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THANKYOU!

Good morning Douglas, I was quite concerned from what you said and I thought that I had ruined the guitar, and that's against what my intentions are, so I had a good talk with my brother. He told me about thermal expansion in different timbers and also heat crystalization in glues, he said that he slowly introduced the moisture content back to an acceptable level and this alone took the guitar back to a good level, no preasure needed, he then got his straight edge and offered it to all the flat surfaces of the guitar, all good. He said that he didn't need to remove the neck as this was true and secure, what he did say was that a luthier, guitar maker, is a proffesion in it's own rights and they are very skilled but timber is timber and it all reacts the same wheather in an instrament or a roof, care has to be taken otherwise you get problems. The only thing that he couldn't get round was the crack, approx 2", along the side of the neck so he had to splice this, then the braces were re glued and braces added for support. I am not trying to sell the guitar but if someone was to have it I would like to think that they have a good guitar. Your life appears to be full, I bet that you don't have much spare time, it's also great to hear that you do so much for the other guitar lovers over their, do you have any video's of one of your bashes? I would love to see one.

Hello Douglas, thankyou for replying. Although my knowledge of guitars is far from what yours is I take everything on board that you say. I joined the forum for my love of old guitars and dislike of the throw away world that it has become, too many nice guitars are disregarded and scrapped. I have not done too many but have saved a couple of nice electric guitars, one I am doing now is a 1970s Thresher LP guitar made in Japan. I think that by joining this forum I can gain knowledge to help me turn out better guitars, I'm a pensioner and this is a hobby not a profession but I do take pride in what I do. As a lot of others back in the 60s I played in a blues band, not too good but got quite a few gigs and enjoyed every minute, what reinstated my love of guitars was the passing of my elder brother, I'm the youngest of six, and when he passed he left me his Hamer guitar along with loads of pedals including a 1979 electric mistress flanger as used by The Police, although I enjoy playing the electric to the best that I can, my hands don't work properly anymore, age, I do prefer the tones of an acoustic.

Hi, thankyou for your comments. I think that I may of overstated the condition of the guitars condition, my brother didn't have to remove the neck from the guitar, it lined up quite easilly without a lot of preasure and once lined up he strengthened it in place from the inside, along with a splice on the top it appears to be a good solid job. I have had a look at these guitars and apparently there aren't that many about and the price is crazy, I would be happy with less than half of what some people are asking, it is definitely too good to hang on the wall after what I have read, it needs to be played and enjoyed. I will try to download a picture so you can see.

Hello everyone, I am an oap who just loves old guitars, I like to get hold of cheap nasty things and turn them into descent looking, playing guitars. I am not really a guitarist but can put a tune or two together and enjoy it. About ten months ago I picked up a Yamaha DW 7 12, I think the serial number is, G701677220, The guitar was never played but used as wall art, the problem is that it was hung above a heater and full tension was left on the strings and the neck lifted, it didn't lift alot but enough to crack the top at the sound hole and along the side of the frettboard. My brother who is not a luthier but a first class joiner, 60yrs, sorted this for me, it didn.t take much to get it level again and to make sure of a good fix he spliced a strip of hardwood where the worst crack was to make sure. Because the splice was visible, not too bad, I made another pick guard that covereed it. What I then did was to put new strings on and have left it fully tuned for the last nine months, I didn't tune it down but tuned to normal pitch and in that time it hasn't moved at all and is still in tune. What is the opinion on guitars with neck sets, do you think that it is worth selling on to someone who can enjoy it, or shall I just hang it up to look at? it still looks nearly new. Thanks for taking time to read this and I'm looking forward to some replies.