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>>he thought it may have been an old Harmony

No....Harmony and Stella had slots in the peghead on the 12 strings.

Most Jap models had the neck heal reach the end of the body.

I was not joking about this looking like what I saw.....the lack of a bridge seems to indicate that it may have had a Trapeze tailpiece and floating bridge...do you see any indication of that?

I think the one I saw was a Decca from the '60s.... have you looked to see if anything is on the neck block at all...most have at least a number.

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I wish I had something usefull to add,but...... I think I saw one just like that hanging on the wall at Chili's. It had the same headstock cover and bad stain.

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I have several bigsbys....including my '58 gretsch. If you have a roller bridge and a proper sized nut (I prefer bone)...the thing does stay in tune. It is NOT a dive bomber and you can pull up (tight) on the strings enough to stretch them out of tune. You can get a nice wavy tone from a bar chord...like kicking in a vintage fender (amp) tremolo (with out the click).

I have a b6, b5 and b16 and the Gretsch.

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Hi everyone, I need to know exactly where to place my 2 humbucker routs in the body I have been building from scratch. In relation to the neck pocket, harmonics or bridge, how in the world do I know where to rout? thanks for the help!

Do you have a picture?

I have a handful of vintage guitars here that I can measure for you...if it will help!

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