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Post by bonzo on Jun 22, 2020 13:13:08 GMT
Hi Davey, have to say, to my highly untrained eye (other than being there) I'd bet money on a trippy sixties artist!
Best wishes to you all, John
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Jun 21, 2020 15:52:05 GMT
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Post by bonzo on Jun 21, 2020 15:52:05 GMT
But Fred, you are American! Lol!
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Jun 21, 2020 15:22:15 GMT
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Post by bonzo on Jun 21, 2020 15:22:15 GMT
We're going off piste, but as you say Davey it's something that can be applied to many situations, which is the point I was trying to make with my Tower of London story. I enjoy showing bricked up windows to visitors to London, they are usually fascinated and amazed at the story behind it. If there were no bricked up windows, no story! On the other hand people now want to live in houses with lots of light! Of course they do. We're a generation that's (I don't want to say dying out) but maybe the last that can relate to our immediate past in a meaningful way! When was the last time any of us saw a cinema organ pop up in the intermission?! What's a cinema? What's a cinema organ? What's an intermission? Don't get me started with a drink on a stick! Love life! Love our shared history! Accept change as necessary! (But NOT without questions)! Best wishes to you all, John
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Jun 21, 2020 14:38:34 GMT
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Post by bonzo on Jun 21, 2020 14:38:34 GMT
Ha ha Davey excellent! Penny has just dropped. Lol!
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Post by bonzo on Jun 21, 2020 14:34:13 GMT
You won't go wrong with that Gordon! Must be a very nice slide you've got your eye on Lew!
Best wishes to you all, John
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Post by bonzo on Jun 21, 2020 14:20:04 GMT
In the late 50's as a London school kid we often went on trips to the Tower of London. The suits of armour that are now in hermetically sealed cabinets were just standing around propped up on plinths. It was considered good luck to rub Henry V111's codpiece (I think a Yeoman told me that)! Much more fun, but 50 thousand people a day doing it, well I can see why they put it in the cabinet! All around London are still traces of war damage if you know where to look. When they repaired the church tower near St Paul's so as not to upset the tourists (we're all friends now) more than a few of us were upset. I think what I'm trying to say is that sometimes it's the damage that tells the story and is best left and sometimes things need to be repaired and protected (Henry's armour was covered in rust except for the codpiece) so future generations can appreciate the history. This applies in both cases I've mentioned. There will always be disputes where the two philosophys/attitudes rub up against each other, it's just good IMHO that enough of us care in the first place!
Best wishes to you all, John
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Post by bonzo on Jun 20, 2020 16:44:10 GMT
It's not a fake decal Michael, at least in the circumstances we're posting about. My 14 fret Duolian was as you know a wreck when I found it. Once I got it playing ok I did think long and hard about leaving it in its found condition, house paint and all. Part of its history. But as it was so complete apart from its truly dreadful paint finish I decided to restore it to its original condition as near as I could without altering any of the original parts. Nut was ok, tuners oiled up ok, lemon oil on fretboard ok,biscuit and bridge in really bad beat up condition. I refinished the biscuit finding its PAF under all the grunge and there was enough left of the bridge for me to level it off and cut new notches. Using Mark's book as inspiration I repainted in a gold Duco style finish. I now had a completely original Duolian except for the paint finish. It was missing its decal so using Mark's book again I made one appropriate for the model and year which I thought finished off the guitar perfectly. None of this was done to 'fake' the appearance. In my mind I had restored a neglected and abused guitar (still part of its history) to something that was an attractive but above all playable musical instrument. Glad its previous owner didn't throw it in a skip, which most civilians would have done! There!
Best wishes to you all, John
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Post by bonzo on Jun 20, 2020 11:13:17 GMT
Only when it was very cold!
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Post by bonzo on Jun 20, 2020 11:10:52 GMT
Hi Snakey, use the stromboli (whatever it's called) that we use to polish our guitars with. Couple of light sprays will seal it in, soften the new look and protect it. It will also blend with the headstock finish. Did mine no problem.
Best wishes to you all, John
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Post by bonzo on Jun 18, 2020 17:52:29 GMT
Hi PD, I've got the same book as you (useless to me, I can't read music or follow tabs). Looking at it today I noticed that the cover picture has him without the cigarette he is smoking in exactly the same picture on page 4. Given the discussion on another thread regarding photo tampering I thought this interesting. On the other hand I'm probably the only person on the forum who didn't already know about it! Fag added or fag removed?
Best wishes to you all, John
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Post by bonzo on Jun 18, 2020 8:31:05 GMT
You wouldn't really need to play it, you could just look at it all day! Beautiful.
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Post by bonzo on Jun 17, 2020 11:07:45 GMT
Who's the guitarist on the book cover??
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Post by bonzo on Jun 16, 2020 15:02:00 GMT
Caught up in the feeding frenzy! My Ernie Ball purple power slinkies 11's arrived this morning. Kinda forgot why I wanted them, I'll ask Captain Morgan when I see him later today. I think I'll try them on my Republic parlour, action is a bit higher than I like for fretting so these might be worth a try. Let me know if you're interested, I'll post results if you are.
Best wishes to you all, John
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Post by bonzo on Jun 14, 2020 10:22:36 GMT
Nice company to be in!
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Post by bonzo on Jun 13, 2020 19:42:21 GMT
Republic parlours turn up one in awhile, oops sorry thinking reso's mostly. Still you might fancy a look, nice guitars for not a lot of money!
Best wishes to you all, John
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