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Location: Caribou, ME | Yeah, I know.... I love 'em though.
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Location: Steeler Nation, Hudson Valley Contingent | A man's gotta have a hobby! How's the one without the neck sound? 
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Location: sitting at my computer | patchmcg - 2012-05-30 9:08 PM How's the one without the neck sound? kinda thin I'll bet.  a hearty round of Applause there ksdaddy! |
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Location: Caribou, ME | There's a neckless one and also a red one sans rosette. I have yet to find one that can't be repaired but ONE DAY I will. I need a neck and rosette donor and then I will use the (presumably unrepairable) bowl for scientific research. I need to make a caul that matches the braces under the bridge. If an AA-14 is going to die, it's usually loose braces directly under the bridge, leading to a distorted top and a pulled bridge (often with shrapnel). They then sit in a closet somewhere and the tops retain that distortion. It's no longer a simple matter of regluing the braces.... you gotta think medievel chiropractor. One shot, massive caul, massive clamp. My goal is to cut a bog access hole in the back of the bowl and then be able to see/measure/dry fit anything I need to. It will serve much like the skeleton in Anatomy 101. |
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Location: Caribou, ME | PS the natural one laying down in front is the 1000th one ever made, signed by all the line workers and Bill (inside). The sunburst one on the right is a NOS 1976, still with the plastic on the guard.
I love my reprobates. |
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Location: MA | Hope that door is locked. |
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Location: Caribou, ME | There's about 30 more guitars, a piano, an upright bass, a couple mandolins, a couple banjos, a violin, a zither, an autoharp, a dulcimer, 3 lap steels and God knows what else down there so someone could have a party. Can't count on my 7 month old Golden Retriever to do much except lick them to death.
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Location: Steeler Nation, Hudson Valley Contingent | ksdaddy - 2012-05-31 4:59 PM
Can't count on my 7 month old Golden Retriever to do much except lick them to death.
....the party-goers or the guitars? |
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Location: Seymour, Tennessee | I tell you, the beater flamed Applause I got for my son for $20 really does sound pretty good.
He plays it about as much as his 1718.
"The flame paint job just looks cool Dad" |
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Location: Route 66, just east of the Cadillac Ranch | When I opened this thread the first thing I saw was the picture and immediately thought ksdaddy. I must be psychic. |
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Location: Caribou, ME | I added another after this pic was taken. Still pondering 093 by the way. |
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Location: Sydney, Australia | @ksdaddy: Which is your favourite? (Don't say you love them all equally, even your kids know that's not true) |
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Location: Blue Ridge Mountains | Nice! |
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Location: Caribou, ME | Tone wise it would be the black aa12 not pictured because of the academy top. Playability wise it would be the sunburst in the upper right because I made a new bone nut with better spacing and I crowned the frets. Provenance wise it would be the natural one in front because it was the 1000th one made, signed by the line workers and some guy named Charles Kaman IV. |
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