Neal
Senior Member
For those that have not followed the discussion about this guitar, and its original condition, see:
http://www.letstalkguild.com/ltg/showthread.php?192604-F-50R-on-Reverb
Poor thing had a few cosmetic issues:
1. Weather-checked top.
2. Missing pickguard.
3. Tiny crack at endpin (no damage to tailblock).
4. Bad spider infestation.
I found a perfect replacement pickguard, and about five minutes of picking at the spider sticker with my fingernail took care of it and, voila!
Big, deep, rich, balanced, articulate, resonant, and easy-playing, even with the nasty plastic saddle and bridge pins (soon to be remedied), and following removal of a large sheet of paper towel that the former owner stuffed inside the lower bout, for reasons that only he knew.
Right now, the F-50R is my favorite guitar. It produces a significantly more muscular, resonant, complex tone than my maple F-50, which is much "drier" and more fundamental. Both have their place, musically.
http://www.letstalkguild.com/ltg/showthread.php?192604-F-50R-on-Reverb
Poor thing had a few cosmetic issues:
1. Weather-checked top.
2. Missing pickguard.
3. Tiny crack at endpin (no damage to tailblock).
4. Bad spider infestation.
I found a perfect replacement pickguard, and about five minutes of picking at the spider sticker with my fingernail took care of it and, voila!
Big, deep, rich, balanced, articulate, resonant, and easy-playing, even with the nasty plastic saddle and bridge pins (soon to be remedied), and following removal of a large sheet of paper towel that the former owner stuffed inside the lower bout, for reasons that only he knew.
Right now, the F-50R is my favorite guitar. It produces a significantly more muscular, resonant, complex tone than my maple F-50, which is much "drier" and more fundamental. Both have their place, musically.