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Post by chicagobob on Aug 20, 2017 9:32:34 GMT -5
Any here ever find pencil marks from the luthier inside your axe? I suppose it would be considered a "blemish" to some, but I'm rather fond of the marking myself. It's scrubbed where you can only see it with a mirror. The guitar will be 40 years old in April.
It's an Alvarez-Yairi DY57 (Winchester) model.
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Post by drlj on Aug 20, 2017 9:41:57 GMT -5
Yes. I have found them inside various guitars. I think it is fairly common.
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Post by Village Idiot on Aug 20, 2017 10:00:36 GMT -5
It's not the luthier, Bob. It's my phone number.
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Post by millring on Aug 20, 2017 10:41:19 GMT -5
Who is "Kilroy" anyway?
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Post by Marty on Aug 20, 2017 10:44:00 GMT -5
If you remove them you'll ruin the guitar's tone and lose all collectors value. The damn case will be worth more than the guitar!  |
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Post by Deleted on Aug 20, 2017 11:18:36 GMT -5
Gibson marks the pickup cavities with pencil to indicate the type of finish they'll put on their electrics. Fender used to use pencil to date their necks.
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Post by millring on Aug 20, 2017 11:20:29 GMT -5
So, if you play a Fender, you might be a pencil neck geek.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 20, 2017 11:29:37 GMT -5
Exactly, John.  |
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Post by Marshall on Aug 20, 2017 11:34:00 GMT -5
"Help. I'm being held captive and forced to work in a sweet shop"
"Yum !"
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Post by Marshall on Aug 20, 2017 11:35:06 GMT -5
After 40 years, why the heck are you looking inside your guitar now?
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Post by Village Idiot on Aug 20, 2017 12:15:31 GMT -5
He dropped a pick in the soundhole.
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Post by drlj on Aug 20, 2017 13:24:24 GMT -5
I have found such things in my guitars. My initials are in my Langejans--probably so he could keep the various guitars he was building at the time straight. One of the Martins has numbers on the soundboard. One has rude things about Marshall in it, but I wrote that myself.
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Post by Dub on Aug 20, 2017 14:38:55 GMT -5
I went to hear Joan Baez some years back when she gave a concert in Cedar Rapids. She told the story of C.F. Martin wanting to issue a Joan Baez model made to match the one she'd famously played for three or four decades. They asked to borrow her guitar and at the same time perform some needed restoration on it. She talked about being on the road with it and how sometimes it would need some emergency repair that had to be done by the nearest competent repairman. When Martin removed the top of her guitar for restorative work they found these words written in pencil behind the bridge: “Too bad you're a communist.”
On edit: I've always wondered if the new Joan Baez model included that inscription.
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Post by chicagobob on Aug 20, 2017 14:48:01 GMT -5
That probably voided the warranty.
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Post by drlj on Aug 20, 2017 15:07:56 GMT -5
I went to hear Joan Baez some years back when she gave a concert in Cedar Rapids. She told the story of C.F. Martin wanting to issue a Joan Baez model made to match the one she'd famously played for three or four decades. They asked to borrow her guitar and at the same time perform some needed restoration on it. She talked about being on the road with it and how sometimes it would need some emergency repair that had to be done by the nearest competent repairman. When Martin removed the top of her guitar for restorative work they found these words written in pencil behind the bridge: “Too bad you're a communist.” On edit: I've always wondered if the new Joan Baez model included that inscription. The Baez signature model did include a that transcription. |
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Post by Doug on Aug 20, 2017 15:13:12 GMT -5
I went to hear Joan Baez some years back when she gave a concert in Cedar Rapids. She told the story of C.F. Martin wanting to issue a Joan Baez model made to match the one she'd famously played for three or four decades. They asked to borrow her guitar and at the same time perform some needed restoration on it. She talked about being on the road with it and how sometimes it would need some emergency repair that had to be done by the nearest competent repairman. When Martin removed the top of her guitar for restorative work they found these words written in pencil behind the bridge: “Too bad you're a communist.” On edit: I've always wondered if the new Joan Baez model included that inscription. The Baez signature model did include a that transcription. And it should, it's part of her persona. The communist story has been around a long time and I think it's true. |
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Post by chicagobob on Aug 20, 2017 15:15:58 GMT -5
Joan is in the Rock n Roll Hall of fame. Poor Ted Nugent.
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Post by drlj on Aug 20, 2017 15:27:39 GMT -5
The Baez signature model did include a that transcription. And it should, it's part of her persona. The communist story has been around a long time and I think it's true. Well, she approved the inscription being reproduced in the signature models and I heard her interviewed about the story. She was laughing pretty easily about it. I doubt that we are in danger of Joan to taking over the country just because some long ago and forgotten Martin employee decided to editorialize. I will refrain from hiding under the bed. |
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Post by Dub on Aug 20, 2017 15:33:54 GMT -5
And it should, it's part of her persona. The communist story has been around a long time and I think it's true. Well, she approved the inscription being reproduced in the signature models and I heard her interviewed about the story. She was laughing pretty easily about it. I doubt that we are in danger of Joan to taking over the country just because some long ago and forgotten Martin employee decided to editorialize. I will refrain from hiding under the bed. The way she told it the editorial comment was written by some forgotten repairman during her travels, not by anyone at C.F. Martin. Martin found it when they took the top off. |
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Post by coachdoc on Aug 20, 2017 19:13:51 GMT -5
I wrote a little love note to my family on my top before the box was closed. Only problem is that it appears backwards when I look at it with a mirror.
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