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Location: Texas | Thanks to everyone for your friendly welcome and feedback on my previous posting. Sorry, I don’t have pictures. The crack, although stable, is fairly bad and extends laterally inward from the bridge. KMC recommends a new top, bowl and bridge. I don't have the original receipt, and apparently did not send in the registration card. The work will cost $550. I have decided to stay with the sunburst, but with a cutaway deep bowl and an inlayed rosette. The guitar has the old style stereo pickup with the concentric volume/tone control. For an additional $150 I can get a new mono pickup and controls (treble/mid/bass). I never use the electric, but thought this might be a good idea to do. Also, I think I may go with a black bowl rather than brown. Any comments/suggestions would be appreciated. I have a couple days to nail down these details.
Cheers,
Leapin10
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Location: Colorado Rocky Mountains | Say, leapin, you're pretty much going to have a new guitar at the end of this process which will be far from stock, so you might as well have it custom built out with everything you've been dreaming about. |
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Location: SoCal | brown bowl to remember its heritage...
course, a respected but often abused senior member of the OFC might recommend making it an acoustic, especially (IMHO) you lose a little by having it as a cutaway. |
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Location: GATLINBURG TENNESSEE :) | Looking back now at my overhaul, I wish I would have thought about the inlaid rosette and cutaway options also. With the cutaway I would have chosen the contour bowl also though. Good luck. |
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Location: Colorado | Sorry to hear the damage is so extensive. BB is right. You might as well do it up the way you really want it for a few more bucks.
Let us know how it turns out--send pics, too!! |
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Location: Phoenix AZ | Electronics will make it easier to resell, but if you plan on keeping it and play acoustically then by all means do it right - bone nut, bone saddle, acoustic only.
Quick, name another acoustic only cutaway model ??? |
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Location: SoCal | My rebuilt Legend is acoustic only, bone saddle and nut. Every once in a while I think it would be nice to have electronics so that I could play it everywhere, but somehow, with a GC Reissue and an 87C, I feel pretty well covered.
If you don't plug in, make it acoustic only. You won't be disappointed. In this case, at least, Toby's right..... |
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1981 custom legend refurbish UPDATE
