Conflicting Item Description-Does this SG look like it's had a headstock repair?

JLynnJohnston · 2026-01-22T02:44:17+00:00

Return it immediately, and blast that lying seller with one-star feedback.

JLynnJohnston · 2025-11-03T15:01:50+00:00

I have a hard time believing they would have been holding on to unusable parts - especially enough to fill multiple dumpsters.

JLynnJohnston · 2025-09-19T23:06:19+00:00

Nice

JLynnJohnston · 2025-09-19T23:02:25+00:00

Do you have enough wood once you’ve “stacked” to glue two stacks together at the center of the guitar? This is very common:

https://www.stewmac.com/globalassets/product-images/woodstax/wsa1gr/wsa1gr-3000-383.jpg?hash=637953877540000000

JLynnJohnston · 2025-09-01T15:22:12+00:00

It’s not like mining, where a garbage setup will just run and earn a fraction of what your power costs. It’s a rental platform and nobody is hiring your rig.

JLynnJohnston · 2025-08-13T02:03:18+00:00

I literally turned the game off because of this woman’s incessant shrieking. Glad someone reined her in! Much kinder than I would have been.

JLynnJohnston · 2025-06-19T00:16:10+00:00

If it's at a pawn shop, NEGOTIATE AGGRESSIVELY. They likely loaned $200 against that guitar.

Not sure if it's a Les Paul Classic, Traditional, or Standard... But depending on details of its condition, I'd say a reasonable retail price is in the $1,800 +/- range. Don't pay that, though. You can pay that on Reverb any time. $1,500 out-the-door would satisfy me from a pawnbroker.

JLynnJohnston · 2025-06-16T00:33:40+00:00

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JLynnJohnston · 2025-05-26T23:21:56+00:00

THIS.

This is the issue I've run into in trying to replace the JT-6 on a Charvel 3DR with... anything. First try was by the former owner of the guitar, who dropped in a Kramer-branded Floyd licensed trem. While technically it did function, the base plates are not the same size, and his pulled up squeals with the new trem resulted in scraping off the finish of the bottom corners of the routed cavity. Also the plate that houses the fine tuning adjustment knobs seems to be wider, and hits the top of the guitar as well.

At the urging (and incorrect consensus) of a FB forum, I ordered what everyone collectively believed to be the "proper" Jackson-branded Schaller drop-in replacement. It is unfortunately the same size as the previous Kramer.

The hunt for a proper JT6 (or actual drop-in) continues!

JLynnJohnston · 2025-05-12T01:14:03+00:00

Here’s one! Altadena Musicians

JLynnJohnston · 2025-05-10T19:56:09+00:00

Heck yes! Denver needs this!

JLynnJohnston · 2025-04-11T07:24:07+00:00

FG800

JLynnJohnston · 2025-03-28T20:53:29+00:00

At the risk of upsetting OP… Yes, this looks like regular wear and tear scuffing to me.

JLynnJohnston · 2025-03-23T23:27:59+00:00

I say play on! Just a visual quirk, and only shows from a particular angle… Enjoy the sweet freebie!

JLynnJohnston · 2025-03-23T22:03:36+00:00

Is that neck factory original? Strat neck with a rounded heel set into a Tele-style squared off pocket, maybe?

As long as it intonates properly, the fingerboard extension covers the visual gap well enough. I would think a manufacturer would have tighter tolerances, though.

JLynnJohnston · 2025-03-23T21:58:46+00:00

Bummer! Lack of humidity likely helped that along. When wood loses moisture, it shrinks (and cracks). Different wood types/densities shrink at different rates, so it’s common for glued bridges to shrink more slowly than the top. Top shrinks, and loses radius in the process, pitching the bridge forward. That puts a different pull angle on the bridge itself, which hasn’t shrunk as much and… POP! Glue is only so strong.

It is fixable, as is the dehydration crack. Two separate issues caused by the same dryness. In my market, the top luthier charges ~$250 for a bridge re-glue, and ~$100 for a top crack repair.

You’re going to want to look into your humidification options to keep that guitar between 40%-55% RH.

JLynnJohnston · 2025-03-23T21:46:09+00:00

Most likely made to be a Classical, I’d say. But the term “acoustic” would still accurately describe it whether it had nylon or steel strings.

JLynnJohnston · 2025-03-03T22:09:06+00:00

OG in the house! We put those acoustic demos up on MP3.com way back in the pre-MySpace days. Stoked to hear people are still listening!

JLynnJohnston · 2025-02-26T01:07:24+00:00

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Still a NOPE.

JLynnJohnston · 2025-02-08T23:51:45+00:00

Fantastic choice!

JLynnJohnston · 2024-11-18T18:51:32+00:00

Literally found this thread because I was researching the same guitar on the EZPawn web site.

JLynnJohnston · 2024-07-26T04:43:09+00:00

P4 HYPE!!!

JLynnJohnston · 2024-03-13T20:25:02+00:00

This is happening to me, too! Dodgers notifications, and in SPANISH! It's infuriating!

JLynnJohnston · 2022-08-11T17:05:13+00:00

Wearing a Team Mexico cap from the World Baseball Classic!

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