I started with a L50 in poor shape. I looked for quite some time to find a real beater that had all the original hardware and original bridge. I needed a guitar from the correct time period to have reasonably been fitted with a CC pickup when these pickups were available new.
I found this 1937 L50. The top is in 5 pieces. The back is in two but has 5 cracks that I counted.
The wood on the back was in such poor condition, from prior repairs, I would have been smarter to just replace it and make new braces. In fact this guitar was actually MISSING brace #2. No evidence of any glue, the back had never been removed and it could not have been removed through the f hole as it would have been too big.
Back reconstructed with new #2 brace. This L50, like the original ES-150/CC, has a hybrid construction. The top is carved, but the back on both is a flat piece of wood bent over slightly curved braces. The later Non-CC ES-150s have carved front and back pieces.
The CC pickup reproduction was special order and took 3 weeks to arrive. In the mean time, I cleaned up the rest of the guitar and made the bound ES-150 style pickguard. Attachment 27395
Since this will be a 'player' instrument, the neck angle had to be 'playable.' It was just marginal with the original bridge. I wanted to keep the original bridge. I improved the neck angle when I re-fitted the back. I got an extra degree or two. This was actually a big deal and a little stressful... not knowing if the guitar would be playable until the back was glued on.
That's freaking awesome, man! Great job and a real labour of love. You made something useful and desirable out of a forgotten guitar. And I approve of the groove in your video.
It seems in all that typing you forgot that there are only 7 ordinal numbers that are relevant in this context, so as a matter of fact we’ve got fingers to spare!
As I understand it, the wood screws in the top of Tal's guitar were to locate the bridge, so it couldn't be knocked out of place when flying with his guitar. Might be some effect on tone, I suppose,...
Nice that YouTube and the democratization of music has had the effect of making an audience more accessible to female musicians who aren't singers. Lots more women playing guitar in jazz and...
That would be your left hand, you're not left handed, are you? If it's only torn, not broken, the splint will do. Tore an Achilles tendon a couple of years ago, t'was no fun at all but fortunately...
Yeah, I'm mostly playing around, not really wedded to the thunk sound or a particular dark sound, I like to experiment and change things up every now and then. But I am surprised at how that changes...
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