Santos Hernandez 1919 ... very sad to see this

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M.S.A.

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REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Aug. 24 2009 15:32:56

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RE: Santos Hernandez 1919 ... very s... (in reply to M.S.A.)

Should carve a soundport into it

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Ron.M

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Should carve a soundport into it

Yeah...just pour some of this stuff over it and let it dry, then sand it and varnish it and cut a soundport and that baby will be good as new.

cheers,

Ron

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Stephen Eden

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:( I'd Give it a go!!! Jimmy westbrook. I wonder if thats the one i know

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REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Aug. 25 2009 1:26:42

RobJe

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Looks like great stuff Ron. There is also useful advice on this website for anyone who has spent a few thousands on a guitar and been disappointed with the sound.

"Tap questionable areas with a hard instrument and listen for hollow sounding dead spots. Probe suspect areas with an ice pick or sharp knife."

Rob

REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Aug. 25 2009 1:27:46

kozz

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Yeah...just pour some of this stuff over it and let it dry, then sand it and varnish it and cut a soundport and that baby will be good as new.
cheers,
Ron

Just tried it Ron, Boatlife GIT-Rot works perfectly!

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RobJe

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RobJe

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RobJe

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A good Santos is always worth it. Rohan Lowe restored a 1929 Santos that was in a bad state. Apart from other problems, half the rosette had fallen out and been replaced with white plaster filler. He has some photos on his website. Rohan is a fine restorer.
http://loweguitars.co.uk/restoration/1929SantosHernandez.web/Santos-Hernandez1929.htm
Another wrecked Santos (shown in the picture) appeared on ebay a couple of years ago. It sold for a large sum.

Rob

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REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Aug. 25 2009 11:02:41

Aadi

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Dear People of the World,

If you cannot care for your irreplaceable stringed treasures, please post them to Brune.

Yours,
Me

REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Aug. 25 2009 16:11:26

Stephen Eden

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If it is the jim westbrook i know then rohan may have already seen the instrument. I think the guitar is in a repairable state perhaps but i think the bit where it says restored into a valuable instrument is the clue. Restorable but perhaps not valuable

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REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Aug. 27 2009 8:31:21

Ricardo

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a seriously damaged guitar can be restored, but it will only be as good as the restorer's personal instruments. If it were Brune, I would rather he simply build me a new guitar than fix up one of these totally DEAD hunks of wood.

Ricardo

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REPORT THIS POST AS INAPPROPRIATE | Date Sep. 1 2009 12:24:41

estebanana

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It's too bad the restorer of the 1929 Santos did not take the original rosette fragments from under the neck and rein corporate them in the missing areas of the rosette. That's passable restoration job, but it's more proper to call it a conservation effort. it shows which area is is orginal and which sections are replacements. A top grade restoration job would have hidden the transition between old a new much better. There are repairmen out there who could have grafted new wood into top and rosette in such a way that it would have been difficult to tell and a clear tap plate could have been used.

For the right amount of money that job could have been flawless.

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