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Original message:27 days 13 hours 50 minutes ago

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Member: Mihai

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Hello guitar people!

It's been a while since i've posted here. Just wanted to share something.
I have just return from a visit to my girlfriend's parents and her father has a 20 year old guitar laying around. At the moment it seems to be used as a spider's nest but it's pretty sturdy and i asked for it. I plan on fixing it up.

The tuning keys are uncovered in the back and there is a little sprocket and a screw. Maybe they all work like that (never looked) and it's on top of some metallic artsy things. I want to get it new tuning keys but i would like to keep the fancy stuff.
The neck is stuck on good but it seems to have two glue marks and the bottom of the point where the neck meets the body it seems unstuck but its still in one piece. I don't see how it holds.
He also says it has a small crack, don't know how i'll fix that...

It has a really nice natural finish, low on the polish and from place to place it has dark stain, like on the waist and parts of the neck.

Fretboard seems fine. It was nto used that much. He said just a little use in church. :D

Anyway i`m gonna put un a set of pictures when i get it. I could not carry it with me on this occasion. Maybe in a few weeks.

Any ideas on what to fix that minor crack with? and the neck? (is it safe for an amateur to have a go at resolving the neck?)

Reply:27 days 13 hours 45 minutes ago
Member: Mihai

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cant edit. so here is a pic. all i got.

It's made by a Romanian manufacturer called Hora (in a rural place called Reghin).

http://www.hora.ro/pages/guitars.htm

Reply:27 days 7 hours 39 minutes ago
Member: Father Dougal Maguire.

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Looks like some care and attention might do it some good. Be sure to give the fret-board a good few applications of oil, the wood will thank you for it, it'll probably soak up the first few.

Was this left leaning against a wall? If so check the neck, it could be bent or twisted slightly. I never could understand why some folk leave their guitars leaning on the wall but no-one thinks of the possible problems it causes.

Oh the tunning heads are usually covered by a brass cover, are they 3 in a row on a brass backing plate? If so you can replace them, look on Ebay, they are cheap enough to not warrant a heart attack.

Not sure if it is worth spending too much money on, but it does deserve some time and a little TLC.

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Reply:24 days 23 hours 33 minutes ago
Member: Mihai

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actually, i leave my guitars leaning on the wall. Nowhere else to store them. Lack of space. They are in gigbags and one over the other. The one on top has it better i guess. Doesnt the neck take the pressure even when you keep your guitar in a stand?

Reply:27 days 7 hours 24 minutes ago
Member: JTC

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Congrats on scoring a free guitar and a girlfriend with a cool father.

Good luck with the repairs.

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Reply:27 days 48 minutes ago
Member: Mihai

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Thanks guys!

I don't think it's brass. It looks more like aluminium or sheet metal, i don't know. In a few weeks i`ll get it and get more pics if anyone is curious.

It was between a big closet and the wall. Behind the closed basically.

Reply:24 days 23 hours 12 minutes ago
Member: Steve Aguilar

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Where do you guys find these women?!

Her father gave you a guitar jeez

buying you amps,guitar,and what not man :| lol

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