NGD content: The Waiting ----- according to Gball is the hardest part

To @SG John and everyone else but Adrian ( as he and I had a little discussion on this already) I am pretty sure what I bought and partially suspected i might be getting was a Les Paul KM. I was not 100% sure of due to some missing details, that this Tobacco Sunburst was indeed one of the approximately 1500 KM's made and that the mods the previous owner(s) did, left the original bridge double cream T Top missing as is the Les Paul KM truss rod cover.

By the serial, the binding, the color, 2 piece top, Grover Nickel Tulip tuners, Nashville Bridge, etc, it is one I am fairly confident is indeed a KM.
Robert Baker's KM is Serial number 72129044 whereas mine is 72399069 which tells me mine was made on Monday, August 27, 1979, 27 days later than his.

Other KM's I have seen for sale currently are numbered on the 162nd day, the 171st, 179th, 200th, and 206th days



 
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As you guys may have had experience with wonky parts and of course the remedies and even Oopses in using a flawed method to fix, I think I should ask for advice before proceeding with the '79's bridge bushings that are loose in the body. I know some ways of fixing this type of thing are toothpicks glued in ( or not glued), or other methods. Does anyone have suggestions how to tighten up the holes in my LP so the bushings sit in there nice and tight?

Thanks
 
chilipeppermaniac said:
As you guys may have had experience with wonky parts and of course the remedies and even Oopses in using a flawed method to fix, I think I should ask for advice before proceeding with the '79's bridge bushings that are loose in the body. I know some ways of fixing this type of thing are toothpicks glued in ( or not glued), or other methods. Does anyone have suggestions how to tighten up the holes in my LP so the bushings sit in there nice and tight?

Thanks
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On these old vintage Gibsons we have actually made oversize bridge posts in a lathe.
 
Robert Herndon said:
On these old vintage Gibsons we have actually made oversize bridge posts in a lathe.
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@Robert Herndon , I hear ya on that, but it is ever so slight a wiggle. Ever hear of using aluminum/copper tape, paper wrapped around bushings etc?

Not quite as loose as this guy's guitar but similar issue. I am sure I will sort it out in as indiscernible as possible especially since once this fella finished his blue LP he lays down some sweet Working Man riffage.

 
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chilipeppermaniac said:
As you guys may have had experience with wonky parts and of course the remedies and even Oopses in using a flawed method to fix, I think I should ask for advice before proceeding with the '79's bridge bushings that are loose in the body. I know some ways of fixing this type of thing are toothpicks glued in ( or not glued), or other methods. Does anyone have suggestions how to tighten up the holes in my LP so the bushings sit in there nice and tight?

Thanks
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Is it just the bridge bushings? Is the stop tail okay?
 
chilipeppermaniac said:
I don't know anything about Nylon NUTS. Gball.

Also, G what is it you hear in the Bone ones that is objectionable?
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Not sure what it is, but every time I have had a bone nut there is some kind of weird overtone. Obviously this is only on open strings, but I personally don't like them.

Nylon nuts are what Les Pauls originally had, and they use them on the historics...and they even show up from time to time on USA models.
 
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