Gibson Kalamazoo Award Tailpiece Wood Insert (1978-81 - Rosewood / Abalone)
Living near Nashville has its perks. We’re not far from the Gibson factory and Custom Shop (about 25 mins), which means I frequently see boxes of authentic Gibson parts walk through the door. A lot of people who work at Gibson live in my county, and thus, I have a lot of regulars that either work for, or have worked for Gibson. A recent haul included several samples, templates, and new old stock parts from the 1950s through the 1990s.
This is the wood inlay for a Gibson tailpiece from 1978-1981. It is new old stock, so it has never been mounted.
A must have for your vintage restoration -- if ya need it, ya need it.