Well I had to take my guitar to the workshop.

As I said before the neck had been broken before and I saw yesterday that the tension of the strings were reopening the broken neck. Scared the $%?t out of me.

I decided to rebuild it, I went and took it to the shop so they could work on the neck. Next I'll buy original Gibson keys and get the original pickups.

Since I got a Yamaha now, I can put some work into keeping that '75 guitar in top condition and still be able to jam.

It's gonna cost me a little money but it's worth it.

I got a question for you guys. The original finish was Cherry red. When I bought it the last owner had it finished in brown, which is still good looking but not the original color.

Should I go and finish it Cherry red or would that be a bad idea. All this in the purpose of making it "original". I know nothing about finishing I wouldn't do the job myself but do you see possible problems with this. would that mess up the wood?