Herm
Well-known member
Hope someone can help me on a guitar question. Im not a great guitar player but have been around long
enough to know when one sounds good or not.
I have an old 1953 I think the number is a 125 gibson hollow body electric that my dad gave me.
It has the two F holes and is about 3 inches thick. It has a single Black rectangle pickup on it.
The guitar just sounds bad no matter what amp i put it through. Have done the change strings
thing and there is just no getting any descent sound out of it.
I guess my question is would a new replacement pickup help? Do they go bad over the years?
Or is it just a bad sounding guitar that will just set in the corner and collect dust.
I would never sell it cause its the guitar my dad played for years and it has sentimental value
to me, But would love to be able to get it to sound halfway descent.
Thanks
enough to know when one sounds good or not.
I have an old 1953 I think the number is a 125 gibson hollow body electric that my dad gave me.
It has the two F holes and is about 3 inches thick. It has a single Black rectangle pickup on it.
The guitar just sounds bad no matter what amp i put it through. Have done the change strings
thing and there is just no getting any descent sound out of it.
I guess my question is would a new replacement pickup help? Do they go bad over the years?
Or is it just a bad sounding guitar that will just set in the corner and collect dust.
I would never sell it cause its the guitar my dad played for years and it has sentimental value
to me, But would love to be able to get it to sound halfway descent.
Thanks