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ANOTHER NGD!!! Feb 15, 2023 9:23:08 GMT -5 Derick, ancient1, and 1 more like this

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YEA, I KNOW!! I said no more guitars, but this one called to me. ANOTHER 1967 Yamaha FG-150. The THIRD one that's found me!! There's an interesting story that goes with this basket case!! I can't wait to get started, but I have a customer guitar to work on. I'll fit it in when I can.

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ancient1 Elite Member Posts: 818 Playing guitar since: late 50's....always a beginner	ANOTHER NGD!!! Feb 15, 2023 11:16:57 GMT -5 via mobile Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by ancient1 on Feb 15, 2023 11:16:57 GMT -5 Great pictures and descriptions. Looks like it was a good price too
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Feb 15, 2023 11:16:57 GMT -5 ancient1 said:

Great pictures and descriptions. Looks like it was a good price too

YES, it was!! It's going to need A LOT of work to get it back in playing condition! I can't wait to get into it!!

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Garland The Mostest Bestest Member Posts: 4,661 AKA: Gdjjr Thistime Location: Texas! Playing guitar since: off and on since 1960, a lot more off than on	ANOTHER NGD!!! Feb 16, 2023 8:30:54 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Garland on Feb 16, 2023 8:30:54 GMT -5 CTGull, man! You get better and better with documentation!
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Feb 16, 2023 8:30:54 GMT -5 Garland said:

CTGull , man! You get better and better with documentation!

I haven't even gotten started yet!! I did get the neck off the customer FG-335. yamahavintagefg.boards.net/thread/566/1980-yamaha-335-neck-reset

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This job is finally progressing. See the link in the first post.

The FG-335 will be getting finished later this week.

And this one is moving right along!! yamahavintagefg.boards.net/thread/569/1971-yamaha-180-neck-reset I tuned it for the first time yesterday. It sounds fantastic!

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ancient1 Elite Member Posts: 818 Playing guitar since: late 50's....always a beginner	ANOTHER NGD!!! Mar 6, 2023 12:24:15 GMT -5 via mobile Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by ancient1 on Mar 6, 2023 12:24:15 GMT -5 Impressive
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Garland The Mostest Bestest Member Posts: 4,661 AKA: Gdjjr Thistime Location: Texas! Playing guitar since: off and on since 1960, a lot more off than on	ANOTHER NGD!!! Mar 15, 2023 8:40:36 GMT -5 Derick likes this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Garland on Mar 15, 2023 8:40:36 GMT -5 CTGull, I would love to watch you work!
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Mar 15, 2023 8:40:36 GMT -5 Garland said:

CTGull , I would love to watch you work!

NOOO!! It's very slow!!

I had planned on getting back to the customer FG-180 tonight, but I signed up for an Abraham Lincoln class on AARP for 6:30pm. I've always found him interesting, AND he's supposed to have been an INTP!!

But seriously, it's very slow methodical work. Probably rather boring to watch. It's more having the proper experience and tools to be able to accomplish it successfully. Even video wouldn't fully show what's involved, just because minor method alterations need to be made depending on observation of what is happening. It could certainly be taught, but the person would have to be good at observation and making logical adjustments on the fly. There are so many YouTube hacks that just follow the "normal" procedures and have many major failures because they don't understand WHAT and WHY they are doing!!

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Garland The Mostest Bestest Member Posts: 4,661 AKA: Gdjjr Thistime Location: Texas! Playing guitar since: off and on since 1960, a lot more off than on	ANOTHER NGD!!! Mar 15, 2023 9:56:06 GMT -5 Derick likes this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Garland on Mar 15, 2023 9:56:06 GMT -5 CTGull, LOL... yeah it is slow, but the observation would justify the time... sadly, for me, you live too far away.
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ancient1 Elite Member Posts: 818 Playing guitar since: late 50's....always a beginner	ANOTHER NGD!!! Mar 15, 2023 11:22:41 GMT -5 via mobile CTGull likes this Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by ancient1 on Mar 15, 2023 11:22:41 GMT -5 I watch most of TWoodford videos. He's thorough with his explanations and he's skilled at what he does. And always plays a little jingle after the repairs.
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Mar 15, 2023 11:22:41 GMT -5 ancient1 said:

I watch most of TWoodford videos. He's thorough with his explanations and he's skilled at what he does. And always plays a little jingle after the repairs.

YES!! I like him! I've been meaning to contact him about some poor assumptions he made about vintage Yamaha's. He lost a few points from me on that. Otherwise, he's very good. Although I've had limited success with the "heat sticks" for neck removal. I bought the exact some ones and it took over 12 minutes to heat the joint enough to remove a Harmony neck that would take 2 minutes or less with steam. It's not worth it in my book. They absolutely wouldn't work with vintage Yamaha's, as they need the moisture to soften the wood, the heat does next to nothing to soften the glue.

If you want a few laughs, find Jerry Rose (Rosa String Works) on Youtube. He has some skills, but it seems like much of the time he's flying by the seat of his pants and hoping for a positive outcome!! MANY of his methods are questionable to POOR! He's a "pro", look at his sorry ass steam setup!! And don't forget about his inflated ego!! Just read some of his t-shirts and you'll understand. He attempted to remove the neck of a vintage Yamaha with disastrous results, separating the heel lamination after 20+ minutes of steam, then just glued it back together with the neck tipped back slightly!!! No reinforcement, there's no way that held for long!! HACK!! I sent him my info on vintage FG neck resets and his comment was "nice info", but never used it. And he has a young protégé. He uses the same methods, with similar results, no thinking, just do it. Watching their videos can be so frustrating!! BUT, occasionally I might get an interesting nugget to save. It's sometime worth skipping thru them looking for something useful, but I don't have time to waste on that. SORRY for the rant!! It has been a very frustrating day at work!!

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Garland The Mostest Bestest Member Posts: 4,661 AKA: Gdjjr Thistime Location: Texas! Playing guitar since: off and on since 1960, a lot more off than on	ANOTHER NGD!!! Mar 15, 2023 16:58:40 GMT -5 Quote Select Post Deselect Post Link to Post Member Give Gift Back to Top Post by Garland on Mar 15, 2023 16:58:40 GMT -5 CTGull, rants are interesting and informative- of course all your posts are informative...
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Mar 15, 2023 12:17:51 GMT -5 CTGull said:

Mar 15, 2023 11:22:41 GMT -5 ancient1 said:

I watch most of TWoodford videos. He's thorough with his explanations and he's skilled at what he does. And always plays a little jingle after the repairs.

YES!! I like him! I've been meaning to contact him about some poor assumptions he made about vintage Yamaha's. He lost a few points from me on that. Otherwise, he's very good. Although I've had limited success with the "heat sticks" for neck removal. I bought the exact some ones and it took over 12 minutes to heat the joint enough to remove a Harmony neck that would take 2 minutes or less with steam. It's not worth it in my book. They absolutely wouldn't work with vintage Yamaha's, as they need the moisture to soften the wood, the heat does next to nothing to soften the glue.

If you want a few laughs, find Jerry Rose (Rosa String Works) on Youtube. He has some skills, but it seems like much of the time he's flying by the seat of his pants and hoping for a positive outcome!! MANY of his methods are questionable to POOR! He's a "pro", look at his sorry ass steam setup!! And don't forget about his inflated ego!! Just read some of his t-shirts and you'll understand. He attempted to remove the neck of a vintage Yamaha with disastrous results, separating the heel lamination after 20+ minutes of steam, then just glued it back together with the neck tipped back slightly!!! No reinforcement, there's no way that held for long!! HACK!! I sent him my info on vintage FG neck resets and his comment was "nice info", but never used it. And he has a young protégé. He uses the same methods, with similar results, no thinking, just do it. Watching their videos can be so frustrating!! BUT, occasionally I might get an interesting nugget to save. It's sometime worth skipping thru them looking for something useful, but I don't have time to waste on that. SORRY for the rant!! It has been a very frustrating day at work!!

I agree about RSW.

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Mar 15, 2023 22:02:40 GMT -5 ancient1 said:

Mar 15, 2023 12:17:51 GMT -5 CTGull said:

YES!! I like him! I've been meaning to contact him about some poor assumptions he made about vintage Yamaha's. He lost a few points from me on that. Otherwise, he's very good. Although I've had limited success with the "heat sticks" for neck removal. I bought the exact some ones and it took over 12 minutes to heat the joint enough to remove a Harmony neck that would take 2 minutes or less with steam. It's not worth it in my book. They absolutely wouldn't work with vintage Yamaha's, as they need the moisture to soften the wood, the heat does next to nothing to soften the glue.

If you want a few laughs, find Jerry Rose (Rosa String Works) on Youtube. He has some skills, but it seems like much of the time he's flying by the seat of his pants and hoping for a positive outcome!! MANY of his methods are questionable to POOR! He's a "pro", look at his sorry ass steam setup!! And don't forget about his inflated ego!! Just read some of his t-shirts and you'll understand. He attempted to remove the neck of a vintage Yamaha with disastrous results, separating the heel lamination after 20+ minutes of steam, then just glued it back together with the neck tipped back slightly!!! No reinforcement, there's no way that held for long!! HACK!! I sent him my info on vintage FG neck resets and his comment was "nice info", but never used it. And he has a young protégé. He uses the same methods, with similar results, no thinking, just do it. Watching their videos can be so frustrating!! BUT, occasionally I might get an interesting nugget to save. It's sometime worth skipping thru them looking for something useful, but I don't have time to waste on that. SORRY for the rant!! It has been a very frustrating day at work!!

I agree about RSW.

I'm glad I'm not the only one who sees it! He has so many clueless people that worship what he does!!

As an INTP personality type, I am a natural skeptic, it's easier to recognize what is wrong than what is right. I've learned much of my skills by watching many of these "wrong" videos and learning from them. I've done that my whole life, with every aspect of my life. Yes, that's odd, but that's me. I'd rather be different than one of the "sheep".

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