2000s Epiphone Dove Dreadnought Acoustic Guitar

Friend of the shop, Brandon, sent this sort-of unremarkable, more-recent, Gibson Dove in as a gift for a friend of his. It's the owner's first guitar, as I recall, and Brandon wanted it souped-up to return to life as a tip-top gigging machine. To that end, Ancel refretted it, made a new bone nut and saddle, and set it all up. I fit the pickups (both a K&K and old '60s Kent magnetic pickup) and set it up with a set of 54w-12 nickel-wound strings. It now does both a "jazzbox" thing with the magnetic pickup and a "flattop" thing with the K&K acoustic pickup, so you can theoretically cover both ends of a gig ("acoustic" and "electric") with the same box.

It turned-out great and it now plays like a ding-dong champ and has just-enough wear and tear to give it a respectable look. I can't wait to hear what the owner does with it!