30 year old classic guitar I fix...horrible content(beta test for real jobs)

MaKo´s Tethan

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well, a month ago, an uncles`s uncle told me that he has a guitar laying around and I tell him "I can do a restoration:hbang:" and he told me "is just a piece of crap, and I don`t want to spend too much money in that" so I reply "I can do it just for fun, to learn...you just pay the new strings and nut and I will do the work" but he will pay me 30$ for the work...:scratch:

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the top was all bend
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because the wood stripes inside was broken, I made new ones.
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the neck was apart from the body...
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painting
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I set the action really low, is really confortable to play now, and just for note, the bridge is a piece of fret wire.:ugh:
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next time, I will do a better work on sanding, and change this brand of lacquer, sucks. the wood in this case was too dry, because it pass many weeks at direct sun:ugh: and later it drinks a lot of oil...still dry. was like sand MDF. well, hope you like it, I know is not a pro work, but, I already told you the context.:wavey:
 

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I envy your luthier skills. So what if the finish is a little rough, that thing looks so much better than it was before. Good job, dude.
 

MaKo´s Tethan

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(I don`t give the guitar to him, is in his house in the patagonic-field, the guy looks like this
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but black hair and beard, I hope he don`t will kill me, I hope)
 

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Awesome job dude. Seriously, you made a piece of junk fit only for a fire playable. You saved a guitar's life!!
 

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Maruicio, you kill me! I love your threads. You are the most DIY guy I have ever met!
 

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I also love your threads .. awesome work dude !
All the best :metal:
 

MaKo´s Tethan

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I think I could rec. with my mp3 player...later.
Sounds ok, (low E, A and D) really nice tone, but G,B and e...like a chinease classic.
not fret buzz anywhere,believe or not.
 
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