It has been unveiled as a 'burst' with an interesting past and a 'third route'. The wording used on various posts, to those not familiar with this particular thread alludes to this having left the factory as a burst, something it most definitely did not. It is, in my laymans opinion a conversion into a burst and not a restoration. It might have started it's life as the embryo of a burst but from gibson, burst it did not. I will concede that by definition, the concept of restoration is subjective:
1. The restoration of something material to its proper or original condition
That being said, most people might consider a restoration to involve the material return its original condition as it left the factory, and it left the factory as a Custom.
I appreciate that given the very unique nature of the instrument it is difficult to even describe it without writing a few paragraphs so calling it a 'burst' can be tempting.
This only matters if there is ever an intention to sell the piece.
To end on a quote by Big Hern, 'its just a guitar'