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Location: Blue Ridge Mountains | Here is my 1977 1615-1 Pacemaker 12 that I bought on EBay for $100 as is...
I'm sending it to Mother in the next few days for a complete spa treatment: it needs it...
I can hardly wait to see the finished product!
\'77 Pacemaker 12 |
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Location: Steeler Nation, Hudson Valley Contingent | COOL! I'm sure it will surpass all expectations. |
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Location: Florida Central Gulf Coast | Pics like that just make my stomach tighten!
Looking forward to the rehab report... |
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Location: Cork, Ireland | Just looks like a finish crack to me |
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Location: Sydney, Australia | Originally posted by sycamore:
Just looks like a finish crack to me Yeah, I bet he didn't even try to polish it out. |
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Location: Blue Ridge Mountains | Yeah, I bet he didn't even try to polish it out.
I did but I kept losing the rag...lol |
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Location: USA | please post the finished project |
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Location: 6 String Ranch | a little Elmers............ |
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Location: CA | Ace Ventura to companion after having just crawled out of a Land Rover that's rolled about 5 times — "You should DETAIL this baby...." |
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Location: Cork, Ireland | I wonder what happened to it - was it a case of "Put away that f-ing guitar or I'll break it over your f-ing head!!" |
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Location: Blue Ridge Mountains | The owner told me it was in the garage and got knocked over...It had no case; I sent a case to him to have it shipped back to me...but, who knows... |
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Location: South of most, North of few | Originally posted by sycamore:
Just looks like a finish crack to me Do you write the copy for most of the Ebay ads? :D |
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Location: Blue Ridge Mountains | On the way to visit Mother as we speak...
I will post finished pic's and details...
TJ, you crack me up...lol |
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Location: NW of Philadelphia | Originally posted by MusicMishka:
The owner told me it was in the garage and got knocked over... It had no case... What did he knock it over with... An SUV? |
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Location: Blue Ridge Mountains | Got the estimate and details today...it's gonna be killa!
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Location: Florida Central Gulf Coast | Don't hold out on us Mike. Details man, details! Whatcha having done? |
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Location: Blue Ridge Mountains | Everything Johnny: New SB top/glass bowl/Original Electronic's check/RW Bridge/regloss neck and fix one ding on same/anything else it needs:
This is a '77 just like my original but w/SB top...'spensive but yummy! |
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Location: Florida Central Gulf Coast | Awesome! Ummmm, do they do '47 'O' (as in Old) models up there? I could use some 'magic'.  |
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| I had my pacemaker redone and it came back amazing, however the soundboard was redone with the "latest bracing" I find the sound different than the old fan bracing, not better, not worse, just different, probably more stable. I'm working on a new Pacemaker project and going to get A bracing installed, but thats a whole other post and a whole other story. |
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Location: Keepin' It Weird in Portland, OR | Now you made me look...
My rebuilt Pacemaker has X bracing.
I would have to get a mirror to tell you if it is scalloped or not.
I gotta get me one of them dentist's mirrors. |
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Location: Michigan | It looks great as is! Probably only shows up when the light hits it a certain way. :)
Kidding aside I did not think one could look worse than mine but....
Good luck and let us know how it comes out. |
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Location: Blue Ridge Mountains | I was asking for A bracing...not sure if thats the best or not...any thoughts? |
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Location: SoCal | Mikey, as you probably know, I'm very partial to A bracing in both 6 and 12 strings. My 69 GC rebuilt has it as does a GC 12 owned by Temp and an old Pacemaker, owned by Jeff W and now by Toby. In my opinion, it yields a much better sound than the old fan bracing pattern original used.
But to be honest, I don't know what the new X bracing would sound like in at 12 fret 12 string. I don't know if it would sound better or worse, and I suspect that the only way to know would be to have 2 identical guitars built with the only difference being the bracing.
Anybody here wanna give that a shot? |
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Location: Blue Ridge Mountains | Thanls Paul, I did remember that but an not sure about the new bracing either...
I'm getting a glass bowl so that will certainly help the sound...just unsure about the bracing...is the new X bracing scalloped?
I should know this but can't remember...
Thanks for the help folks...I'm really getting excited about this re-build... |
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Location: SoCal | The new X is scalloped. I'm guessing that it ought to sound good. Maybe a little more open than the A braced 12 fretters, but comparison is the only way to know for certain.
Regardless, oughta sound great..... |
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