LukeR Posted September 27, 2004 Report Share Posted September 27, 2004 Hi guys, I am attempting to restore a $15 second hand Gibson acoustic copy. it seems to be about 20 years old or so (the binding is very yellow). Its a nice guitar to play- I did a quick set up on it- the tuners are cheap and nasty, but the neck is one piece (scarf jointed headstock AFTER the vollute, strangely). Anyway, wilst surprisingly a nice guitar to play, it is very 'dead' sounding (I had to restring with electric strings to get a tone that wasnt completely lifeless). My plan, therfore, is to replace the top on the guitar (big job, I know, but after all, it was only $15, and it will be a good learning experience even if I ruin it) The binging is 5 ply black/white; the white of which has aged to a nice, almost TV Yellow. My question is, it it possible to remove the top from the guitar AND salvage the binding? (the top is a VERY dead and lifeless sounding plywood, so I am not too woried about breaking that. I have found that a solid top generally seems to sound MUCH better than ply, even if the body is ply, so I figuer there is little point in attempting to build an acoustic COMPLETELY from scratch) Thanks guys, Luke Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LukeR Posted September 27, 2004 Author Report Share Posted September 27, 2004 Sorry about the multiple post of the topic guys- I was having a computer glitch Sorry! Luke Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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