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Location: Phoenix AZ | Saw this ACADEMY on ebay. This is the 12 fret wideneck slothead version like mine. These guitars will amaze you. Dave
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Location: East Tennessee | Dave,
Is this a 1 7/8" or 2" neck? |
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Location: Phoenix AZ | 1-7/8 |
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Location: France | It is actually relisted for the third time:
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It's a 1 3/4 neck.
Too bad he only sells in USA.
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Location: Phoenix AZ | Tom are you sure? My KA-17 is most definately 1-7/8 neck. Eh, What's 1/8 of an inch matter.
One of my wooden guitars is specified as 1-25/32. I think if I grip the neck really hard I can squeeze it down to 1-3/4.
BTW, the model KA-17 (at least mine) has the rosewood fretboard which is a huge advantage over the aluminum fretboards on the KA-14.
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Location: France | No I'm not sure, but that is what the seller wrote when he previously listed it, take a look at ebay n°320175977729
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Location: Keepin' It Weird in Portland, OR | "It is actually relisted for the third time"-- Tom_CA
I had seen that before... I notice that this time, the seller did not mention the "uni-directional plastic top"...
Still might be an interesting toy to add to someone's collection. |
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Location: Pacific Northwest Inland Empire | Not that it's anything personal, but I'm invested- to keep it in the family. Maybe arrange for a "tour", if there's sufficient interest! |
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Location: Boise, Idaho | OFC bidding war going on! |
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Location: Pacific Northwest Inland Empire | Well, the trenches were quiet, and no snipers nailed me in the last moments. I will give a report, upon the new critter's arrival. I may name this one "Jay", in remembrance of The Old Man. Impervious, resilient, & stouthearted. Also, it's destined to be my travelin' toy, packed into the new '05 Ram & Jayco trailer outfit.
Ah yes, pickin' out "Here Comes The Sun", under the awning, in a beachchair, on the Central Oregon Coast, 3-shot Americano, watching the gray whales migrate. Sweet. |
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Location: Phoenix AZ | AWESOME !!! |
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Location: south east Michigan | Someday....
Someday I'll end up with one of these plastic topped little wonders.
I played one at the last tour. Although it's not anything like a high end Legend, this thing plays and sounds 8 times better that it should.
If a "tour" does ever come about, sign me up. |
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Location: Pacific Northwest Inland Empire | The "tour" may involve personal appearances, if I'm lucky......and affluent. |
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Location: Boise, Idaho | Bring it over here. We might have crossed paths on my way to and from Portland this weekend. If I don't go on the factory tour, I may have to find you during our annual Yakima Valley wine tour next spring. We can debate wood vs. plastic while others debate cork vs. plastic vs. screw top. |
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Location: closely held secret | Don't forget bottle vs. bag vs. box... |
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Location: Pacific Northwest Inland Empire | Only for medishinal purposhes.........(burp)
Small rant, though: UPS took 5 days to get the parcel entered into the tracking system, and initiate shipment. When did they become a US Government agency? |
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Location: 6 String Ranch | Nice grab! |
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Location: Pacific Northwest Inland Empire | OK, it has arrived! Looks to be in good shape, generally. "Cowboy" fretwires are fine. Small repair on the treble-side, under the fretboard extension. Has a nice tone & resonance. I think the neck-set is a bit shallow, & since it is a bolt-on neck, that should be easily remedied, and give an improved break-angle on the saddle.
Interesting point though- with the adjustable saddle in the bridge, do you lose some resonance by raising the height? Might need to bottom the thing out, and grind a saddle to the proper height?
I will post some pictures later. It's a great instrument, and the basic design of a slothead, 12-fretter, with a, nominally, 1 7/8" neck, is real nice for fingerpicking & intonation.
Those top braces are amazing. Basically, 3 concentric, integral rings, molded around the soundhole, with radiating braces into the lower bout. Minimal, to be sure.
It's had a neck-heel repair, and needs to be cleaned up a bit. I think there may have been a small repair to the top, where the fingerboard extends. Might be interesting to glue in a carbon-fiber brace underneath that area. I'll see about that, when I pull the neck, and examine it more closely. |
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Location: Latitude 39.56819, Longitude -105.080066 | WOW...you lost me after Cowboy Fretwires!
Glad it went to someone who knows the intimate details of minor repairs that might be needed. |
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Location: Pacific Northwest Inland Empire | Oh, & another question.....BTW, stephent28, it's all done with smoke & mirrors.....do the serial #'s run true for Academy models? This critter carries 016823, so does it have birthday somewhere between '72 & '74? |
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Location: Pacific Northwest Inland Empire | Images have been posted in the gallery, for all those interested. Would somebody post (again!) the protocol for posting pictures here in the bulletin boards? |
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Location: Phoenix AZ | Press the IMAGE button and paste in the url. |
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Location: Pacific Northwest Inland Empire | Gee, thanks, Dave! |
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Location: Phoenix AZ | Looks to be in nice shape. Congratulations. |
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Location: Pacific Northwest Inland Empire | Thanks, Dave! As I disassembled & tweaked a few things, I have determined a few issues. As to my question of bottoming out the saddle, there is a threaded fitting at either end of the saddle carriage, so its length never come in contact with the soundboard. If my intention is to have full contact of the saddle with the top, I will need to do some fancy calculating to make a spacer for the free space between the bottom of the saddle carriage & the top of the soundboard.
I mean, I haven't got a life anyway, so this is an engaging challenge. Along with engaging in this pedantic conjecture. My Waterpik is not clearing up my chronic Dictionary Breath, ostensibly. |
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Location: Phoenix AZ | Why not take out the carriage, plug the holes from the adjustment screws and put in a nice solid saddle planted firmly against the bottom on the saddle slot?
WWARLD (What Would A Real Luthier Do) |
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Location: Pacific Northwest Inland Empire | Point taken, ala "Occam's Razor". |
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