Post by warmstrat on Apr 13, 2008 15:41:18 GMT -5
Ok, so I got my hands on a luffly old Charvel acoustic ("Model 550M" says the sticker in the soundhole) from a friend of mine's mum - it had suffered rather badly in their moving house, and needed some love and attention, so I've taken it in and will be returning it when it's feeling a little less sorry for itself.
Here's the deal: It's pretty. I get 'wow's at the finish and the grain and the colour of the wood - but I have no idea what it is. It's nothing like anything else I've ever seen, anyway. Does anyone know what this is?
One of the machine heads was broken, so I took it out along with another one (so's I could show the music shop salesman what I was looking for) and discovered to my horror that the little hexagonal nut/bolts that hold the peg into the head have in most cases split - this being what caused the first one to snap clean out.
So unless anyone else has any good ideas, I'm gonna have to buy a whole new set of tuners.
Does anyone know what this guitar is worth, how old it is, etc when well-repaired?
The guitar was also left out of a case whilst heavy renovations and building took place and as such was covered with a thick layer of grey (mostly cement) dust. This dried out the untreated fretboard and bridge, so after dusting it down I applied a nice coat of household Teak Oil to both (it works a treat, by the way, and also leaves your frets clean and sleek).
... I wish I had before and after pictures to show how amazing that transition was.
Teak Oil is also useful, my father pointed out, for repairing small dings in the varnish where the varnish has gone yellow or milky - the oil soaks between the cracks of varnish and darkens them (mostly) back to the correct colour.
On the subject of polishes, there is a furniture polish we have in South Africa called 'Mr. Min'. This is an aerosol polish/cleaning agent for varnished or otherwise treated woods, and on the gloss body finish of both this acoustic and my own guitars, it works just as well as any "Guitar Polish". On a whim, I rubbed down the strings with the now-polish soaked rag, and whadda you know? It removes corrosion from strings and leaves them sleek and shiny and lovely to play on, too.
All in all, a rather productive day!
Here's the deal: It's pretty. I get 'wow's at the finish and the grain and the colour of the wood - but I have no idea what it is. It's nothing like anything else I've ever seen, anyway. Does anyone know what this is?
One of the machine heads was broken, so I took it out along with another one (so's I could show the music shop salesman what I was looking for) and discovered to my horror that the little hexagonal nut/bolts that hold the peg into the head have in most cases split - this being what caused the first one to snap clean out.
So unless anyone else has any good ideas, I'm gonna have to buy a whole new set of tuners.
Does anyone know what this guitar is worth, how old it is, etc when well-repaired?
The guitar was also left out of a case whilst heavy renovations and building took place and as such was covered with a thick layer of grey (mostly cement) dust. This dried out the untreated fretboard and bridge, so after dusting it down I applied a nice coat of household Teak Oil to both (it works a treat, by the way, and also leaves your frets clean and sleek).
... I wish I had before and after pictures to show how amazing that transition was.
Teak Oil is also useful, my father pointed out, for repairing small dings in the varnish where the varnish has gone yellow or milky - the oil soaks between the cracks of varnish and darkens them (mostly) back to the correct colour.
On the subject of polishes, there is a furniture polish we have in South Africa called 'Mr. Min'. This is an aerosol polish/cleaning agent for varnished or otherwise treated woods, and on the gloss body finish of both this acoustic and my own guitars, it works just as well as any "Guitar Polish". On a whim, I rubbed down the strings with the now-polish soaked rag, and whadda you know? It removes corrosion from strings and leaves them sleek and shiny and lovely to play on, too.
All in all, a rather productive day!
