Post by CTGull on Jun 28, 2021 19:04:49 GMT -5
He was the original owner. It was used regularly for a while but has been in storage for a few years. He remembers playing it at a 6th grade school assembly on the first Earth Day and was very proud to be showing it off. He also took it on a cross country tour camping with his parents to the west coast and back in the summer of 1972. He thought he would grow out of it but he never found a better sounding guitar.
Of course, it has high action. Typical of a 51 year old guitar. The action is a little over 3/16" low E & a little over 9/64" high E (an odd difference). Part of the problem is the neck relief is a bit high. After removing the truss rod nut, lubing it, reinstalled & adjusting, the action is 11/64" low E & 1/8" high E, still very high. The neck projects .15" below the top of the bridge, with a .03" gap in the middle, the straight edge hits on the first & last frets.
My messy work table.
Some pick marks and minor dings.
Some fret divots in the first position. Even though the frets are a bit low, it's possible it came from the factory that way.
Lots of minor stuff on the back.
Some minor dings and scratches all over.
The original saddle height. The saddle sticks out .10" on the bass side & .06" on the treble side.
And the pickguard is coming off.
Hopefully, tomorrow I'll take the strings off and take a few internal pictures. I'm not sure when I'll start working on this, I have 2 guitars unfinished and a customer guitar coming in 2 days.
Of course, it has high action. Typical of a 51 year old guitar. The action is a little over 3/16" low E & a little over 9/64" high E (an odd difference). Part of the problem is the neck relief is a bit high. After removing the truss rod nut, lubing it, reinstalled & adjusting, the action is 11/64" low E & 1/8" high E, still very high. The neck projects .15" below the top of the bridge, with a .03" gap in the middle, the straight edge hits on the first & last frets.
My messy work table.
Some pick marks and minor dings.
Some fret divots in the first position. Even though the frets are a bit low, it's possible it came from the factory that way.
Lots of minor stuff on the back.
Some minor dings and scratches all over.
The original saddle height. The saddle sticks out .10" on the bass side & .06" on the treble side.
And the pickguard is coming off.
Hopefully, tomorrow I'll take the strings off and take a few internal pictures. I'm not sure when I'll start working on this, I have 2 guitars unfinished and a customer guitar coming in 2 days.
