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i had this old guitar (hand made) a few cracks , but its was pretty fine, it was left in storage (in a very hot dry climate, the bridge has come off!!!
the wood fretboard as decresed in size meaning you can feel the sharpness of the fret wire.
question do i get it fixed ? its a very playable (sorry was) i got it really cheap, i think it could be ok , what do i do to get it repaired !!, what expense ?
It cost me 50 euros, but he also installed a golpeador, made a new saddle. The guitar was an alhambra 1C that belongs to a friend actually, but he didn't used it so i kept it. It was really good, but now - after the changes it plays perfectly. And is really better than alhambras of higher price range. For a cheap instrument it is great. The absolute beach guitar!
thats hopeful, it looks bad , i guess the main concern , is this the fret wires are nearly (literally are) poking out of the fret board, all frets , so it was really in hot conditions, .
it would be the best beach guitar, it actually is pretty decent, well it was.
50 euro is fine for all of that, worried for the fretboard.
I think the fretboard thing is not a problem either. If i understand correctly the frets are pinching your hands at the side. I have a new bouzouki and the luthier told me to expect this to happen, and when it does he will fix this with no charge. I think it is a matter of filing down the sides of the frets,
Stratos, your Greek amigo ? Me too. i also play greek bouzouki, rembetika style
anyhow that is good news , im really worried about that guitar, some fellow, said it would cost a future, i also thought , just glue Bridge/saddle on, and do up the frets, (maybe less tension strings on, i think the Luither was just experimenting !.
stratos appreciate the help, i was going to follow good old rons advice use it for chricket on the beach.
file the frets ok i think it can be done , i am also worried for intonation as the guitar Neck , is a little odd (Warped the word i think).
would be nice to repair it and have a hand made guitar working well !!
Ron i think Estevan got me too (Takin' the is great got us both!), its modeled on a santos design, but i have no idea what make it is as it has no lable, but i can say (Before it opened up!) and boy did we get that right !/
it was a decent Axe.
i was bowled over by the sound,
But Ron yeah yer right , im still keen on a bellido, but its pretty old ! , no hurry i guess.
i played a yamaha the other day it sounded better than this FL2 ramirez, me need a new guitar.
i ask for some quotes and ask a few of you folk what you think
Filing the fret ends is a 20 minute job for a luthier. get it done now while the fretboard is dry and shrunken and it should never recur. Then humidify the guitar and have the bridge glued, looks to have come off cleanly so it should be an easy job. Not really DIY unless you have the right long reach clamps and cauls (or a vacuum bridge clamp as I now do)
Hot Hide Glue is the glue of choice for this as it takes much higher temperatures before it fails
hey holy dude, yep i will, i stayed in Bondi a few years, and i was cool , accidentally in nimbin Love to meet some people in the old Oz , as ill be there some months.
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