![]() Still has the slight (annoying) rattle and wonder why that pickup has so much play in it as opposed to the neck. ![]() Pickup is now flipped where it should be and ring is positioned correctly. RRR is the factory ranking/plant designation. Numbers in the 600000's (mine is 600182) were used in both eras. That's where the journey began, after being set up this way since way before I bought it in 1998. The serial number will be an 8 digit number impressed into the back of the headstock with MADE IN USA below. Turns out, some serial numbers can be from either the sixties or from 1970-1975. Then they noticed the word Gibson was upside down as well as the poles. The Gibson Style O had a few more variations until it was discontinued in 1923. We figured the buzz came from the bridge pickup assembly. 1917 Gibson Mandolin The cutaway resembles the ones later used on the ES-175, L-4C and SG models for example. Seemed to have narrowed it down to this bridge pickup, as it had some float back and forth in it. Was worried there was a crack somewhere, although it sounded metallic. Indeed, the only reason I brought this to a guitar guy is that it seemed to have developed a rattle acoustically. I had the bright idea to look on the interwebs for pictures of pickup rings and OMG most of the pics and discussion was right here on JGO!!!! An actual debate on the topic of correct PUP ring positioning has raged more than once before!Ī theory about the Gibson ES-175 Neck PickupĪpologies to all for kicking the sleeping zombie thread.
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