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Location: Keepin' It Weird in Portland, OR | I just passed-up a $65 (plus $50 s/h) Glen Campbell 1121(?) circa 1974 on E-Baaa. It had some surface cracks. He said that they were only cosmetic. But they looked yucky. How much expertise does it take to repair these? I have let 2 or 3 go because of this. Including that $249 USO the other day. I do housing maintainence, mechanics, and anything else. I have mucho tools. I can fix most anything, can I do this? |
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Location: ranson,wva | its not that hard..just time consumeing..tony calman,kim keller and woody gave me pretty good outlines and my first on turned out fine...heres a pic of the finished work..
you can barly see where i made the 3 crack repairs on the left lower bout near the waist..jason |
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Location: Keepin' It Weird in Portland, OR | I can't tell the repairs from the reflections. So must be good enough. So long as you are satisfied. I bought a $31 generic Johnson, (Please don't kick me off the site for that) and did some minor restorations on it. I figured that I could practice on that, have a trash-around guitar, and I'd still have the hard case if I messed-up. Anyway, I got plenty of time, I'm just short on Money! Bottom-feeders Rise Up!
Keep the advice/pointers coming! I'm still kicking myself over that $115 Glen Campbell O that I just passed on. |
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Location: Pacific Northwest Inland Empire | Technically, Art, it's an 1127, Glen Campbell Signature, Artist bowl model. And, its worth it just for the neck, IMHO.
FedEx just tried delivering one to me last night, but I was out with SWMBO at dinner. Guy's gotta make hard choices these days...... |
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Location: Pewaukee, WI | The one on ebay had a blue label with a model number of 1121, but a s/n from 1974, and a bound neck with a GC truss cover. I'm thinking that at some point it went in for a top repair and they gave it a new top and bowl, but transfered the s/n. I was watching that one also, but didn't know if I wanted to take on a GC with an 1121 model number. Correct me if I'm wrong, but wouldn't a GC (1127) have different body binding than an 1121? This one's body binding looked pretty plain (normal, not as nice as some GC's I've seen).
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| Wasn't an 1121 a plain 'Artist' model?...I had one of those way back when...it had an artist bowl and better tuners but no enlays... |
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Location: Keepin' It Weird in Portland, OR | Steve-- That is why I put a (?) next to that number. I was just quoting the dude.
Randy-- I'm glad that I ain't the only one watching that one, who also decided that it might be a Major project. I was gonna post it up here for the more Luthier-savvy members, but I not that computer savvy either. |
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Location: Pewaukee, WI | Yeah, I have an 1121, and it's basically a GC without the binding or bling. I consider the GC to be the Deluxe Balladeer/Legend version. |
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Location: Keepin' It Weird in Portland, OR | I still got that on my E-baaa watch-list. So I just looked at it... Mebbe he just got a GC Signature TRC... Or whomever he bought it from did. |
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