[pimp_vince]

i have two very small dents in the top of my taylor 310, and it annoys the hell out of me. most people don't notice and i have to really point it out. but is there anyway of making these less visible/profound. while still small they do go rather deep into the wood (hit the corner of a table when putting it away )

dadfad? i think you'd be the only one with experience doing this.

[evileye]

My gibby has a pinhole dent and a chip in the binding, both tiny and you wouldnt find them even looking for them unless I pointed it out. But still...

[dadfad]

SOMETIMES you can steam them out. More often you'd just fill the hole with clear of the same type as the finish (probably epoxy for the Taylor, I don't think they use nitrocellulose laquer on them) and then rub it out and re-wax it. Stewart-MacDonalds could probably tell you over the phone and supply what you need.

[pimp_vince]

SOMETIMES you can steam them out. More often you'd just fill the hole with clear of the same type as the finish (probably epoxy for the Taylor, I don't think they use nitrocellulose laquer on them) and then rub it out and re-wax it. Stewart-MacDonalds could probably tell you over the phone and supply what you need.

thanks a ton i'll look into it... so for slight depressions in the wood (let's just say that one time i was drunk off my rocker and forgot to take my watch off... remmeber i'm a south paw... so that caused a little damage. but it's near the bridge... do i need to be careful not to steam the bridge off?

[adds]

If its right through to the wood but not too bad a dent then you can usually damp it lightly with a cloth and the bruse will lift.You can the re finish the area of the dent.Seems like alot of work though for a tiny dent.Id personly just leave little dents.Gives a bit of character.If its a hole then fine but a little dent why worry.

[capo2nd]

If its right through to the wood but not too bad a dent then you can usually damp it lightly with a cloth and the bruse will lift.You can the re finish the area of the dent.Seems like alot of work though for a tiny dent.Id personly just leave little dents.Gives a bit of character.If its a hole then fine but a little dent why worry.

True that. After all, you have the guitar for usage, not for exposition, ehy?

[evileye]

Well said shane. I'd prefer to keep the gibby in prestine condition, but I wont loose sleep over a pinhole dent. It still sounds as good, and a guitar is to be played not to be left lying in a glass case out of harms way.

[dadfad]

Cian, I mentioned a trip to Elderly Instruments to you on Saturday. Good trip, the repair is "on the house" (to a valued customer like me! ). But, while there I saw a BEAUTIFUL 1953 SJ-200 (and thought of you, having your similar 185 and all). Very nice guitar, played and sounded great. (I actually got a little crowd standing around me while I played it. But it was the guitar....NOT the guitarist....that sounded so good!). They wanted $6500 US for it. A bit steep (for me), but very nice condition for a fifty year old instrument and it felt and sounded great. I briefly balanced bills versus paychecks in my head before hanging it back up on the wall (regretfully too! ).

[pimp_vince]

Cian, I mentioned a trip to Elderly Instruments to you on Saturday. Good trip, the repair is "on the house" (to a valued customer like me! ). But, while there I saw a BEAUTIFUL 1953 SJ-200 (and thought of you, having your similar 185 and all). Very nice guitar, played and sounded great. (I actually got a little crowd standing around me while I played it. But it was the guitar....NOT the guitarist....that sounded so good!). They wanted $6500 US for it. A bit steep (for me), but very nice condition for a fifty year old instrument and it felt and sounded great. I briefly balanced bills versus paychecks in my head before hanging it back up on the wall (regretfully too! ).

now don't you regret not paying attention in math class...(i know i don't )

[dadfad]

(Mrs. Richardson was right!)

Yeah, I've spent that much on guitars before (more than that), but there comes a time when you have to start using a little self-discipline and not want to buy evey nice guitar you see.






(That time for me should have been about twenty-five or thirty guitars ago! )

[evileye]

John, glad to hear the trip went well! I think i'll go searching on their website for pictures of said guitar, allthough it may be a needle in a haystack effort! Sounds nice!

[evileye]

I'm pretty sure I have it.
That's a beauty. Pure classy instrument that is, beautiful.

[dadfad]

That's it, Cian (I was just about to attach the link). Yes, a beautiful instrument.

And I saw this one on their site too.....

1934 Jumbo

....which is just like mine (although my nut measures almost 1 7/8"). I didn't see that one there in the shop (probably sold already) and I FOR SURE would have noticed it, as rare as they are. I've never seen another one "in person" besides mine. Either one, a truly fine instrument for whoever gets them.

(By the way, Adam is building a guitar built on the specifications and templates of mine that I sent him. He described the wood he's using in another topic in this forum. I'll bet it's a beauty when he's done.)

[nnyrad]

That's it, Cian (I was just about to attach the link). Yes, a beautiful instrument.

And I saw this one on their site too.....

1934 Jumbo

....which is just like mine (although my nut measures almost 1 7/8"). I didn't see that one there in the shop (probably sold already) and I FOR SURE would have noticed it, as rare as they are. I've never seen another one "in person" besides mine. Either one, a truly fine instrument for whoever gets them.

(By the way, Adam is building a guitar built on the specifications and templates of mine that I sent him. He described the wood he's using in another topic in this forum. I'll bet it's a beauty when he's done.)

Haven't you been waiting for Adam to build that guitar for you for the past two years?

EDIT - my my, those Gibsons do take my breath away. It would have been great to see the SJ-200 in person, especially when played by John

This post has been edited by nnyrad: 12 April 2004 - 03:33 PM

[dadfad]

That's it, Cian (I was just about to attach the link). Yes, a beautiful instrument.

And I saw this one on their site too.....

1934 Jumbo

....which is just like mine (although my nut measures almost 1 7/8"). I didn't see that one there in the shop (probably sold already) and I FOR SURE would have noticed it, as rare as they are. I've never seen another one "in person" besides mine. Either one, a truly fine instrument for whoever gets them.

(By the way, Adam is building a guitar built on the specifications and templates of mine that I sent him. He described the wood he's using in another topic in this forum. I'll bet it's a beauty when he's done.)

Haven't you been waiting for Adam to build that guitar for you for the past two years?

EDIT - my my, those Gibsons do take my breath away. It would have been great to see the SJ-200 in person, especially when played by John

Thanks for the kind words, but guitars like that make their own music just about. All I did was hold it!

I am in line for a custom acoustic (actually it's coincidentally sort of a cross between those two guitars in the links above!), but Adam isn't building it. He's building that one for himself I think.

[evileye]

Yeah, i'd like to see some of adams work actually! Hopefully he'll post us a few pictures some day.

I was looking on the Elderly site for a nice Country & Western but no such luck. Are they particulerly hard to come by..?

[pimp_vince]

Yeah, i'd like to see some of adams work actually! Hopefully he'll post us a few pictures some day.

I was looking on the Elderly site for a nice Country & Western but no such luck. Are they particulerly hard to come by..?

you should see the lefty taylor PS14 they have.... my god, it's beautiful.

sunburst engelmann top with walnut sides. abalone inlays on...well everything.

[eetdrinkanbmerry]

those guys are selling a Taylor 855 12 string, 2002 model for an extremely modest $1850!! I wonder if that is a typo? http://www.elderly.c...ms/26U-1435.htm taylor 855[/URL] because there is a 655 from 1999 for $1900! weird.

This post has been edited by eetdrinkanbmerry: 12 April 2004 - 04:12 PM

[evileye]

The only one I see is a "PS-10". Allthough i'm not a fan of the excessive inlays that is a very impressive guitar!

[eetdrinkanbmerry]

eww wow that 810 c from '88, ugly!!