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Broken Peg Heads
Posted: Sun Mar 04, 2007 10:09 am
by dale_fortune
Posted: Sun Mar 04, 2007 10:14 am
by dale_fortune
http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b53/DaleFortune/RickenbackerRestorationsand2007NAMM.jpg
These are before and after pictures of a 1966 330 12 string that had the peg head snapped off at the top nut area. I splined it back together and refinished the neck saving another nice guitar from being parted out. Once it was put back together it played great and is just as strong as when it was built.
Posted: Sun Mar 04, 2007 10:15 am
by charlyg
"It was only mostly-dead"!
Great work!
Posted: Sun Mar 04, 2007 10:18 am
by ram
OUCH - that had to have hurt!!!! Decapitated - it hurts me just looking at it! Great job Dale! Man you all are amazing (magic wood fixer guys) - you can't even tell any thing had happened to it!
Posted: Sun Mar 04, 2007 10:23 am
by dale_fortune
Maybe you saw this one before the restoration started on it last year...Dave Pascoe's 4080/12 that had the guitar 12 string neck cut out and a Steinberger neck replacing it...Major work was done one this.
http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b53/DaleFortune/DavePascoes4080withmysonandI004.jpg
Posted: Sun Mar 04, 2007 11:38 am
by elysrand
Say, Dale, did you ever get that email I sent you about building a web site? Never heard a reply at all from you....
Posted: Sun Mar 04, 2007 12:00 pm
by karl_teten
Master work!
Posted: Sun Mar 04, 2007 1:40 pm
by dale_fortune
Elys, sorry about that. I did get the Email, but the Web site doesn't work, says under construction...
Posted: Sun Mar 04, 2007 1:54 pm
by dale_fortune
2 more vintage Ricks with broken necks. 1 is a 1968 Burgandy 331LS in MINT condition, unplayed. Someone stepped on the case with the guitar in it and snapped the neck from the top nut to the 5th fret. 2nd one is a 1967 360/12 with a severe broken neck and fingerboard that has come off at the 21st and 1st thru 5th frets. This 12 string is a 9.5 on a scale of 10 not counting the busted neck. When these are finished they will be almost impossible to detect any damage.
http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b53/DaleFortune/Brokenneckfingerboardandpegheadrepa.jpg
Posted: Sun Mar 04, 2007 1:58 pm
by dale_fortune
Posted: Sun Mar 04, 2007 2:08 pm
by sloop_john_b
Wow!
Posted: Sun Mar 04, 2007 2:15 pm
by dswp
WOW Dr. Dale!!!!!!!
Posted: Sun Mar 04, 2007 2:19 pm
by elysrand
Dale replied: "Elys, sorry about that. I did get the Email, but the Web site doesn't work, says under construction..."
Hi Dale! Actually, that means it IS working. You just have not loaded any web pages onto it yet. If you want us to build them for you, we just need you to send a word processor file with the content you want, and the graphics images or photo files you want on those pages, and we can build them for you!
You can also go into Account Manager and create email addresses to use, as well as do direct uploads to the site.
Posted: Sun Mar 04, 2007 2:27 pm
by dale_fortune
Elys ...I hate to say this: but I'm pretty computer stupid..I need guidance on most things I do here. I'm a wizard with guitar construction and repair, but when it comes to computers and high tech stuff, I'm lost....
Posted: Sun Mar 04, 2007 2:33 pm
by marc61
Computer stupid - Guitar smart...
Gosh Dale, excellent work...almost scary...Thank goodness you use your powers for good rather than evil..
