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Location: Pacific Northwest Inland Empire | I was going to attach this to an existing discussion, but thought it would track better, under its own heading:
When is some enterprising soul going to set up an idled milling machine to "rebuild" old aluminum fretboards?
Apparently, the "replacement neck" idea was Ovation's "Edsel", but there are, apparently, 1000's of old worn-out necks still attached to the guitar bodies, sequestered in closets around the world.
If I had a smidgen of machinist's skills, I'd take it on.
This might be a great training tool for a vocational school. Anybody connected to one of those? |
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Location: New Hampsha | Would you be willing to pay $400/500 to save that old guitar? I bet the CNC time would cost that, and paying someone to stand at a manual milling machine wouldn't be much cheaper.
Someone here had a better idea to slot the board to enable a refret. |
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Location: 6 String Ranch | $400-500 to save a $200 guitar. Let's think about that for a little while....... |
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Location: Phoenix AZ | New dress, Old whore. |
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Location: Keepin' It Weird in Portland, OR | My friends still cannot understand why I paid a Hunnert Bucks for a Totally Plastic Guitar... (Academy) I tell them it is a historic collectors' item. But I wouldn't pay $400 to fix it. It is debatable whether it was worth $500 to fix a $300 Pacemaker.
But if you Really Love your Matrix... |
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Location: Phoenix AZ | What's crazier paying a hundred for a totally plastic guitar or paying a thoughsand for one that's half plastic? |
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Location: Pacific Northwest Inland Empire | I'm not saying, do it as an income-generating business.
Oh, never mind. You're probably right.
Everybody needs to learn slide, anyway. |
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Location: Caribou, ME | I've 'dressed' the frets on Applauses before. It's not the end-all fix but if they're not completely shot their life can be extended.
I wouldn't suggest this as a practical fix but if a customer absolutely wanted a partial refret done on an old Applause (Matrix,Academy) I would be brave enough to dremel off the aluminum and cut the first few slots. A little epoxy or super glue and Bob's your uncle. The remaining frets would have to be crowned to blend in of course.
Like I said, it's not practical but sometimes repairs aren't. |
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Location: Pacific Northwest Inland Empire | In the morbid interest of flagellating a deceased equine, I would surmise the partial refret is the most efficaceous option. Probably using low-crown wire to minimize the amount of releveling labours. |
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Location: Earth·SolarSystem·LocalInterstellarCloud·Local Bub | Gettin' all loquacious on our asses. |
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Location: Pacific Northwest Inland Empire | "Dictionary Breath", as it were. |
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