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You Poor Poor Thing
Posted: Tue Apr 25, 2006 6:50 pm
by gareth
Posted: Tue Apr 25, 2006 8:51 pm
by doctorwho
Man, I have to save a picture so that when someones takes a shot at my 622/12 project guitar, I'll be able to say, "No, mine's not the ugliest hack job ...".
This is also being discussed (disgust?) in a slightly earlier thread:
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Posted: Wed Apr 26, 2006 1:53 am
by 8mileshigh
I'd like so see a pic of the upper top edge. That's a hollow body isn't it? Why would it have been butchered? That seems like a lot of work? Just thinking out loud.
Posted: Wed Apr 26, 2006 2:27 am
by dswp
Hey Paul W.. can you fix it??????
Posted: Wed Apr 26, 2006 3:19 am
by loendmaestro
blasphemy....i'm spechless over that one
Posted: Wed Apr 26, 2006 3:36 am
by melibreits
Ouch, that is painful to look at.
Why would somebody DO that kind of thing to a Ric, to two Rics? Some people have no sense at all....
Truly awful. I can't tell if it started as a double neck that got shaved down, or if it was two guitars that are now deformed Siamese twins....
Posted: Wed Apr 26, 2006 4:50 am
by jingle_jangle
It's a semi-solid. I know it sounds really cocky to say this, but it is fixable and is definitely worth saving. There are three choices here with regard to repair--
1. To keep it in FG (actually AFG), and live with a visible body seam 1/4" to the left of the 12-string neck. This means rebuilding the entire left side of the body to factory specs.
2. To do as above (rebuild left side of body with new maple, rebind, etc), and refinish in JG or other opaque finish to render the rebuild invisible).
3. Remanufacture the entire body and transfer the necks and electronics, pickguards, etc, rebuilding whatever's necessary. Refinish in FG. This is preferable in terms of integrity, though the least economically feasible one, probably exceeding in actual cost, the value of an identical model in near-mint condition one.
Don't ignore the extra guard on the upper horn, which needs to be removed--it looks like it hides some substantial switch or pot holes, not to mention screw holes--and the oversized pickups and bezels on the 6-string neck, which also have to be dealt with.
I suspect a reserve of about $2500.00 on this one. This makes it economically unfeasible for anyone but a luthier to purchase at this time, IMO. I would not be too surprised if this one ends early, either. Let's see how it goes.
Posted: Wed Apr 26, 2006 5:03 am
by kcole4001
Almost as bad as the French guy who cuts 4080's in half!
Why?....ugghh!
Posted: Wed Apr 26, 2006 10:09 am
by ozover50
Why, oh why................?
Posted: Wed Apr 26, 2006 10:35 am
by sowhat
Looks like somebody was biting in too hard... poor thing...
Posted: Wed Apr 26, 2006 10:40 am
by kcole4001
"It is what it is."
Not any more, really. That would have taken quite a bit of work to (semi) finish after hacking a huge chunk off. Why didn't someone sober up long enough to stop the horror?
Oh...the horror...
