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Location: Pacific Northwest Inland Empire | Hi Guys,
Thought I might provide another project for your viewing and conjectural pleasure. I watched this KA-14 languish on FleaBay for a coupla months. Pursued the sale and the critter should arrive sometime today.
I will do whatever I can with the cosmetics. For the initial foray, what are your recommendations for removing the vestige of the bygone rosette adhesive? I will decide on its replacement eventually but wondered what the black adhesive is and what will remove it most discretely.
Herewith is the evidence:
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Location: Pacific Northwest Inland Empire | Apparently, idle hands are the devil's workshop. So, recommendations for the tuner knobs. Should, or could, they be repaired, or replaced? And, any ideas where to find replacements?
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Location: Pacific Northwest Inland Empire | The adhesive was fairly soft and scraped off well. I will see if a little Goo-Gone removes the rest of the residue. The tuner buttons have a few cracks in them but seem to be solid. "If the roof don't leak...." |
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Location: Pacific Northwest Inland Empire | Lacquer thinner & elbow grease. Cures many ills. Sent a "kite" to The MotherShip about rosettes. Curious to hear a response. I know I can get a Celebrity version from Dusty. |
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Location: Pacific Northwest Inland Empire | Installed a rosette. Nothing fancy. No word from GEWA, yet. Critter plays pretty well, reflective of superior Kaman engineering & innovation. Still has some meat on the cowboy frets, too.
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Location: SoCal | David Witko bought one of those 20 years ago and we had it at one of the NAMM parties at my house. Almost everybody signed the top with a magic marker. It was surprising how good it sounded......
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