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Location: ranson,wva | here's a few pics of some of the work ive done on my 1111-1 balladeer
before the new peghead veneer
after the new veneer
not too bad for my first go round with veneer..jason |
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Location: ranson,wva | does any one think the new veneer clashes with the rest of the guitar? im kinda anxious to se what you guys think of my work..jason |
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Location: south east Michigan | I think it looks great! |
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Location: ranson,wva | hey thanks!!! my skills are somewhat limited by the tools i have since i my workshop was robbed last month. i did all the work on it with a few hand tools i had left..excato knife,2 peices of ply for the clamping surface and alot of sanding!! the hardest part was getting the cruve just right where the lip is..
i think they came with walnut on the headstock but i couldnt find a peice of walnut veneer that looked right. i used some nice mahog..thanks jason |
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Location: ranson,wva | heres a pic of the top cracks that i repaired..not the best job but its solid now...
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Location: SoCal | I think it is looking very nice...good job. |
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Location: Sunshine State, Australia | Originally posted by johnnycash83:
does any one think the new veneer clashes with the rest of the guitar? im kinda anxious to se what you guys think of my work..jason Jason, it's hard to comment without seeing it 'with the rest of the guitar'!
Looks like good workmanship though. |
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Location: Alberta, Canada | Jason, looking good! Nice work. I think the Mahogony will look just fine. Keep posting pics of your progress.
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Location: Hiram, Georgia | doing great jason, you might have a future in lutherie! Keep it up! Phil |
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Location: Warren,Pa. | You're inspiring me to buy a beat-up project guitar of my own to work on.
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Location: Sunshine State, Australia | Buy my 2005ES! |
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Location: ranson,wva | thanks guys!!!!..jason |
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Location: Sunshine State, Australia | D'ya think Al might be able to get his hands on an 'Ovation' decal for the headstock??? |
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Location: ranson,wva | i paid $50 for it,veneer was $20,.ive got $70 and probly like a total 0f 20hrs in to it to date. the most time consuming prosess was filling the top cracks...scrape,clean,glue,wet sand,repeat as needed....
i may add a 2knob preamp to this one...who knows. i was gonna sell it but i strung it today and it plays like a dream..jason |
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Location: Marlton, NJ | Just call the Mothership... as with everything else, they're great about sending out the decals when they're needed. |
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Location: ranson,wva | the decal is on the way from master keller,along with some much needed supplies for other projects...jason |
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Location: 6 String Ranch | You keep that kind of work up and you'll have to go to the big house and work there! |
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Location: Whitecourt, Ab | Looks great, Jason
Have you had a chance to string it up and listen to it yet? |
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Location: ranson,wva | ive had it strung a few weeks ago when i first glued up the peg head and it sounds great...thanks bill,its amazing what one can do with enough freetime and a few simple hand tools...jason |
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Location: ranson,wva | hey bill,whats the story behind the academy line? ive got a KA-14 as well
this was right after i got it,i had the strings off of a good cleaning,repainted the fingerboard and replaced the dots with abalone dots..jason |
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Location: ranson,wva | i just found this pic of the back of the neck/headstock that was repaired..its not as pretty or clean as the peghead
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Location: Keepin' It Weird in Portland, OR | The thing about selling something like that is that after you work on it, get it right, and it sounds good... Hey, I'm keeping this! |
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Location: Capital District, NY, USA Minor Outlying Islands | good work! |
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Location: Marlton, NJ | Jason - nice work!
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Location: ranson,wva | thanks guy's,its just a hobby to take up my spare time..altho im getting kinda good at it..jason |
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Location: Hiram, Georgia | thanks for showing your work, looks good! phil |
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Location: ranson,wva | looked good untill lastnight when i was buffing the top and i moved the wrong way and the bad disc i got hit a nerve...i just droped to the floor,buffer hit the top,there's a 10in crack in the right side of the top now...i may beable to repair it but im not shure yet..i went to my doctor today and the onr thing ive been fearing ive got to get done...sugery..not fun at all....
i hope i can fix the top because ive allready don so much work to it and put in many hours that i just dont wanna pitch it...oh well....thanks for the compliments guys...jason |
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Location: Sunshine State, Australia | Hey Jason
Ever thought about putting strings on any of your guitars???
Probably get a bit more volume out of 'em! ;-) |
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Location: ranson,wva | that was right after i got the academy,it had lots of crud on it...and i was installing new abalone fretboard dodts and repainted the board black.....kinda hard to do with strings on it.....jason |
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Location: ranson,wva | well things were going too good with the project..untill i moved the wrong way and my body went numb(pinched nerve in my back)..dropped a buffer on the top..
i filled it and reglued the braces but it looks like shit now....looks like ive got a canidate for a re top now......it wasnt a clean break and you can see the light colored spruce where the finish cracked..jason |
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Location: Hiram, Georgia | you are going to try to do the top yourself, right? That metalic sticker looks cool!!! |
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Location: ranson,wva | this top is sound,its just ugly as hell,ive got it strung with extra lights and it sounds fine...just this one aint gonna have much of a resale value..i might keep it for a "autograph book" to be sighned at gatherings and such...who knows...if it was a natural finish the crack wouldnt look near as bad..as for the lable its the foil label, it was buitl in '71...it sounds great....thats why i realy dont wanna retop....jason |
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Location: Hiram, Georgia | Don't blame ya there, phil |
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Location: ranson,wva | im tepted to stick the f%ker in a box and send it to some un-suspecting ofcer for xmas...lol jason |
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Location: Hiram, Georgia | yeah, especially because you seem to be able to pull $90 legends out of your yingyang!!!
but if do decide bestow it upon an Ofcer for Xmas, that Kalel kid has a friend that can thoroughly destroy a top! |
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Location: ranson,wva | if i could strip the top down to the natural the repairs wouldnt be as visiable.
yeah phil,i bet he could also destroy the perfect fiberglass bowl too..lol
i havnt deceide what im gonna do with it yet..might keep it to take out when we go to the beach or out on the boat..jason |
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Location: Alberta, Canada | Jason, I think you should keep that guitar and use it as a yardstick for your Luthier projects. I call that an "Appreciation Guitar". As you progress with your projects, pull this one down and compare where you're at and where you were at with this one. It will give you an appreciation of where you are improving. And 20 years down the road you still have a guitar for the beach or the "new player you're are showing how to play their first "D" or "G". And who knows, maybe someday you'll pull it down and bring it up to where you're at then. Guitars with history are "cool"!
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Location: ranson,wva | has any one here striped down a spruce top?? i realy wanna save the 30+yr old spruce top...jason |
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progress on my balladeer(NOW MORE WORK!!!)