A Philadelphia built, 1950 Epiphone archtop gets a new trapeze tailpiece, tuner buttons, cleaned and setup. An original tailpiece would have been great but I was unable to locate one. A diamond decorated trapeze from an old Gibson 335 does the trick nicely and the new ivoroid buttons upgrade goes perfectly with the new setup. This neck had a huge amount of back bow with no help from the truss rod. After strung up, the back bow subsided and it was playable. This neck will be monitored closely for the next couple months. If the back bow turns into a noticeable bow, the one-way truss rod will have to be adjusted to keep the relief to a minimum.
