Hi All,
New to LTG here, and I have to say--how much fun, this looks like a cool forum.
A friend of mine recently gave me an old Guild acoustic D25C, serial number 180091. I feel like I've exhausted my searches online and, what I did find, requires some more detail before I can move ahead with my plans.
The guitar is in fantastic shape, aside from a neck crack at the head which has been fixed.
The only real fix that needs to be done before I string this up is to replace the head nut. I measured it up and found that the distance from the "E's" is 1 7/16" wide and 5/16" high.
I can't seem to find a solid replacement nut option, and before I spend $20 in shipping and material, I wanted to double check this here.
Any thoughts? Has anyone replaced a nut on one of these, and can offer some better detail than I have?
Also, since I'm here, and there are clearly people that 'know' guitars on this forum:
*best way to clean the frets? There is 40 years of finger crud on the frets that I have not been able to remove using regular ol' fret cleaner.
*Any other tips to know about this guitar? Fun facts? (Knowing that I have read up on it on this forum).
I've provided pictures to get started, and I thank you for your time in looking at this thread post. Here's to giving this guitar new life in 2017!
Thanks,
Wilson. Duh duh. Duh duh.
http://i.imgur.com/vQC7bJa.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/aoah06N.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/vQC7bJa.jpg
New to LTG here, and I have to say--how much fun, this looks like a cool forum.
A friend of mine recently gave me an old Guild acoustic D25C, serial number 180091. I feel like I've exhausted my searches online and, what I did find, requires some more detail before I can move ahead with my plans.
The guitar is in fantastic shape, aside from a neck crack at the head which has been fixed.
The only real fix that needs to be done before I string this up is to replace the head nut. I measured it up and found that the distance from the "E's" is 1 7/16" wide and 5/16" high.
I can't seem to find a solid replacement nut option, and before I spend $20 in shipping and material, I wanted to double check this here.
Any thoughts? Has anyone replaced a nut on one of these, and can offer some better detail than I have?
Also, since I'm here, and there are clearly people that 'know' guitars on this forum:
*best way to clean the frets? There is 40 years of finger crud on the frets that I have not been able to remove using regular ol' fret cleaner.
*Any other tips to know about this guitar? Fun facts? (Knowing that I have read up on it on this forum).
I've provided pictures to get started, and I thank you for your time in looking at this thread post. Here's to giving this guitar new life in 2017!
Thanks,
Wilson. Duh duh. Duh duh.
http://i.imgur.com/vQC7bJa.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/aoah06N.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/vQC7bJa.jpg