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Permalink Reply by john mackay on March 15, 2015 at 5:46am

here is where the hole is going to be put and a quick look inside .

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Permalink Reply by the anonymous pick on March 15, 2015 at 6:21am

in  that  case  ,   and  if you  don't  wanna    put a  hole  in the  lid    or   the top    facing  up at  you  .  ..  i  wouldn't     bother   with  a sound      hole at  all ,  that's not  a  practical spot    in my opinon    .  and    if that  blemish  is    bare  wood  ,  i'd  just    get  some pam  cooking spray  in a   rag   and  wipe  it   on  that  spot..  that  should  shine  /  match it  up   a bit  more  . 

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Permalink Reply by Ron "Oily" Sprague on March 15, 2015 at 7:12am

Let it stay blemished. That's just road wear. People pay Fenders thousands of dollars for that distressed look.

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Permalink Reply by john mackay on March 19, 2015 at 6:23am

here she is. I'm very pleased with it.

it had a few scrapes etc so I decided to do a bit more rubbing down to give it that worn look.

but the lid was having none of it as it came off completely in places but I left it as is and lacquered it all over.

plug it into my amp wow sound really nice ,nice deep mellow sound that I've been searching. bingo!!!

so what deya fink?

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Permalink Reply by the anonymous pick on March 19, 2015 at 8:41am

looks  gud  ;-)

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Permalink Reply by john mackay on March 19, 2015 at 9:17am

the tone/volume knobs need to be put on but forgotten which is which.

and I dont want to disturb the lacquer.

one pot has what look like green capacitor of sort,I take that this for the tone?

I'll have put a longer bridge and thicker as the neck is bending upwards.

so box will have to be cut to allow a longer wood support.

see attachment in my 4th post and you will see what I mean.

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Permalink Reply by the anonymous pick on March 19, 2015 at 9:41am

yup  on  the tone   cap  ..  and     i'd  do   a thicker   piece  of  wood  inside  .

 if  you  could  extend  it   past the  box  ,making an outer  heal    that  would offer more support  too.  

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Permalink Reply by john mackay on March 20, 2015 at 4:59am

all sorted.

when I tried to tune it it was all over the place.put a thick and longer wood on.

it seem to be holding up well.

had to make new nut /bridge.

got the strings set at about 1.5 to 2mm from the nut up to 3 to 3.5mm..

knobs on.thanks for the input.

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Permalink Reply by the anonymous pick on March 20, 2015 at 6:29am

cheers  .. now  have  fun  with  it  ;-)

 

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Permalink Reply by john mackay on March 20, 2015 at 7:00am

my son  just popped in to have a look and play. he said it sound very nice and bassy.

tune the strings as normal as per 6 strings 6,5,4, and 3.

sound realy nice and then one of the strings went off no 3 it turned out the the chinese tuners decided to give way so that will need changing.

never had this happened with the others ,hopefully just a one off.

he said just imagine what it'll sound like with good quality strings!

most of the strings cost 99 pence for 6.

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Permalink Reply by the anonymous pick on March 20, 2015 at 7:06am

i  wouldnt  mess  with  it  too  much  ,  sometimes    a guit  needs  to  find  its  own    position   ,  and  "settle"  after being  tuned  .   hell  .  nylon  strings  take    weeks  to  find them  selves  sometimes  . 

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Permalink Reply by john mackay on March 20, 2015 at 7:10am

thanks for ya tip

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