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by blaznbass » Tue Nov 04, 2008 9:50 pm

i recently scored this guitar, in several pieces
with a terrible purple paint job.
missing pickguard, bridge, and tuner bushings.
pickguard heaven, claims to have replacement plates
stew-mac has bushings.
no luck on the bridge.
wondering if anyone knows, if it originally had the sg junior type
fixed bridge, compensated for a wound g- string.
or a tun-o-matic type bridge.
i can't find any good pics.
stud spacing measures 3.25"
and it has a vibrola trem.
any info would be greatly appreciated.
and i'll post pics when its done.
thanks.
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by VintAxe » Tue Nov 04, 2008 10:22 pm

This is the best pic I got blazn, hopefully it will help. This is the 1966 model but I don't think Kalamazoo changed much from year to year.

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by blaznbass » Thu Nov 06, 2008 7:18 am

that is the exact model i have.
it does look like the bridge is compensated for a wound G.
i got some new info:

[color=green]Hi,

Thanks for the email. The KG-2A was made from 1965-1970, and had a SG body shape from 1968-1970. I have attached information on the model for your viewing. Thanks again!


Best regards,
Jon Sutherland
Gibson Customer Service
1-800-4GIBSON
servi
ce@gibson.com[/color]

his attachment wouldn't open.
had him send it again. (no luck).

if anybody has this bridge laying around. pm me
stew-mac has one but the stud spacing is, 3-13/64
i'm measuring 3-1/4 on the inserts. (center to center)
thanks.

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