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I noticed the lower horn too, almost like they rounded it off too much when it was built but decided to go with it. The upper horn looks normal.

Shure, shaun.



Alex.

Love those Grovers, somebody bit the end off that TRC though, that's about a $250 mistake, oops.
The TRC doesn't fit up against the two tone nut(?)
very well, wrong type screws, back of headstock looks very nice though.

Mark, see what i have found!!

a may be buyer (also a forumite here) asked me to lift the TRC to see if maybe some-one......

This is what we found



The rod-adjusters don't seem original. I know I've seen them somewhere, i think on fender-like guitars.



And it looks like the person who performed this action had to widen the compartment to fit in a wrench to remove the original nuts??

Anyway, the neck is still straight after all these years.

What's your opinion?

Reminds me of those Fender bullet truss rods.

I agree, John. Gee, someone sure got, uh, "creative" there...

http://www.stewmac.com/shop/Truss_rods/Adjusting_nuts/Fender-style_Bullet_Truss_Rod_Nut.html

You might want to do something to prevent those old Grover keys from bashing around in that compartment!
It looks like pretty tight quarters in there, & someone (it may have been JH) posted that lateral contact with the case is a common way that those Grovers go their reputation for falling apart.

I was the one that brought up the "moving around in the case theory", JH just stated that when the production of the Grovers moved overseas, the swaging was not as good. It's not the first time somebody has substituted for the truss rod nuts, I assume the originals got chewed up and another set was hard to find, I would replace those if it was mine.

That's very creative. 10-32 is the same thread as on pre-85 Ric rods. And you can adjust them with an allen wrench. I like that.

Sorry Mark!
I'm still rather foggy over the whole "swaging" thing. I haven't dared to remove any of my old wavies yet.

Hey, that's a pretty spiffy two-tone brown and white nut on that thing too!

When the trussrods on my 72 were replaced, John Diggins fitted a similar arrangement. Slightly different than those, but still allen key adjustable. Not that I've needed to use them....

Hi, guys!

I did it. Sold her. Gone. She doesn't live here anymore..........
And it feels funny. Like bringing a stray cat to an asylum. Especialy since I learned so much more about her these last two weeks.

But the good new is: Her new owner is also a member of this great forum!
Bert Heitling contacted me a week ago by e-mail and eversince we had allmost daily contact. We agreed on a price and yesterday he came and picked it up.

It's been really nice to read so many affectionate and constructive replies to my post.

Thanks, Kevin, Mark, Mark, andrew Allen, Jared, Ilan, Shaun, John, John and Fran!

And take her away, Bert! I know she's in good hands now!

Alex

I'm sure she will feel at home with her new family Alex.

Here you can see a Picture of her and her new family:
Family portrait