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Second post about my D35, thanks for the info from my previous post! (https://letstalkguild.com/ltg/index.php?threads/d-35-early-1970s-best-investment-ever.210828/)
I got around to cleaning up / touching up my D35 and carefully examining it, something I've never really done since I love its sound.
Neck seems to be ok, a little upbow (?) at the peghead end, seems to be aligned ok but I didn't use a straight edge, only line of sight, so not yet time for a reset, action maybe a little high but I am used to it....
Frets - some wear but since there is no fret buzz I'm just going to keep on playing. Cleaned up the fretboard with a little mineral oil......
Nut - The strings are barely set into the nut so I think it fine.
Deep ding - whenever it happened it did not puncture through, and the cracking seems to be contained to the same as when it happened. I did stabilize the crack using amber CA glue. It now appears darker since the exposed wood is now coated with CA, I took pictures from inside to see the damage before I did anything.
Golpeador - I removed any material that had lifted off the surface and was no longer attached, and left quite a bit after careful trimming. I saw no reason to remove it totally
Pickguard - after removing some of the golpeador I looked to see if the pickguard had caused a crack, and did not find one so all good there.
Various exposed wood from wear, and dings- I used a NCL touchup (Amber) pen to address any exposed wood on the top. I also quickly ran the pen over some existing cracked lacquer by exposed wood areas to blend in. For the top I am ok with the results as it looks much better than before the touchup (albeit a little rough still LOL). For dings on the back, sides and the peghead I used a mahogany NCL pen. It looks great although upon close inspection dings and scratches are easy to feel.
Bridge - Looks like it has had some bridge work in the past as there is excess glue visible on the front of the bridge (hidden under the old golpeador...), and it is slightly lifted up (and glued in like that) on the back? I used a little bit of mineral oil on the bridge also. The pin holes have some cracking visible in an internal picture I took, I don't think it affects anything...
Pins - I had 4 different pins in use, including what I thought was a golf tee and turned out to be a chopstick LOL (all from when I bought the guitar except for the chopstick)! Replaced them with a common set....
All in all, I'm pretty happy with how it cleaned up, It was definitely worth the price of the NCL and CA.... The new EJ16s sound amazing (the old strings were ancient but had hardly been played)
Original pics from my first post: https://photos.app.goo.gl/c7niz3Ds5uxvmPJe7
Pictures post-touchups....: https://photos.app.goo.gl/QoFsX7V2Ja3ipz2t5
Hope you enjoy the update!
IHGuild
I got around to cleaning up / touching up my D35 and carefully examining it, something I've never really done since I love its sound.
Neck seems to be ok, a little upbow (?) at the peghead end, seems to be aligned ok but I didn't use a straight edge, only line of sight, so not yet time for a reset, action maybe a little high but I am used to it....
Frets - some wear but since there is no fret buzz I'm just going to keep on playing. Cleaned up the fretboard with a little mineral oil......
Nut - The strings are barely set into the nut so I think it fine.
Deep ding - whenever it happened it did not puncture through, and the cracking seems to be contained to the same as when it happened. I did stabilize the crack using amber CA glue. It now appears darker since the exposed wood is now coated with CA, I took pictures from inside to see the damage before I did anything.
Golpeador - I removed any material that had lifted off the surface and was no longer attached, and left quite a bit after careful trimming. I saw no reason to remove it totally
Pickguard - after removing some of the golpeador I looked to see if the pickguard had caused a crack, and did not find one so all good there.
Various exposed wood from wear, and dings- I used a NCL touchup (Amber) pen to address any exposed wood on the top. I also quickly ran the pen over some existing cracked lacquer by exposed wood areas to blend in. For the top I am ok with the results as it looks much better than before the touchup (albeit a little rough still LOL). For dings on the back, sides and the peghead I used a mahogany NCL pen. It looks great although upon close inspection dings and scratches are easy to feel.
Bridge - Looks like it has had some bridge work in the past as there is excess glue visible on the front of the bridge (hidden under the old golpeador...), and it is slightly lifted up (and glued in like that) on the back? I used a little bit of mineral oil on the bridge also. The pin holes have some cracking visible in an internal picture I took, I don't think it affects anything...
Pins - I had 4 different pins in use, including what I thought was a golf tee and turned out to be a chopstick LOL (all from when I bought the guitar except for the chopstick)! Replaced them with a common set....
All in all, I'm pretty happy with how it cleaned up, It was definitely worth the price of the NCL and CA.... The new EJ16s sound amazing (the old strings were ancient but had hardly been played)
Original pics from my first post: https://photos.app.goo.gl/c7niz3Ds5uxvmPJe7
Pictures post-touchups....: https://photos.app.goo.gl/QoFsX7V2Ja3ipz2t5
Hope you enjoy the update!
IHGuild