RobF -> RE: Centering new rosette sticker (Jul. 17 2020 13:38:05)
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The problem isn’t the rosette as much as it could be a laminated top. If it is, there is a real danger that you’ll sand through the laminate while removing the finish, at which point the guitar will be pretty well ruined. I wouldn’t classify this one as a junker. I don’t know how old it is, but it could be a 40 year old instrument? Those older entry level Yamahas may not have been expensive but they weren’t necessarily bad guitars. I just don’t think it’s a suitable candidate for experimentation, the top looks good, it doesn’t appear to need any fixing. I know this’ll probably come across like I’m standing on some kind of soap box, but if there ever was a Prime Directive for Lutherie, it should be to do no harm, and to not alter instruments beyond what is necessary to bring them to health. Remember, one person’s garbage might be another’s treasure. Think of it this way...You can learn all sorts of good things from setting up this guitar. New nut and saddle, possibly new tuners, sort out the frets if necessary, make it into something playable. Now, once that’s done, picture it in the hands of a talented child who lives in an underprivileged situation. It might be the last thing they gaze upon before falling to sleep at night, astonished at their great fortune to have been blessed with an object of such wonderment and beauty. Or it can get its top trashed and become a planter in someone’s garden. Know what I mean? I guess it’s all just a matter of perspective. But I also think you’ll do the right thing and leave the top alone. At least, that’s my feeling.
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