Did some work on ye olde acoustic

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01/15/2018 at 19:36 • Filed to: guitarlopnik

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I don’t just !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! from random parts. As you can see, the fretboard was pretty grimey. It’s an early 70's Alvarez, Japanese made copy of a Martin.

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The pores of the bridge were gunked up with wax and stuff.

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So I took to scraping and sanding.

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Then applied some oil.

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Then put on fresh strings. It played pretty well as it was so I didn’t bother messing with the truss rod, nut, or frets.


DISCUSSION (2)


Kinja'd!!! arl > The Opponaut formerly known as MattP123
01/15/2018 at 20:23

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Looking good.


Kinja'd!!! MeatSaber > The Opponaut formerly known as MattP123
01/17/2018 at 21:48

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Awesome! Alvarez makes some seriously nice guitars for the price range they operate in. The shop I work in sells Alvarez semi regularly and we have the chance to spend a good amount of time tinkering around with them, and the construction and attention to detail is much higher than the price tag would lead one to believe.