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Location: Sydney, Australia | So, AJ helps me out by snaffling a 12 string Adamas II that I can pay off (everytime SWMBO feels guilty about a shoe purchase, I use that guilt to send a similar amount of money to AJ).
It's a 1983 Bluege 1685 and which has had the neck replaced with a non-standard neck (photos of that later). The original neck came with the purchase and has major fret wear and pot holes:
(Sorry about the size of these, I'm at work and this is the best I can do).
So Andrew, who is at the get together and a bit of a Wizz with things technical, offers to take the neck and replace the frets and fill the pot holes. During:
and after:
But as an extra, he has a go at fixing the broken ear (which I hadn't even noticed, being unrelated to playability). Before:
During:
And after:
Don'tcha just find the nicest people here? |
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Location: Colorado Rocky Mountains | Hard to see what you're doing here. Can you blow up the photos just a bit? Seriously, that's about the worst fret wear I've ever seen. Nice work on the paddle repair. |
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Location: Vernon CT | That's one big M.F... Guitar............... |
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Location: Sydney, Australia | I figured the eyesight of many members is not as good as it used to be. |
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Location: Sunshine State, Australia | Richard... Seriously, sort out your photo uploading techniques or post from home.
You're giving us Mac users a bad name.
There goes my download allocation for December... |
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Location: Sydney, Australia | Hey, this is a Windows problem. Can't blame this on the Mac. |
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Location: Blue Ridge Mountains | Nice repair work...one suggestion: a GPS and coordinates would work great for locating the parts of the picture supporting the repair...lol |
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Location: Colorado | Wow--who was playing this guitar, Superman? Nice repair work though. |
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Location: Winnipeg, Manitoba CANADA | Nice repair!!
Vincent Van Gogh could have used someone like you for his... um, 'ear problem'.
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Location: Upper Left USA | Well at least you were able to turn the photos right side up for us Northerners!
Good to see you have your own capable Wizard! |
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12 string renovation - swell guys