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Post by pete1951 on Sept 17, 2021 14:30:37 GMT
So what am I meant to do with this?  I think it might be too far gone for an economic repair. The neck , however, is perfect ( well as perfect as a cheap Far East classical guitar usually is) and (very unusually) has a truss rod. So it might live again with steel strings. It’s 51mm at the nut, so lots of space for fat fingers. Pete Has |
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Post by 2big2b on Sept 17, 2021 18:05:24 GMT
This reminds me of that scene from "Animal House" where John Belucci yanks the guitar out of the hands of some guy serenading on the stairway - and destroys it, with a sheepish apology!  |
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Post by Pickers Ditch on Sept 17, 2021 19:17:33 GMT
Now that looks like a project that I've always fancied. Parlour neck with a wide nut, solid 3/4" body parlour shaped and sized 12 fret body, pressed tin tailpiece, parlour style wooden fret bridge, pancake pickup, treble and volume control with a slidey bypass switch. Painted metallic copper with a minimalist white scratchplate. It's just those classical tuners that puts me off. Just an idea, Pete. |
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Post by pete1951 on Sept 18, 2021 7:02:57 GMT
I have seen too many classical guitar m/heads ruined by steel strings to use them. It is a straight forward job to put large ferals (like those on an unslotted head stock) on the inside of the slot and use steel post m/hs .
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Post by pete1951 on Sept 18, 2021 8:27:00 GMT
 Like this |
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Post by Stevie on Sept 18, 2021 8:55:56 GMT
I need to do that on my Romanian bouzouki Pete. I replaced the machine heads with much better ones, but the "bearing" is no more than a hole in the central spine of the headstock. I would like to put ferrules in the central spine but couldn't figure out how to make the hole larger. Do you just bore a suitable size hole right through the outside to reach the central spine? That is to say that the screwed down strip of the machine heads locates itself and the outside holes become massive clearance holes for the capstans and the ferrule supports the ends if that makes sense? Just writing all this down is starting to answer my own question!
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Post by pete1951 on Sept 18, 2021 9:50:49 GMT
I think I would do it that way. I might use pairs of ferrules , so the post is supported both sides of the slot.
Pete
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Post by Stevie on Sept 18, 2021 10:11:32 GMT
Provided I could muster the confidence to drill six perfectly aligned holes, three pairs from each side (no pillar drill here Pete) I have a home made "jig" for drilling holes normal to a plane surface and I could make a very fair attempt indeed, but I think it would still require having to fill the screw holes and start again governed by the new capstan installation holes. The accuracy required tempered by manufactory machine shop tolerances of the 3-in-line assemblies means it's so easy to get binding. That's why I was going along the route of just using ferrules in the central spine, and letting the machine head plate assembly support the capstans through the wide clearance hole in the outer woodwork.
Anyway, sorry Pete, I've hoovered up your thread.
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