Post by CTGull on Feb 23, 2022 5:46:14 GMT -5
THE STORY: He doesn’t play guitar, but he found it in an “upscale” thrift shop and had to buy it. He’s living out of a hotel room and working the Olympics for NBC in Stamford CT, doing stats and graphics. I asked for some pics to access the condition, especially a side view. The action is EXTREMELY high! I told him about the risk of buying vintage acoustic guitars and the typical high action. It’s basically a wall hanger, it needs an expensive neck reset, costing possibly more than the guitar is worth. He doesn’t want to put that much money into it, so he offered to give it to me so I can later make it playable again and give it a new life.
We met at Lowe’s in Norwalk CT. I saw a small truck/SUV drive up with Maine plates and a guy gets out wearing shorts, while it’s snowing with blowing wind. Classic! We talked, I froze my ass off wearing jeans and a coat! He’s worked at sporting events all over the world, including China. Since he’s been to China before (and doesn’t care to go back!) and recently had a baby, he’s working the Olympics remotely.
It's fairly clean, with a few scratches and dings, but there are some deep scratches on the heel, and some finish missing on the neck & back because it probably sat against a vinyl strap. It smells like it came out of an attic. The nut action is a little high to a little low. The neck relief is very high. The neck projects about 7/32" below the top of the bridge with a .07" gap in the middle. The action is 15/64" low E & 7/32" high E, tuned about 1/2 step low. The bridge is .25" high, the saddle sticks out .15"/.13", more than likely the original saddle height. The bridge is tipped forward in the middle and significant bulge in the top behind it, and the bridge has a bit of a gap under it in the back.
The bulge behind the bridge.
An odd place for deep scratches.
Finish missing from prolonged contact with a vinyl strap.
More finish missing from the vinyl strap. This is the worst damage on the whole guitar. I'll probably try to smooth it. I may need to spray some lacquer on it.
The action is a little high!!!
There's quite a bit of bulge behind the bridge. Typical of a Yamaha 12 string. They used the same bracing as the 6 string models.
A little bit of a gap under the bridge.
We met at Lowe’s in Norwalk CT. I saw a small truck/SUV drive up with Maine plates and a guy gets out wearing shorts, while it’s snowing with blowing wind. Classic! We talked, I froze my ass off wearing jeans and a coat! He’s worked at sporting events all over the world, including China. Since he’s been to China before (and doesn’t care to go back!) and recently had a baby, he’s working the Olympics remotely.
It's fairly clean, with a few scratches and dings, but there are some deep scratches on the heel, and some finish missing on the neck & back because it probably sat against a vinyl strap. It smells like it came out of an attic. The nut action is a little high to a little low. The neck relief is very high. The neck projects about 7/32" below the top of the bridge with a .07" gap in the middle. The action is 15/64" low E & 7/32" high E, tuned about 1/2 step low. The bridge is .25" high, the saddle sticks out .15"/.13", more than likely the original saddle height. The bridge is tipped forward in the middle and significant bulge in the top behind it, and the bridge has a bit of a gap under it in the back.
The bulge behind the bridge.
An odd place for deep scratches.
Finish missing from prolonged contact with a vinyl strap.
More finish missing from the vinyl strap. This is the worst damage on the whole guitar. I'll probably try to smooth it. I may need to spray some lacquer on it.
The action is a little high!!!
There's quite a bit of bulge behind the bridge. Typical of a Yamaha 12 string. They used the same bracing as the 6 string models.
A little bit of a gap under the bridge.
