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Post by dnic on Sept 3, 2020 18:32:58 GMT -6
I did a refret on a Martin 95' J-40. And I was taken with how nice the peghead looked.  |
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Post by antares on Sept 4, 2020 2:45:03 GMT -6
That sure does look sweet. A bit of decoration but sensibly reserved. Puts those Blueridge bling-fests into context. A long way from those laminated neck jobs but nice work from Martin on this one. Some of those high-end ones like the D45s do seem a bit OTT to me, but they are obviously the inspiration for the Blueridge range?
e&oe ...
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Post by dnic on Sept 4, 2020 7:14:36 GMT -6
Yes the inlay is pretty but I just thought the grain on this one was really nice.
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Post by antares on Sept 4, 2020 11:24:25 GMT -6
I focused straight at the binding and inlay work missing the subtle bit Dane, but of course you are spot on. Was it difficult to return to the lucky custodian? The nut looks beautifully cut too. Machined perhaps? I guess it's these things that you are paying the premium for?
Looking at the Martin here, it makes me think that it's funny how tastes change. I used to prefer the the Dreadnought profile, but have morphed into the more waisted body profiles as I've notched up the decades. I wonder how much of the influence of your current favourite players is in that? Buying with eyes instead of fingers and ears?
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Post by dnic on Sept 4, 2020 21:22:30 GMT -6
Well Steve, the nut in the picture is no longer. And it was so well glued in I had to razor saw through the length of it and collapse it on itself to get it out. But believe me the new nut is even more beautiful.
My first guitar, an Aria dreadnought is a guitar I truley love and still play whenever acoustic is needed. But I find I like playing smaller bodied guitars I get into the shop. The first real acoustic guitar I build (soon I hope) will be a Martin style 00 because I like the small body. I wonder If my many year sojourn into electric guitar has pushed me toward appreciating smaller bodied acoustics. Sure it has but not because I saw my favorite guitar player using one. As soon as I wrote that I had to wonder what type of guitar Clapton used on his unplugged recording. I think it was a 00.
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Post by antares on Sept 5, 2020 11:01:33 GMT -6
Since you made the nut it will be perfect Dane. I imagine the old one had a slot cut too deep? It kind of looks that way from the direct on viewpoint which is a bit hit and miss to go by.
From dim memory, it was indeed a smaller bodied Martin that Eric played on that recording, but I'm not familiar with the Martin nomenclature. I think EC was all about Robert Johnson at that time (probably all the time actually) and the little Martin would have ticked that box, so if there's anything at all in that, then let he who is without sin cast the first stone!
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Post by dnic on Sept 6, 2020 13:16:24 GMT -6
The old nut was just to low with the new higher frets. I've seen nuts shimmed like saddles some times get shimmed. I don't like it in either instance but absolutely will not tolerate it at the nut.
Darn that Eric! I now know that he has subliminally influenced my acoustic guitar desires. Still gonna be an amazing little mahogany box.
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Post by GuitarAttack Forum on Sept 8, 2020 8:37:06 GMT -6
Well Steve, the nut in the picture is no longer. And it was so well glued in I had to razor saw through the length of it and collapse it on itself to get it out. But believe me the new nut is even more beautiful. I see this same thing a great deal. Folks use super glue to set the nut, and it turns into nothing but trouble when it is time to change it out. I normally use regular Titebond or even Elmer's white glue to hold nuts in place...and I use it very sparingly. My technique only, John |
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Post by dnic on Sept 8, 2020 16:29:21 GMT -6
Never ever super glue. And glue to the end grain of the fretboard. Holds the nut just fine and takes only a tap to remove later.
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Post by jmshrader on Jan 29, 2021 21:00:03 GMT -6
That’s one of my favorite Martin heads,I had a mid 90s custom shop 00-28 Brazilian/red spruce 12 fret 1 7/8” slothead that has the same inlay. When I have my custom shop OME cherry built this spring it’s going to have that head inlay too,it will be the only inlay on the guitar.
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