E-minor7 Posted February 27, 2015 Share Posted February 27, 2015 Finally happened. It had tiny hair-thin cracks for a year or more and suddenly, , , Spling - . . . . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blindboygrunt Posted February 27, 2015 Share Posted February 27, 2015 Uh oh. What's a guy do with that situation? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martin 1940D28 Posted February 27, 2015 Share Posted February 27, 2015 just my little opinion, we've all known about the $ grabbing policies of gibson and martin, mostly over the past 15 years. Both companies built SUPERB guitars from 1987 until 2000, seems history repeats itself. my own little opinion of many complaints as well as my own, and its cure, a good suppository ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
E-minor7 Posted February 27, 2015 Author Share Posted February 27, 2015 Important to say I provoked this myself by sanding the neck a little a few years back - the guitar is one fantastic 1996 golden Grover model. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ajay Posted February 27, 2015 Share Posted February 27, 2015 If You sanded it, that wouldn't cause the cracks. Are there any cracks or crazing anywhere else on the guitar? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BluesKing777 Posted February 27, 2015 Share Posted February 27, 2015 Uh oh. What's a guy do with that situation? Yep, 'Uh Oh' is the reply! BluesKing777. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CAMELEYE Posted February 27, 2015 Share Posted February 27, 2015 Ouch. Take it all off, I'd say! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
retrorod Posted February 28, 2015 Share Posted February 28, 2015 Cannot say that I have ever seen lacquer peel off in sheets like that... :unsure: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
E-minor7 Posted February 28, 2015 Author Share Posted February 28, 2015 Ouch. Take it all off, I'd say! Exactly what I did - and in fact kept doin' over the next 4-5 days. Never really liked the original neck. It was too thick and U-shaped (squarish) - especially when comin' straight from the H-bird. So this was the opportunity and there I went. It brought me closer to the guitar and I even think the sound changed a bit to the rawer. Well, that is placebo, isn't it. . Scarred - Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
E-minor7 Posted February 28, 2015 Author Share Posted February 28, 2015 No - as seen, I didn't take it all off. It would have been a huge job and given the guitar a whole other identity. It would have involved the head-stock and there would have been risky territory where the heel meets the body. This is it for now - it's quite smooth, but there is a minor bulge to the south and there only. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
retrorod Posted February 28, 2015 Share Posted February 28, 2015 Hey Em7, ...at least no problem finding the "sweet spot" now..... B) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
E-minor7 Posted February 28, 2015 Author Share Posted February 28, 2015 Hey Em7, ...at least no problem finding the "sweet spot" now..... B) retro - it's actually pretty nice to make that glide up the soft well-curved naked neck. . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
E-minor7 Posted February 28, 2015 Author Share Posted February 28, 2015 Again - have to add that the bare zone is defined by the nature of the loose lacquer. It peeled off in shells there only. The 2 long spots be the sides at the h-stock is sanded away though. In my attempt to get the ideal C-shape. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
retrorod Posted February 28, 2015 Share Posted February 28, 2015 I say get it like you want it. Its apparently a keeper in the tone dept. A '96 is fair game. The only new Gibson I have ever bought is a 2004 LP Jr. LOVE IT! Its the only guitar that I own that I want to relic. Not afraid of putting honest dings and wear on to. I even scuffed the neck a tad with steel wool and leather to make it smoother. It is the perfect player and a keeper. Even mucked with the electronics some. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DenverSteve Posted March 1, 2015 Share Posted March 1, 2015 Are you the original owner with warranty. That's what it's there for. If not, you can have the neck refinished for not too much. Or, steel wool it down to bare wood and leave it or polyurethane it yourself. Given what you have, I would have it refinished professionally if there's no warranty. just my little opinion, we've all known about the $ grabbing policies of gibson and martin, mostly over the past 15 years. Both companies built SUPERB guitars from 1987 until 2000, seems history repeats itself. my own little opinion of many complaints as well as my own, and its cure, a good suppository ! ??? What? They're both making as good of, or better, guitars than ever. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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