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TAFKAR
Posted 2010-12-07 5:46 PM (#360019)
Subject: 12 string renovation - swell guys



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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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ProfessorBB
Posted 2010-12-07 6:18 PM (#360020 - in reply to #360019)
Subject: Re: 12 string renovation - swell guys



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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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BT717
Posted 2010-12-07 6:40 PM (#360021 - in reply to #360019)
Subject: Re: 12 string renovation - swell guys


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Location: Vernon CT		That's one big M.F... Guitar...............
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TAFKAR
Posted 2010-12-07 6:57 PM (#360022 - in reply to #360019)
Subject: Re: 12 string renovation - swell guys



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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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muzza
Posted 2010-12-07 8:46 PM (#360023 - in reply to #360019)
Subject: Re: 12 string renovation - swell guys



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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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TAFKAR
Posted 2010-12-07 9:23 PM (#360024 - in reply to #360019)
Subject: Re: 12 string renovation - swell guys



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Location: Sydney, Australia		Hey, this is a Windows problem. Can't blame this on the Mac.
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MusicMishka
Posted 2010-12-07 9:23 PM (#360025 - in reply to #360019)
Subject: Re: 12 string renovation - swell guys


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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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Todd G.
Posted 2010-12-07 10:27 PM (#360026 - in reply to #360019)
Subject: Re: 12 string renovation - swell guys


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Location: Colorado		Wow--who was playing this guitar, Superman? Nice repair work though.
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Avatar4550
Posted 2010-12-08 12:22 AM (#360027 - in reply to #360019)
Subject: Re: 12 string renovation - swell guys


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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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MWoody
Posted 2010-12-08 12:43 PM (#360028 - in reply to #360019)
Subject: Re: 12 string renovation - swell guys



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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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