| Subject: | Re: [RESOGUIT-L] Dobro Repair | | Date: | Tuesday, April 17, 2007 08:16:08 (-0700) | | From: | Larry Benham <dobroman @.......net>
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| In reply to: | Message 6600 (written by Charlie Campbell) |
Charlie,
Thanks for writing. The separation of the neck and body of the guitar was
between 1/4" and 3/8". The impact caused the wooden nut at the top of the
guitar to snap into. In my posting, I think I said it was maple, but, years
ago, I had found a piece of a really hard exotic wood from South American and had
made a nut and this is what broke. I removed the cone-spider assembly and found
nothing caved in or broken and the maple bridge inserts seemed to be ok and still
in place. The post that extends from the neck to the body of the guitar seemed
to still be in place and tight.
I talked with Ivan Guernsey yesterday and he told me these guitars had a the
neck attached with a post that extended from the body of the guitar into the neck
and are glued and that the impact had obviously caused the separation. He said
that he would do the repair and restoration for me and would only take about a
week to 10 days. I'm going to ship it via UPS today and then make the 3 hour
drive to pick it up in a few days. I might have been able to do the repair
myself, but, I just want to make sure it's done right the first time. As a
matter of interest, Ivan told me that he now bolts the necks on to the body of
his gutars.
I've had this old "Dobro" for several years and always did my own set up work
on it. Just hope it sounds as good as it did after the repair. This one was
made before Dobro sold out to Gibson.
I'll probably have Ivan install a bone nut instead of the hardwood nut, but,
In my opinion the breaking of the nut at the point of impact may very well have
caused the string tension to reduce immediately and minimizing the damage to the
neck , cone, etc.
Also, my thanks to Randy Getz for mentioning Ivan Guernsey. I had met Ivan
and talked with him years ago at the IBMA in Louisville.
Larry
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