I've been watching out for another #guitar for the last year or so.
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I've been watching out for another #guitar for the last year or so. Had hoped for either a good second hand one, or a terrible, beaten-up thrift store special to rehab.
Finding ourselves near a thrift shop tonight, I spied seven terribly abused guitars (incl a Disney Hannah Montana model).
Most were nearly firewood, but one (also trashed) appeared rather well made, and had vaguely believable name. Very damaged, but maybe just what I was looking for. A rainy day project!
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I've been watching out for another #guitar for the last year or so. Had hoped for either a good second hand one, or a terrible, beaten-up thrift store special to rehab.
Finding ourselves near a thrift shop tonight, I spied seven terribly abused guitars (incl a Disney Hannah Montana model).
Most were nearly firewood, but one (also trashed) appeared rather well made, and had vaguely believable name. Very damaged, but maybe just what I was looking for. A rainy day project!
…the guitar is Japanese-made, from 1978-1982 by maker Yamaki. Key for me was the solid cedar top and rosewood sides/neck, and properly chamfered frets. Good signs.
It cost me an astounding $15. I see non-trashed ones listed for $500-1500, so it may be substantial enough to hold up to a renovation.
Here's an interesting ad from the early '80s…
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…the guitar is Japanese-made, from 1978-1982 by maker Yamaki. Key for me was the solid cedar top and rosewood sides/neck, and properly chamfered frets. Good signs.
It cost me an astounding $15. I see non-trashed ones listed for $500-1500, so it may be substantial enough to hold up to a renovation.
Here's an interesting ad from the early '80s…
Mine is the 374 model, furthest right.
It's really beat up though, so the before pics will be quite a spectacle. Watch this space.
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Mine is the 374 model, furthest right.
It's really beat up though, so the before pics will be quite a spectacle. Watch this space.
A couple of snapshots of that abused guitar I picked up last evening for $15 at the thrift store.
It's in rough shape, which is the sort of thing I was looking for. Should be an interesting project over the fall and winter.
I won't be seeking perfection, but hope to stabilize it, and make it playable again. Fun to apply my woodworking skills to a guitar – which I haven't explored before.
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A couple of snapshots of that abused guitar I picked up last evening for $15 at the thrift store.
It's in rough shape, which is the sort of thing I was looking for. Should be an interesting project over the fall and winter.
I won't be seeking perfection, but hope to stabilize it, and make it playable again. Fun to apply my woodworking skills to a guitar – which I haven't explored before.
Not so obvious in the pics, but the top is split in eight or ten places along the grain.
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Not so obvious in the pics, but the top is split in eight or ten places along the grain.
I've been gradually accumulating the supplies I need for my experimental rehabilitating of a broken-down old guitar.
I have some parts arriving today. New tuning machines, bridge pieces, and nut.
A rainy day here. Conducive to doing a little planning & prep. I've been doing a humidity raising with the plastic bag treatment to tighten some joints.
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I've been gradually accumulating the supplies I need for my experimental rehabilitating of a broken-down old guitar.
I have some parts arriving today. New tuning machines, bridge pieces, and nut.
A rainy day here. Conducive to doing a little planning & prep. I've been doing a humidity raising with the plastic bag treatment to tighten some joints.
A bit of a win on the most obvious issue with the solid-cedar #guitar top! That big line of light coloured material appeared to be either a failed finish, with water damage to the fibres, or wood filler smeared over a crack.
Under magnification I could see that it was indeed filler. Yay.
Someone had attempted a "fix" by just filling the low side of a split with what looks like the infamous plastic wood. Yikes.
I had a run at it with a dental scaling tool.
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A bit of a win on the most obvious issue with the solid-cedar #guitar top! That big line of light coloured material appeared to be either a failed finish, with water damage to the fibres, or wood filler smeared over a crack.
Under magnification I could see that it was indeed filler. Yay.
Someone had attempted a "fix" by just filling the low side of a split with what looks like the infamous plastic wood. Yikes.
I had a run at it with a dental scaling tool.
The filler material came away quite well, as it's thin and brittle. Was happy to get it off and that I was able to free the crack and get the top surface level again!
The wood fibres inside the crack are somewhat discoloured but I should be able to deal with that. Maybe some bleaching (oxalic).
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The filler material came away quite well, as it's thin and brittle. Was happy to get it off and that I was able to free the crack and get the top surface level again!
The wood fibres inside the crack are somewhat discoloured but I should be able to deal with that. Maybe some bleaching (oxalic).
A cursory cleaning, but so pleased to see that part of the top level and free of crud.
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Davvero una lettura affascinante. Un bel libro di sociologia/politica che cerca di evidenziare molti dei problemi sociali di oggi, e del capitalismo.
>> Non mi sembra plausibile la tesi secondo la quale gli effetti del dominio
sono talmente diluiti (nella moderna società capitalistica ndr) da far sparire la realtà dello sfruttamento: i dati ci
indicano quantomeno che la povertà non diminuisce in Europa.
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I just noticed that so many terrible people are associated with "AI" - that can't possibly be a coincidence.
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