Oh Jeez, it ends up more expensive if you try a repair yourself, unless you’ve done the repair many times before – just save yourself the absolute STRESS and TERROR and just get a Repair Shop to handle the Repairs.
THE 1ST pic is an old photo of Late 50s Gibson Les Paul Doublecut Special but still a great example of when people say… “I got a mate to fix it..”
THE 2ND Pic is a late 50s Les Paul “converted” albeit neatly to left hand, I bet they wish they hadn’t!
Onya Mate…
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