Well its finally time to start putting her together.
Last job was to shape the break angle. I initially made a shim of about 5 degrees and glued it in place. It was initially too steep so I got about to shave a degree or two off that.
Unfortunately, like nearly everything else with this guitar I got it wrong. Not sure what the angle ended up, but it is now too shallow and even with the bridge all the way down the action is a little too high. I’ll use it for a while like it is but I will need to take the neck off again and adjust the angle so that I have the action I was after.
Apart from that (and the first body that split in two and the bridge posts being in the wrong place….sheesh) I am really happy how she turned out.
I was aiming for an original ‘57 vibe. And I think that the Satin finish hits the mark. I know, I know, no Gibson would be seen dead with a bolt on neck, but other than spending about $20K for an original, its the closest I’m ever going to get to owning one of my all time favourite guitars.
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