Cleaned the page
Removed some old material and put in the entire renovation thread for the Levin guitar mandolin from 1901. Will add some more new material because.
Archive of entries posted on April 2016
Old Gura 83
The second GammelGura with both oversaddle toning and composite stables was completed. This time a Levin parlor from 1925. Good condition, but I have rarely seen such a Monday copy. In the 1920s, they began to make significantly more instruments and they hired many new employees who needed some time to learn. This one had several production errors. …
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Made a deal where I got four items in exchange as a partial payment and an item to make an GammelGura of. Some pictures of the replacement guitars. Most odd is a harp guitar in parlor size, have never encountered such a small harp guitar. In addition to a genuine Söderman and two European parlor guitar from the 1920s and 1930s. The…
Old Gura 82
Have spent a lot of time experimenting with oversaddle toning and my new composite stable leg. I'm lagging behind in getting GammelGuror and repairs done, but now I feel that most things have landed and will be more efficient in the future. This parlor guitar from 1910-1920 with vein painting is the first to be complete with…
Höfner monster 12: a
Got clear of a bad conscience today, a giant teddy bear for guitar who needed general fix. Never seen a bigger head on a guitar, not even such a wide neck. The head is 25 cm long and the fretboard 55 mm wide at the top! If you took it with you on a canoe trip, you did not need a spare paddle. Some chords…
More about composite stable legs
Has continued to work with tests on the local guitar. It got a saddle toning to begin with. Need something to demonstrate the saddle intonation on for visitors to the room. This particular copy I count as one of the least successful GammelGura ever and I had given up hope for it. Without the oversaddle intonation and with a solid stable leg was…
Composite stall legs
Had a discussion with an American who patented a stable leg in a graphite material with a lubricating surface and extremely low internal loss of energy (www.obbligatoinc.com). A variant of the stable leg was small pieces of the magical material embedded under each string in a wooden stable leg. User reviews of the new stable leg were positive, one thing that…
Small & good
Made a deal where 4 "wrecks" had to be a partial payment for an Old Gura. A Söderman lute, two old Germans and a funny harp guitar that is a little kid compared to how big they usually are. Available soon in the "Waiting Room". First layer strips glued according to my new method with zig-zag smaller pieces instead of a whole strip. …