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The bridge pickup in it was sounding really wussy. I knew it was because the pickup was too low, but was being lazy about taking the guitar apart and putting in new foam... until today. I needed to add a shim because the bridge couldn't get low enough without hitting the mute, so it seemed like a good time to shim. The stock foam was basically squished plastic now. No spring left in the poor stuff.

IMG_6575 by Hentai No Baka, on Flickr

Once I added in the foam and did my shim, the height and action were fixed!

IMG_6571 by Hentai No Baka, on Flickr

IMG_6572 by Hentai No Baka, on Flickr

IMG_6574 by Hentai No Baka, on Flickr

IMG_6573 by Hentai No Baka, on Flickr

MUCH better now.

IMG_6577 by Hentai No Baka, on Flickr

IMG_6579 by Hentai No Baka, on Flickr

Still love looking at this guitar. Moving forward with refin or rethinking it?

So far I am liking it naked.

I feel this guitar needs as little changed with it, looks wise. It looks rustic, and certainly 50 years old; paint would ruin the m@j@.

Yeah. I agree.

Plus it has a matched headstock this way.

LOL True. The aged maple does match the body pretty well.