This fortunate guy only broke his tailpiece when dropping his Gibson 335
This fortunate guy only broke his tailpiece when dropping his Gibson 335
I assume there must have been a crack of flaw in the metal already if that was the weakest link.
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.....
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
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..
Well DB one way to look at it cheaper than headstock to repair lol
Bahahaha! :)Quote:
Originally Posted by kimball492
Yep, that happened to my Epi right after my LP kit was finished... Still yet to actually get a new bridge...
Wow never seen it happen before
Well now you have KB!Quote:
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