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Some cool projects ahead. What do you got?
Monday I scored a o l d Solid Mahogany/spruce Parlor guitar for $X! It needs everything! Maybe a Stradivarius! Maybe Larry Stradivarius from Brooklyn
Someone used it as a 5 string. They cut off the G tuner and strung it without a high e? I hope to get the trapeze replated. The tap tone is amazing. Maybe because of the braces that are hanging half off inside But really a light build. A small side crunch but no side cracks. The top has dips and curves and cracks. The back? I gotta look more at the back. Sanded thin? I have great plans for this one. Harmony, new guy, Parlor Project 1 The Harmony was given to me by a friend. It sat in a hot cold attic for 35 years. The tortiose binding is dust. the inner binding is fine. I plan on x bracing and new bridge plate, neck reset, new frets......... fun. My Parlor waiting for me to do phase 2 (fix all the stuff I screwed up the first time. Last edited by Fliss; 06-08-2010 at 09:57 AM. Reason: AGF rule 2! |
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Very cool, John, I'll look forward to seeing how that develops (and by the way, sorry but the guitar price discussion rule still applies even when it's a vintage guitar and single figures! - a bargain, anyway!)
Are you going to replace the tailpiece with something similar, or with a fixed bridge? If you're going to replace it with something similar, I have a spare floating bridge that didn't get used on my parlour project which might be just what you need - let me know if you want it. Fliss |
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its 3 weeks to the end of school when I'll get locked out of my workshop for two months, so I'm not starting anything big.......
I was given a classical that needs a new top, (back and sides are laminate, but BRW with a load of sapwood!!) and I have an electric cello that I would like to get finished.
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those parlors are so cool!
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