1970s Gibson Dove Dreadnought Guitar


This is a killer old Dove that was in for local repair. It had a bad neck angle, hairline-cracked replacement bridge, and fretwork and setup work needing to be done, for sure. I reset the neck with some help provided by Jose and then Ancel took it from there, giving it a good level/dress of the frets and then fitting a beautiful, reproduction-ish bridge that fit the outline of the old replacement bridge's glue-footing. His work here is excellent and he even went to the trouble to make and fit the nice pearl inlays for the wings.

Anyhow, now that this guy has a good-height saddle and its various structural woes have been solved, it's turned into a fantastic-sounding instrument that's also a great player as well. I couldn't be happier with the way this one livened-up after surgery.

Per its serial, it dates to the early-mid '70s.
















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