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Tom West

Post subject: A few ounces of prevention

Posted: Sun Apr 21, 2013 4:17 pm

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The latest fix for a guitar developing a bit of a belly.............!!!
http://www3.telus.net/Alsplace/Yamaki/HPIM2533.JPG
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Alex Kleon

Post subject: Re: A few ounces of prevention

Posted: Sun Apr 21, 2013 4:25 pm

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At least the repairman left room for future adjustment! [:Y:]

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Tony_in_NYC

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Posted: Sun Apr 21, 2013 5:47 pm

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That is hilarious!!

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Colin North

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Posted: Sun Apr 21, 2013 6:14 pm

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Neat!

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The name catgut is confusing. There are two explanations for the mix up.

Catgut is an abbreviation of the word cattle gut. Gut strings are made from sheep or goat intestines, in the past even from horse, mule or donkey intestines.

Otherwise it could be from the word kitgut or kitstring. Kit meant fiddle, not kitten.

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MikeyV

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Posted: Sun Apr 21, 2013 6:16 pm

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I bet that really brings out the tone.

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bftobin

Post subject: Re: A few ounces of prevention

Posted: Sun Apr 21, 2013 6:41 pm

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Is that the latest 'bridge doctor' ???

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Casey Cochran

Post subject: Re: A few ounces of prevention

Posted: Sun Apr 21, 2013 6:44 pm

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!!!

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Goodin

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Posted: Sun Apr 21, 2013 7:41 pm

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lol!

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ZekeM

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Posted: Sun Apr 21, 2013 8:45 pm

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What clean glue joints.......

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CharlieT

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Posted: Sun Apr 21, 2013 9:20 pm

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It would be interesting to see the chladni patterns before and after.

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FishtownMike

Post subject: Re: A few ounces of prevention

Posted: Mon Apr 22, 2013 12:07 am

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It's always interesting to see what solution the average person will come up with to solve a problem.

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theguitarwhisperer

Post subject: Re: A few ounces of prevention

Posted: Mon Apr 22, 2013 1:55 am

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Looks like good ol' Southern Engineering.

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Fred Tellier

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Posted: Mon Apr 22, 2013 6:48 am

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Wow, I did not know Walmart repaired guitars laughing6-hehe

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JSDenvir

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Posted: Mon Apr 22, 2013 7:37 am

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Obviously a way of making sure the top and back are working together.

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DennisK

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Posted: Mon Apr 22, 2013 7:44 am

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I bet that guitar is great for playing heavy metal :mrgreen:

...no really. Put a pickup in it, crank up the distortion, and you don't even have to worry about feedback :lol:

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guitarjtb

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Posted: Mon Apr 22, 2013 9:10 am

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One way to couple the top and back. I hope that's hide glue.

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Darryl Young

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Posted: Mon Apr 22, 2013 10:26 am

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So no one has to follow the link, here is the picture.......

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Pat Foster

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Posted: Mon Apr 22, 2013 10:38 am

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dueling soundposts!

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F.D Guitars

Post subject: Re: A few ounces of prevention

Posted: Mon Apr 22, 2013 11:13 am

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Some marketing and you get some like : "brand new with ATS -Adjustable top system". They rip it off your hands!!! Lol

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Jeffrey L. Suits

Post subject: Re: A few ounces of prevention

Posted: Tue Apr 23, 2013 4:21 pm

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FishtownMike wrote:

It's always interesting to see what solution the average person will come up with to solve a problem.

As in, "May your grandchildren live in interesting times"?

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Jeffrey L. Suits

Post subject: Re: A few ounces of prevention

Posted: Tue Apr 23, 2013 4:22 pm

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F.D Guitars wrote:

Some marketing and you get some like : "brand new with ATS -Adjustable top system". They rip it off your hands!!! Lol

You just know that Denny Zager's going, "Hmmmm...."

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Alex Kleon

Post subject: Re: A few ounces of prevention

Posted: Tue Apr 23, 2013 7:56 pm

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Jeffrey L. Suits wrote:

You just know that Denny Zager's going, "Hmmmm...."

Alex

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dpm99

Post subject: Re: A few ounces of prevention

Posted: Thu Apr 25, 2013 11:34 am

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Tonebuckles.

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Alain Moisan

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Posted: Thu Apr 25, 2013 3:00 pm

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Priceless.

It would fit nicely in the sideshow section on Frets.com.

http://frets.com/FretsPages/Fun/Sideshow/sideshow1.html

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Clay S.

Post subject: Re: A few ounces of prevention

Posted: Thu Apr 25, 2013 5:11 pm

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What i'd like to know - Did it work?
The bridge doctor seems like a "last resort" fix for a too weak top and bracing combination, but some people swear by it and build guitars which use it as original equipment.
Sometimes these "Bubba braces" actually do work, although they make us grin (or grimace if it's a nice instrument) a bit when we find them.

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