Saved 2 Guitars Tonight

[West R Lee]

These are the pins that Don made (dyed) for me. We wanted them to look sort of fossilized and antique. Donny used some type of dye he conglomerated out of shoe polish or something (you'd have to ask him) and it took him doing a few treatments. Just a standard bone pin, but I really like the way they turned out. I especially like the way they look on the D55......thanks Don.

West

 

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Good for you West, and fascinating how little things can completely turn a guitar around. Only helps to convince me even more that plenty of guitars that get written off as "just a bad guitar" just need a little work and a good setup.

Oi, and some are just bad. I spent a considerable time tonight, on a Chinese strat copy for a co-worker's kid. Uneven frets, truss rod untouched, huge bow in the neck, bridge installed wrong, so you can't set intonation.

I'm telling the dad to buy a tuner and a fuzz box for his kid. The tuner, because he's going to need it and the fuzz box so he can't hear the buzzing. :evil:

 

[West R Lee]

Good for you West, and fascinating how little things can completely turn a guitar around. Only helps to convince me even more that plenty of guitars that get written off as "just a bad guitar" just need a little work and a good setup.

Oi, and some are just bad. I spent a considerable time tonight, on a Chinese strat copy for a co-worker's kid. Uneven frets, truss rod untouched, huge bow in the neck, bridge installed wrong, so you can't set intonation.

I'm telling the dad to buy a tuner and a fuzz box for his kid. The tuner, because he's going to need it and the fuzz box so he can't hear the buzzing. :evil:

:lol: :lol: I guess there's really is a bunch of "music" out there in which you couldn't hear string buzz.

West

 

[JerryR]

Tonight, I got a brainstorm. I had an new set of plastic pins I've held on to forever and thought what the heck. I snatched the bone pins I got from Don out of the D25 and stuck them in the D55, with a bit of fine reaming, they fit like a glove, and for the first time the pins actually seated against the bridgeplate. Leaving the bone saddle Don had made, I put the plastic pins in the D25. I think the old plastic pins were so bent, they wouldn't seat the string.

West

I know it's been talked about before, but just what is the best way to help seat some new pins? I have bone pins for my F-47RCE and they do not seat to the bridge, none of them. In fact they sit up about 3/16" from the bridge. Do I ream the pin hole? With what?, Do I sand the pin? How?

Now I'm confused - couldn't make the link to the picture - unless Graham's saying 'from me - with many tanks' :?

 

[JerryR]

Apparently, Mrs. West is a special lady. Sometimes she actually likes it when I play. In fact, she's been hounding me for a couple of months now to start playing again......so tonight I did after I got the 25 and the 55 fixed up, and she actually stayed around for a few songs.

West

Picked up the JF30-12 for the first time in a while last night and picked a couple... Pam came to the study door; smiled nicely, and closed it. I was OK with that until she locked me in. With the cat... :roll:

I usually wait for my wife to go to bed before I play.......

 

[Graham]

Now I'm confused - couldn't make the link to the picture - unless Graham's saying 'from me - with many tanks' :?[/quote]

You got it Jer. :wink: Or just plane thanks (Tanks,Tanx)