Vintage 1960 Airline Town and Country guitar
This is a 1960 Airline Town and Country guitar that belongs to Australian blues guitarist Gerry Joe Weise, the former owner of this guitar had been the bassist from Arizona's Badland, and Gerry Joe acquired this guitar for only $300 in Phoenix.
Due to several tuning problems and guitar strings regularly slipping off the bridge saddles. Gerry Joe contacted me about this problem and we opted for replacing the old bridge with a new 1960s style Tune-o-matic bridge for the vintage look. It is equipped with adjustable intonation screws and height adjustment with threaded mounting posts.
That vintage 1960 Airline Town and Country is such a gorgeous guitar. Swapping in a 1960s-style tune-o-matic bridge feels like the perfect upgrade too, it keeps all of that classic vintage character intact while fixing the annoying string slipping and tuning stability problems these old guitars can have. It’s always great seeing a mod that improves playability without losing the original vibe.
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