ElTwang wrote:Dennis - serial number is: 561876 (there is no 'Made in the USA').
I had the tuners changed but still have the originals. You are correct about the headstock. It's also covered with some sort of clear coat. There's some sort of balck paint on the pups (in a few places..) as well as the bridge. I have never seen this guitar opened up.
I've been to a few shops with it and all agree that these mods can be undone quite easily. What does 'Volute' mean?
Lars, the Volute is that "hump" on the back of the Headstock that Gibson started using in late '69-early '70 to correct all of their Headstocks that were breaking, probably due to the wrong angle of the headstock creating so much stress, that if their guitar fell off a stand, 90% of the time, stood a good chance of the H.stock breaking. Why they quit doing that after '84 still has a lot of people wandering why. I looked all over the internet for a pic and finally gave up. But Semie incorporated it as well in the Mosrites from almost day one. Now that I think of it, when was the last time you heard about a Mosrite with a busted Headstock?