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Location: Upper Left USA | Oh, and it doesn't work out for you let's talk some trades. I've never butchered an Adamas before! |
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Location: East Tennessee | Originally posted by Captain_Lovehandles:
It was well-played and poorly taken care of.
Commonly referred to as " "Rode hard and put away wet" |
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Location: New Hampsha | I think I'd try a combination of the previous suggestions - I'd go with the epoxy and then slacken the strings, and clean up the squeeze-out before it hardened.
That looks like it might have been a Katrina survivor? I'm jealous - I'm looking for a mint 1597 RG and they've all gone into hiding... Nice snag! |
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Location: Central Florida | +1 on calling the Mothership for advice on what to use for sticking the bridge down. Sure would be nice to be able to do that repair yourself.
Nice grab you guys!
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Location: GA USA | According to GNATL, Iffy is the man. I had already informed G of that fact. |
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Location: Georgia | It's a fact, Iffy is the man. New tuners, and a set of strings for good measure.
Thanks again Iffy. Now if I can just get the Captain to join me on a trip to Fl we'd come by and see ya'.
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Location: Pacific Northwest Inland Empire | Great advice, MWoody. Call The MotherShip. They use a two-part epoxy, of some sort. I'd want to diagnose why the bridge was lifting, also. If an Adamas "bellies-up", how is the top returned to a flatter profile?
BTW, lacquer thinner will clean the fretboard- real well. Gets rid of all the finger oils & acids, too. |
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Location: GA USA | Originally posted by GNATL:
Now if I can just get the Captain to join me on a trip to Fl we'd come by and see ya'. I never said I wanted to see him! |
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Location: Florida Central Gulf Coast | Originally posted by Captain_Lovehandles:
I never said I wanted to see him! 
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Location: Texas | If I found that guitar, in that condition, at that price, I'd have taken a long drive for it too, the heat in the car would warm me up between the cold nights sleeping in the dog-house. ;)
It's sad the way some of these beautiful instruments have been treated, but it's nice that we can rescue them and bring them back to life. (It also enables some of us with "diminished guitar funds***" to get to play better guitars than we otherwise would be able to.)
Since I'm in the process of cleaning up a neglected Adamas also, I'll be watching this thread to see how your project progresses, and glean any advice that I can, too. I'm looking forward to your "after" pix almost as much as I'm looking forward to posting my own. ;)
You guys may soon be in the unique situation of begging each other to accept $200 to buy out the other half of the guitar. Please, don't start a bidding war with each other… maybe you can work out a shared custody arrangement… ;)
*** Diminished Guitar Funds was the name of a band I used to be in. We only played diminished chords, I don't know why we never made it big… ;) |
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Location: GA USA | We already worked it out, standing. I explained to Gary what the guitar is actually worth and he's paying me $1000 for my half. |
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Location: Georgia | As stated early in this string, my half is in great shape it is Jas' that is in a world of hurt. He is the proud owner of a lot of grime, pitted tuners, and the space beneath the lifting bridge. Since receiving new tuners from Iffy, and tentative plans to re-bond the bridge this weekend, I think $200 for Jas will be a great return. After all, his space (beneath the bridge) will be gone, his grime will be gone, and I am willing to let him have the original tuners. Now that I think about it, maybe I should offer him $150.
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Location: Atlanta, GA. | Sounds like my last divorce decree!!! |
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