Hmmmmmm Other than the "straight through" bridge, this guitar is exactly like my new mid-seventies J-50 Custom. Wonder if there are "inside differences"

Just read another account of Gibson's "Troubled years". Suspect both Bob and I were lucky to find these two models that sounded good, and stayed in one piece. The Norlin Company that bought Gibson were very into 'bottom line' and cut corners so much that they almost completely ruined the Gibson name. I've played many Gibsons from that era, that had NO sound at all....and guess what? They're still fetching pretty high prices on the market. Whaddya gonna do?

Rick