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If you were to re-attach the head stock with a hinge of some sort, it would fit in a conventional case.I'll be picking this up this weekend. I'm gonna see if I can save it. If not, I'll reuse the parts and eventually try my hand at a Fenderbird down the road
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Seriously, good luck with it. My 67's headstock snapped completely off and the Luthier at the shop I go to re-attached it and said "It might break again but not there."(2 graphite rods)Thanks! I'll keep the thread apprisedIf you were to re-attach the head stock with a hinge of some sort, it would fit in a conventional case.
how long ago was that?If you were to re-attach the head stock with a hinge of some sort, it would fit in a conventional case.
Coupla years(?) I think. OK, found the receipt. April 2016.
Yeah, it sounds pretty good, but did ya see those bee-yoo-ti-full pup and bridge covers?
I like the way a tug bar on the treble side looks. I don't use 'em. It's a shallow thing. Visuals!Your thumb gets tired?
That is a really cool thumbrest and fits really well with the bird. My white one had a plain black plastic thumbrest installed by a previous owner. I found it got in my way so removed it. Perhaps one day I will fill the two little holes it left.
I have never, ever been able to sight read. I can more or less read, but it takes me a few runthroughs to figure it out and get it. Then it's mostly memorized and back to playing by ear anyway. That's why charts are so useful and why I generally annotate using music theory as well.
oh man, you had it all that time without a break? i would have blown a fuse..
Dayum! For what it's worth, my office finally moved. We have to organize a regular Emerald City Guitars visitation.I like this...…………………………….
Feeling weak, must not get in car and drive to West Seattle today
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Yeah, I wonder how much it costs, or cost. Not sure if it already sold, but it's not on the web site.
still wonder what their intended purpose was/is...Yeah, it sounds pretty good, but did ya see those bee-yoo-ti-full pup and bridge covers?
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The original crack happened around 75(?). That's when it went to a violin maker in N. Miami Beach. He grafted in a piece of mahogany with 'violin' glue. It's also when I lost the serial #. I kept playing it through 84+/- pretty regularly, alternating with my 66 EB-3. In '10 when I got with the current band(sort of), I went back to using the 'Bird exclusively. The crack was separating again, so I took it to the shop where they attempted to re-glue it. Unfortunately, the crack was deeper than we knew. It held for awhile, then one night, at home, with it sitting on a guitar stand, the headstock snapped off. I was in another room, heard a noise, and walked in to see it-next to the Kasino-hanging by the strings. I can't even describe my feeling at that moment. Start with numb and go from there. As I recall, I nearly barfed.
. Maybe next time we're there.
Annoying people who don't like them.still wonder what their intended purpose was/is...
