Re: 1915 Gibson A Pickguard issue
Originally Posted by
rcc56
... go right through the fingerboard at a significant downward angle [maybe 30 degrees] and penetrate the top.
Maybe sometimes but... In my limited experience with exactly one of these, a '17 A-1, the angle was just barely noticeable, guessing marginally more than a bridge pin's taper, and went into only the fingerboard wood. YMMV!
Edit: Mine had the 'guard gone before I got the instrument. Looking at Paul Hostetter's photo, most of the (yes 30 degree) bend appears to be w/in the pickguard itself. I still don't think that the nails, at least on mine, penetrated thru the fingerboard and into the top.
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