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 Post subject: A Restoration of Sorts
PostPosted: Fri Dec 16, 2011 5:57 pm 
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First name: James
Last Name: Strange
City: Carson City
State: Nevada
Zip/Postal Code: 89701
Country: USA
Status: Amateur
I have a late 60s S. Yairi dread that was retopped with a nice Adi to by a very able-but-unnamed-for-political-reasons luthier. Here is a pic of the top bracing he came up with:

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A triple X! Interesting! It also has very tall tapered finger braces which are butted at the bottom, a small gap on the upper half.

So now I need to do the neck, the bridge and the finishing. I'm going to get some assistance from a local luthier and use this "restoration" as a learning project.

I sort of hate to call it a restoration as I will be going with a new neck and bridge. The original neck started life at 1 11/16" at the nut. With the sanding it has undergone is is approaching 1 5/8"...far too narrow for me. So this thing is going to end up as a Frankenstein of sorts.

Should be an education, anyway. ;)

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PostPosted: Mon Dec 26, 2011 1:12 pm 
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Joined: Thu Dec 09, 2010 9:49 am
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First name: James
Last Name: Strange
City: Carson City
State: Nevada
Zip/Postal Code: 89701
Country: USA
Status: Amateur
I have started a thread documenting this resoration (including many pictures) on the AGF if you are interested.

http://www.acousticguitarforum.com/foru ... p?t=236765


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