You Don't Really Need That Neck Reset

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Seriously, I'd like to hear what a luthier would do with this if someone brought it to him and said it was his grandfather's old guitar and wanted it fixed. Reset certainly, with a new bridge, but could a bunch of spruce be spliced in, or are we talking retop?
 

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Hello

IF - notice IF !!! - that guitar would ever land in my possession - I might try "Something completely different" ( who said that ??? ) - since restoring it to original condition would be tremendeous work - and plenty of money - I might consider fixing the bridge pluis neck joint and then either leaving the top as is - or filling it all with clear resin to fill the holes. Why spend a fortune on beat-up finish of a guitar, that is not unique ?

All this naturally, if rest of said axe were worth salvaging. Straigth neck at least.


ps - why is this forum´s spell-checker interfering, when I type correctly ???
 

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Seriously, I'd like to hear what a luthier would do with this if someone brought it to him and said it was his grandfather's old guitar and wanted it fixed. Reset certainly, with a new bridge, but could a bunch of spruce be spliced in, or are we talking retop?

After scrolling through the owner's Instagram feed, which I linked on the OP, it looks like he met with a Guild rep at NAMM this year and has plans to restore it. I'd assume that means re-top, but I like Nuuska's idea of leaving it as is. Problem is that the hole is just going to get bigger with a heavy handed strummer so a resin fill could be interesting.
 

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After scrolling through the owner's Instagram feed, which I linked on the OP, it looks like he met with a Guild rep at NAMM this year and has plans to restore it. I'd assume that means re-top, but I like Nuuska's idea of leaving it as is. Problem is that the hole is just going to get bigger with a heavy handed strummer so a resin fill could be interesting.

Given the damage done to the bridge and under the strings (even being uniquely lowered as it is) I think heavy handed might be a mis-statement.... maybe more like hammer handed. Years ago my uncle tried making chef / kitchen knives out of old saw-blades. Maybe this guy tried making guitar picks that way.! BTW - the knives held a normal straight edge well enough to cut through bone easily (i.e., not the sawtooth profile).
 

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Maybe it's having difficulty with your accent?


What? me hadda da aczent?

Two of them "I tell ya" men sit in a bus.
A lady sits in front of them - she hears them talk.
"Emma com first - den I com - two asses cum togeter - den I com again - two asses come togeter again and I coma again and pee twice - den I coma one moor lasta time."
At this time the lady turns around and says : "Excuse me, but in this country we do not talk loudly about our sexlife!"
Italian man looks at her saying: "Coola down Mama - nobody talka bout sex - me tella me friend how to spella Mississippi!
 
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Given the damage done to the bridge and under the strings (even being uniquely lowered as it is) I think heavy handed might be a mis-statement.... maybe more like hammer handed. Years ago my uncle tried making chef / kitchen knives out of old saw-blades. Maybe this guy tried making guitar picks that way.! BTW - the knives held a normal straight edge well enough to cut through bone easily (i.e., not the sawtooth profile).

Now I know what happens when you play with steel thumb picks.......
 

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What's funny is I'd like to see how it sounds right now!! It's like a "soundport" on the front. no doubt it needs help, but don't we all......... :afro:
 
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