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Grabbed a large box of stuff...some junk...some not...and some...'What's that?' If you see something here and you know what it is please tell me. I have NO idea.

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I believe Item #3 is a very old style Capo Seems like my dad had one "something "
like that , But then again I may just have had one beer to many !!



Item # 1 is a bag fulla whatcha callits ! Very imprtant for the turn of the century luthier !

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Pretty sure the second pic is a sharp stick blank. Still looking forward to part 2 of the tutorial.

Looks like elec vol/tone pot knobs, a stick of wood,
some tiny allen wrenches, a bridge ferulle (sp? ha!) mounts,
and, have no idea what those weird things are at the end!!!!!!!!!!

looks like you scored some "stuff"

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The little wires in the bag are from some old Gibson Tune-a-matic bridges - they hold the saddles in.

The inserts and studs are from a Floyd Rose unit.

Oh, yeah - the knobs look like turned ebony.

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Thanks for the replies so far guys. The second picture is actually brass. It's 3 pieces of square tubing that fit perfectly inside each other....??...?? At first I thought it was an old style mandolin truss rod till got to tinkering with it.

By the way...if any of this stuff has a value to it please make me aware.

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#2 is an unfinished boxwood chop stick

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Pic #3 is an old capo. I had one just like it. Garbage.

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No 5 looks like endpins to fit the 1/2" hole when you pull the electrics from your acoustic and want to go back to a standard endpin without having to plug and redrill.

Joe

Joe I'm gonna go take a close look at those.

Joe I think Chris Pile's assessment may be a little more accurate. These things have little set screws in a couple of places, and the end pin (the black part) isn't big enough to hold a strap at all. It' adjustable in depth....but more specifically for me...kinda useless... Thanks for weighing in bud...ain't seen you in a while. Hope you are doing good.

Chris

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The threaded inserts are definitley for an electric bridge - riases it up and downto set action height. Ebony knobs for volume/tone controls .. just bought some from SM ... cant really tell whats in the bag .. are they small allen keys ??, might be gibson bridge wires that hold hte saddles in place as someone mentions. The brass tubing is just that, maybe different sizes for funky square side FB position markers - definitley not for a truss rod, brass is too soft and bends too easy

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The last pic looks like it could be some bridge cut offs. Looks like ebony and maybe some spruce in the back round....Bridge plate??? That's my best guess.

Nope. Looks more like fake leather.

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#3 looks like a 12 string capo. 6 stringers only had one strap. Anyway, they were sold as such in the 70s.