NGD: G6121T Roundup (1999) - Is It "Not All That"?

Yeah, totally! A black bear can certainly be plenty menacing, especially a sow with cubs. They are equally unpredictable and can do some serious damage in their own right. I learned that fact many years ago (1982) up in southern Manitoba, where beekeepers were allowed to harvest rogue black bears on-demand, and a 12-gauge can certainly be persuasive. As a matter of fact, I think I read somewhere (not sure about the accuracy?), that the U.S. National Park Service (at Glacier National Park), uses 3" magnum 12-gauge loads of rock salt for habituated grizzlies pestering people at park campgrounds and trails. And I don't doubt it. The right load of salt in the face, or the ass, can leave a mark!

 

Thanks Michicaster and BlueNote!

I appreciate your input guys, and the suggestions regarding the roller bridge, pickups and pots are also greatly appreciated. I have a couple of different "fixed" type bridges here that I can swap and try-out (including Compton and Tru-Arc), so that will indeed be a most interesting evaluation, and I'm also encouraged by this news about the mini (metric) pots too! If I can avoid swapping them out for SAE or standard (1/4" CTS) pots, that'd be great. I'm told that the CTS type pots offer a somewhat higher (5-7%) fidelity, but who truly knows? I don't even know how you'd actually measure that? I just go by ear.

 

Oh brother, have you ever got me chuckling now! Yes indeed, I was weaned on Vernor's Ginger Ale and Nesbitts (clear) Cream Soda. Fantastic memories of life in America at that time. Church on Sunday mornings, followed by an icy root beer at the A&W drive-in, and a late dinner with grandparents at Howard Johnson's. I'll die a perfectly fulfilled and happy man, with those memories alone.

 

O.K., so, I've been thinking about this new (to me) 6121, and some of the comments regarding the OEM bridge. I pulled-out the solid Compton and Tru-Arc "bar" bridges that I've had in storage here for a while, and I'm starting to get a bit skeptical on their use for this particular guitar.

Am I wrong to be concerned about the use of bar bridges with a tremolo? Seems to me that I'd be better off with a traditional 'roller' style bridge, if I can find one that doesn't rattle or whine. Maybe something of premium construction like the ABM-2400?

Does anyone have any really strong opinions or preferences on this? I'd sure appreciate it.

 

Thanks Doug! I'm definitely working on it, but it's a work in progress. The bridge thing is the next puzzle to solve.

Since I purchased this thing based largely upon my admiration for Jerry Miller and his 6121, I can't help but notice that his guitar has a roller (not a bar) bridge. Can't quite tell whether its OEM, or something more expensive, but its most definitely a roller, and if that works for him, with alla his talent, then I gotta believe that it'd work just fine for me!

 

I'll have to actually measure it, but I too have a '57 Sparkle Jet with Dynas here, and my shoot-from-the-hip impression is, that the 6121 is a tad (maybe 20%?) heavier. Keep in mind that the 6121 is a chambered solid body, but I'll actually weigh it and get back to you on that.