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Post by pete1951 on Aug 26, 2015 13:29:57 GMT
A friend has just bought this 1997 Dobro , made for Kid Ramos, and signed by the rest of the Fabulous Thunderbirds. He wants to play it AND try not to rub off the names. Any ideas???  Its a sort of National Westwood/ValPro guitar, with Gibson bits (though the truss rod is not Gibson made) Bits of it are very `hand made`, with router marks and large packers in the neck pocket.  PT |
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Post by slide496 on Aug 26, 2015 13:40:38 GMT
THere may be some ideas in these but I think they will have to be redone occasionally if any of these are of use and would need to set to harden. Palm haze I have found is best removed the same way you spit shine a boot.
Turtle wax
Krylon spray fixative
Several coats of clear gloss guitar laquer
Or take it to an automotive finisher?
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Post by pete1951 on Aug 26, 2015 16:19:21 GMT
I do like things to be long-lasting. The problem (I think) is that the guitar has been handled, polished and sweated on for almost 20years and to spray/varnish over the dirt is not good practice and cleaning will remove some (or all?) of the names.
PT
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Post by Keith Ambridge on Aug 26, 2015 16:59:53 GMT
you can get a self clinging clear plastic for making scratch plates with (about 0.5mm thick). It wouldn't stretch around the contour but you could cut a seperate piece for that edge!
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Post by slide496 on Aug 26, 2015 17:33:11 GMT
You might get some ideas by typing in "preserving an autograph on a guitar". This is being stored away from the sun I hope. One person thought that the pen might be absorbed into the finish on theirs.
Good luck!
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Post by Deleted on Aug 26, 2015 20:46:39 GMT
Copy over the writing with a sharpie...
TT
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Post by Deleted on Aug 27, 2015 0:05:54 GMT
That is a very cool guitar. Does anyone know how many like that were made?
Did some research.... a few dozen Val Pro juniors (smaller body), as well as standard size, were made by OMI when owned by Gibson in late 90's...
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Post by resotonic on Aug 27, 2015 3:46:19 GMT
It looks something like an old National MAP guitar from '58 - '64, made by Valco.
Eastwood makes a modern copy under the Airline brand with slightly different appointments and this is obviously not one of them.
Your guitar is very unique.
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Post by pete1951 on Aug 27, 2015 16:24:26 GMT
I`m told this was a `Custom Made` job by Dobro/Gibson. The wiring and pot are not Gibson , the truss rod is not Gibson and the head is glued onto the neck (not a `Gibson thing`)
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Post by Deleted on Aug 27, 2015 20:18:42 GMT
From what I have learned in the past 24 hours, the above guitar, made for Kid Ramos, as well as a score or so more we're made as the OP states by OMI in Huntington Beach CA, which was purchased and subsequently gutted by Gibson in the 90's. Operations were moved to Nashville in 1997 and any creativity that once existed was neutralized...
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