woodworm damaged Tele restoration NOW W/ X-RAYS!

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Post by jthomas » Sat Oct 08, 2016 10:43 am

Smartphones don't make xrays

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Post by ChrisFFTA » Mon Oct 10, 2016 3:00 am

jthomas wrote:Smartphones don't make xrays

shit. Really? Wow didn't realise this

Guess a smartphone couldn't do this could it? :-/

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Post by Pacafeliz » Tue Oct 25, 2016 4:30 am

Shit i can't post from my phone...
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Post by Pacafeliz » Tue Oct 25, 2016 4:31 am

Oh i got a few cellphone-screenshots!!! :w00t:
Will upload them later when at home!
He sez he's got a DVD with over 3000 pics of it for me!

It looks bad... especially the neck! :bored:
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Post by s_mcsleazy » Tue Oct 25, 2016 7:13 am

Pacafeliz wrote:Oh i got a few cellphone-screenshots!!!
Will upload them later when at home!
He sez he's got a DVD with over 3000 pics of it for me!

It looks bad... especially the neck!
this is going to be fun
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Post by Pacafeliz » Tue Oct 25, 2016 8:26 am

OK finally... here we go. Some aren't too good, and i think he might be thinking the factory routes are also caused by these bastards. Some are blurry... but some are GLORIOUS nice. I'll get the DVD in about 2 weeks when we visit my GF's parents. Then I'll take pics and/or video of it all to see WHERE the hell i need to fill up more shit.

Have fun... here we go!

i got high hopes when i got this one, it's SO clean... like SY's...
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close up
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another nice clear one
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BASTARDS!!! doc sez the white parts are metal and the parts that i used wood filler
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:wtf:

this one's cool, too
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oh this one REALLY HURTS!!! Hollowbody, anyone!? :'(
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...and that's all for now.
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...in other bad news, the Bigsby i got from FenderBob was returned to the USA (long story short; customs are assholes and bureaucrats), but hopefully i'll have it here soon enough, and i got time to fix the massive stuff in the meanwhile.

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Post by s_mcsleazy » Tue Oct 25, 2016 8:35 am

ouch. that's pretty bad but it's salvageable
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Post by will » Tue Oct 25, 2016 8:36 am

Those are Speed Holes. They help the guitar play faster.

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Post by Pacafeliz » Tue Oct 25, 2016 8:38 am

s_mcsleazy wrote:ouch. that's pretty bad but it's salvageable
i got nothing to loose, really.
but the neck worries me... :bored:
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Post by s_mcsleazy » Tue Oct 25, 2016 8:42 am

Pacafeliz wrote:
s_mcsleazy wrote:ouch. that's pretty bad but it's salvageable
i got nothing to loose, really.
but the neck worries me...
gibson call it tone chambers
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Post by Ursa Minor » Tue Oct 25, 2016 9:02 am

Incredible to finally see the xrays!!!

The body wouldn't worry me too much, but that neck is definitely suspect. Hopefully more xrays will give you a deeper insight. You almost need a 3D model to really get an idea in some area.
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Post by Pacafeliz » Tue Oct 25, 2016 9:27 am

yep... worst case scenario i get disposable Squier necks... :whistle:
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Post by MattK » Tue Oct 25, 2016 4:08 pm

I reckon you will be all right Pat - the body clearly has a couple of holes but it's 95% solid wood, hollow bodies are 95% air and hold string tension fine. Likewise the neck - if you think about it there is a pull on the tuner pegs and a pull from the truss rod to prevent bowing - it just has to hold its length under compression, and clearly it's doing that just fine. Necks made of mahogany and other softer woods are up to the job, so a piece of hard maple has way more strength than needed. Also the borers went along the grain, meaning the strength of the wood isn't affected much (think of a girder, it's strong and resists bending despite the sides being hollowed out to a thin rib between the top and bottom surface). Really, twisting and warping is the only likely problem, and you will know about that pretty quickly.

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Post by andy_tchp » Wed Oct 26, 2016 3:11 am

^ Should be nice and lightweight too.
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Post by PixMix » Wed Oct 26, 2016 3:54 am

This has got to be one of the craziest cases of guitar damage ever. Unbelievable. I bet Fender would love to run a story about this guitar.

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