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kimball492
31-03-2015, 08:34 AM
This fortunate guy only broke his tailpiece when dropping his Gibson 335

Fretworn
31-03-2015, 09:40 AM
I assume there must have been a crack of flaw in the metal already if that was the weakest link.

dingobass
31-03-2015, 09:50 AM
Whoa!
Never seen that one happen before..
Headstock, check.
Neck at heel, check.
Tuners, check.
Lower horn, check.
And now tailpiece......
I agree with Fretty, that could only be the result of a fault in the casting.....

kimball492
31-03-2015, 09:52 AM
Must of been , mind you when I cast sometimes porosity marks small ones on the surface when you start to clean them out theres a massive hole underneath your totally unaware of which has to be filled . I'm sure they must do the same ref bridges stop pieces

dingobass
31-03-2015, 09:59 AM
Dunno, Kimball... I would assume that with hard metal castings they would ditch them if they had visible faults..
My money would be on a carbon inclusion being present internally, invisible until the casting fails.
If this Guitar is a fairly recent model the casting would have been made in China... Our Chinese friends are still a bit behind the pace with quality control on casting and steel making..

kimball492
31-03-2015, 10:07 AM
Well DB one way to look at it cheaper than headstock to repair lol

dingobass
31-03-2015, 02:03 PM
Well DB one way to look at it cheaper than headstock to repair lol

Bahahaha! :)

keloooe
31-03-2015, 05:37 PM
Yep, that happened to my Epi right after my LP kit was finished... Still yet to actually get a new bridge...

kimball492
31-03-2015, 07:14 PM
Wow never seen it happen before

keloooe
01-04-2015, 12:05 PM
Wow never seen it happen before

Well now you have KB!

kimball492
01-04-2015, 01:42 PM
Very True Kelooe