Bonneville88
Senior Member
Sometimes nautical glue might just make a difference!
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For certain! Good catch, Rick, Thanks. Now updated!Good one, Chris! But you forgot the belaying pins that hold the lanyards in the cleat. :biggrin-new:
Re: Seaworthiness
That's friggin' hilarious. I love that. I gotta figure out how to make that my sig.
friggin' - sailor's speak for "frigate rigging" (or "rigging the frigate"). Over at AGF they would refer to this process as "stringing up your Guild". But we, with our special Nautical Glue constructed guitars, we have our own terminology. Argh!Re: Seaworthiness
That's friggin'...
Seaworthiness: I have taken the necks off about 15 Guilds, to date. Sadly, I have ne'er encountered Nautical Glue in that neck joint. They all had used hide glue, and none of them were more difficult to remove than any other glued-in dovetail I have ever encountered.
I actually first stumbled across that term in some Victorian literature, with a very different interpretation.friggin' - sailor's speak for "frigate rigging" (or "rigging the frigate").
To be sure, as my definition is entirely fictitious! ;~}I actually first stumbled across that term in some Victorian literature, with a very different interpretation.
A quick search for "Marine glue" yesterday revealed there is a type of waterproof Titebond, but like all aliphatic resin glues, the creep strength is not as good as good old hideglue.Thanks, Jaime. All in good fun, of course.
Should anyone reading this thread be concerned or confused, it is my belief that the Guild F-50N Nautical model *never* existed, nor was Nautical glue ever used in the construction of any Guild,
Some may remember the travails of one of our members whose early New Hartford 12-string on which the bridge was re-worked twice before Fender finally authorized a warranty neck reset on a 2-year old guitar.nor were Nautical terms ever used to describe the guitar components (at least not to my knowledge - perhaps Hans can confirm). The hearsay that someone at the factory could "swear like a sailor" is not proof to the contrary.
A quick search for "Marine glue" yesterday revealed there is a type of waterproof Titebond, but like all aliphatic resin glues, the creep strength is not as good as good old hideglue..............
OTOH, the comments about Guild "Using tons of glue..." didn't make sense either. In a properly shaved DoveTail joint, the tighness of the fit is what makes the joint secure, not the amount of glue. Any excess glue would be pushed out of the joint anyway.
LOL - Man, I relate!I remember things that did not happen and I explain things I don't understand.
I think you remember correctly.With that in mind, the comments I recall about "lots of glue" referred to the situation where the joint was not tight and some combination of excess glue and wood shims were used to make the joint tight enough.