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Location: Keepin' It Weird in Portland, OR | First! I am not, nor never claimed to be, a Luthier...
  
Anyway, it is at full tension and the neck did not go "POP!"
But those are EJ15 Extra Light strings... But that is what I always used on it.
Also that contact paper is temporary, until I can find me some good veneer.
(see... without contact paper...)
I really just wanted to see if that epoxy was gonna hold.
Notice that the Ovation still shows.
And this guitar still sounds Awesome! This is just my Karma for trying to sell it!
So now I got me a real Beater.
I might pass-it-on... But I'm pretty sure that I will never be able to sell it again! :rolleyes: |
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Location: Copenhagen Denmark | Well Done Arthur !!!
..got to hand it to ya`, never judge a man by the length of his hair.. :)
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Location: Sydney, Australia | Are you going to name the guitar "Lazarus"?
Well done Arthur, it was very distressing to see it in the condition prior to surgery. Just so all 6,000 members of the OFC know, remind us again who the careless courier company who refused to take responsibility for their actions is. |
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| Nice job, OMA. Ya got a great beater with an even better story. |
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Location: south east Michigan | Nice, nice job.
It's just a shame that a guitar of that vintage and original condition has ended up this way.
After surviving all those years, some shipping monkey ruins it.
I guess that it's this kind of attrition that makes things like this all the more rare. |
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Location: Upper Left USA | Good job Omee, PM me and I'll send you some veneers. Walnut, Paduak, Koa, Bubinga, etc.
When you're a self proclaimed Butcher like me it takes alot of the pressure off. |
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Location: Pacific Northwest Inland Empire | Huzzah! All hail OMA, in the latest resurrection.
Now, whaddya gonna do for an encore?! They're just like 'tater chips, I tells ya! |
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Location: Blue Ridge Mountains | Nice job Authur! |
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Location: Florida Central Gulf Coast | Nice fit!
Do ya have a pic of the back of the neck? |
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Location: Keepin' It Weird in Portland, OR | Apparently I was looking from the back when I stuck it together...
Uglier pictures are in my galley under 1121-4 rebuild attempt. |
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Location: Florida Central Gulf Coast | Originally posted by Old Man Arthur:
Apparently I was looking from the back when I stuck it together... Apparently; that's tight! Nice.  |
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Location: Budd Lake, NJ | Way to go, Arthur--I'm so sorry you had to experience the whole situation, but I'm really glad that it came out so nice.
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1121-4 rebuild attempt... Now I got me a camp-fire guitar...