That would be your left hand, are you left handed? If it's only torn, not broken, the splint will do. Tore an Achilles tendon a couple of years ago, t'was no fun at all but fortunately did not...
Yeah, I'm mostly playing around, not really wedded to the thunk sound or a particular dark sound, I like to experiment and change things up every now and then. But I am surprised at how that changes...
Perhaps you should just grasp the nettle (see below), buy a pickup and some monel/flatwould strings and see what happens. It's not that expensive an experiment. If you're extremely concerned about...
Thanks I'll check them out, would work well on my reverend hollow body as well. The strings going to the bigsby ring quite a bit. Your 371 is a really beautiful guitar btw!
Just a FYI, this was likely sent back to Gibson in the 60s for refurbishing/restoration.
Newer tuners, 60s truss rod cover, tailpiece, and probably refinished the guitar then as well.
Pickguard...
Interesting Acoustic-Electric 7-String
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