MELIBEE'S KIDDEES

sowhat · Post by **sowhat** » Wed Feb 08, 2006 8:45 am

Oh... well... okay... [color=#purple]no problem[/color]!

ozover50 · Post by **ozover50** » Wed Feb 08, 2006 10:09 am

I refuse to speculate on the color of the 481!!

winston · Post by **winston** » Wed Feb 08, 2006 10:16 am

I will speculate.

Just a wild guess mind you. A "Curmudgeon" special variation of MB

melibreits · Post by **melibreits** » Wed Feb 08, 2006 10:32 am

Aitch, I've never seen a spectrum of speculation before, hahahahahaha!

sowhat · Post by **sowhat** » Wed Feb 08, 2006 11:03 am

[color=#yellow]H[/color][color=#orange]E[/color][color=#red]R[/color][color=#fuxia]E[/color] [color=#purple]W[/color][color=#blue]E[/color] [color=#cyan]G[/color][color=#green]O[/color][color=#brown]!!![/color]

(aww, it takes so much time to put the colors in...)

harvey49 · Post by **harvey49** » Wed Feb 22, 2006 1:06 pm

After such a long run speculating what Melissa's guitar was going to look like, is this thread taking a breather or have people lost interest know?

I for one would like to see how the 481 turned out and the the restoration of o'l Purple.

C'mon people let's rally to see this through to a completion - don't let it fade away!!!!!

jingle_jangle · Post by **jingle_jangle** » Wed Feb 22, 2006 1:32 pm

I shipped it back to her today. She's on vacation now.

Melissa still has to pick a color for the 481. I haven't completed all the samples yet. Hope to get these done this week.

harvey49 · Post by **harvey49** » Wed Feb 22, 2006 1:54 pm

So are you going to let us in on the before and after of the repairs, or would you prefer not to disclose that Paul? I understand about trade secrets and all, you've shared so much with us all in the past, but you have to draw the line somewhere I guess. I'm just curious as to how bad the damage was and what you did to rectify it.

jingle_jangle · Post by **jingle_jangle** » Wed Feb 22, 2006 2:00 pm

The damage was quite minor, as it turned out. It was limited to a 1/4" diameter chip in the guitar's edge, right above the jackplate area, and a few scuffs and tiny nicks here and there. The scuffs and nicks were hand-sanded and buffed out. The chip wastouched up to match and shot with varnish, then sanded and buffed, again by hand.

I took some closeups, but they're pretty uninformative compared to the description above. I was prepared to respray the guitar up to a certain point, but thankfully did not have to. So it's back in its glory.

harvey49 · Post by **harvey49** » Wed Feb 22, 2006 2:28 pm

Thanks for the follow up Paul, I see the initials in your name are now in Upper Case. Peter's been weaving his magic too!

melibreits · Post by **melibreits** » Wed Feb 22, 2006 5:53 pm

Sounds like wonderful news to me.... Paul, I'm glad the damage was fairly easy to fix! I will be so thankful to have that one back again....Perfect.

I am still on vacation, but have tried to check in here at least once a day, LOL! This has been a much-needed break for me, but tomorrow it's back to the grind, with more frequent online stops--I've kind of missed everybody!

wints · Post by **wints** » Thu Feb 23, 2006 12:43 am

Finally...Perfect purple and precise punctuation!

bassduke49 · Post by **bassduke49** » Thu Feb 23, 2006 5:49 am

Melissa, are you monitoring your boreal e-mail address? I'd like to contact you off board.

Thanks.

melibreits · Post by **melibreits** » Thu Feb 23, 2006 3:27 pm

I'm back home again.... you can email me anytime, Paul--even when we're traveling we usually take our laptop, and I try to check my email at least once a day--I'm a true internet junkie, LOL!

melibreits · Post by **melibreits** » Fri Feb 24, 2006 1:01 pm

Pleasant surprise today: Pretty Purple showed up on my doorstep, and I wasn't expecting her until next week! The Curmudge says I can open the case tomorrow afternoon..... Here we go again!

WHEEEEEEEE!!!