1adam12
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Newbie here with sorta rebuilt 60's F20!
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Welcome! Yes, how does it play and sound?
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1adam12
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Hi folks! Sounds great for what happened...which I have no idea how or why. I got it in a white trash bag, for next to nothing (parts) When I dumped it all out, it seemed like it said "I'm still nice, like 96% here, please glue me back together"....I really went into it with fingers crossed and rough calculations and very little care for cosmetics. I just wanted the base physics of what was there to work. If I can make it playable great! If I can't, the salvagable parts will go in my parts drawer or traded/bartered/sold.
I gave it a highschool (not college) try. I used a chunky piece of metal for the saddle as it had the height that she needed..it happens to lean forward quite a bit which luckily made the intonation acceptable. The action is still a bit low of all things, (top dip) even gave it more slight relief with the rod.
It is passable for the ez playin' finger picking couch potato it is. It is balanced, it is in the ballpark of every small bodied "solid top" sounding things out there. Is it the cannon an Adirondack/Sinker small body Martin? def not, though I don't think any F-20/30 is or should they be, they have their own parking spot in the tonal world and I think it should record well for certain things...
It has the lightest gauge Monel strings, as I did not want to even chance writing a letter to Mr. Titebond III ! LOL.
I will say this, for the monkey biz that bracing went through making it simply work with modifying/glue etc, I got lucky.
Some guitars can survive being El Kabonged!
Thanks for the warm reception!
I gave it a highschool (not college) try. I used a chunky piece of metal for the saddle as it had the height that she needed..it happens to lean forward quite a bit which luckily made the intonation acceptable. The action is still a bit low of all things, (top dip) even gave it more slight relief with the rod.
It is passable for the ez playin' finger picking couch potato it is. It is balanced, it is in the ballpark of every small bodied "solid top" sounding things out there. Is it the cannon an Adirondack/Sinker small body Martin? def not, though I don't think any F-20/30 is or should they be, they have their own parking spot in the tonal world and I think it should record well for certain things...
It has the lightest gauge Monel strings, as I did not want to even chance writing a letter to Mr. Titebond III ! LOL.
I will say this, for the monkey biz that bracing went through making it simply work with modifying/glue etc, I got lucky.
Some guitars can survive being El Kabonged!
Thanks for the warm reception!
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kitniyatran
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Good job!
Wow fantastic save!
Elephant in the room: The truss rod cover is upside down! (truss rod cover inspection is a free service we provide all members)
Elephant in the room: The truss rod cover is upside down! (truss rod cover inspection is a free service we provide all members)
Cougar
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Ugliness is in the eye of the beholder, lol. Welcome to LTG!
1adam12
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Ha, it's still holding up, thought it would have folded up in half by now....the only real quirk is that really high saddle. There's just a big of sag in the top that I estimated would belly, (verb?!) but it never did...oh well. Next string change, I'll do a little finegalin'! It's been a joy of a couch potato, I did take it out a couple of times and had a lil crowd gather...
Thanks for the encouragement folks and or not givin' me the gattlin gun! lol
Thanks for the encouragement folks and or not givin' me the gattlin gun! lol