What to do?
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What to do?
Old Strat, needs new frets as the rattle and buzz increases. Still gets played hard, but maybe time to retire it?
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Re: What to do?
Refret? How much do you like it?
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Re: What to do?
Well if it's a great sounding guitar that you get tons of use from, then I say re-fret.
I had Mr Glyn put stainless steels on my Strat & now it's one of my favourite guitars.
Plus SS frets will last for ages.
I had Mr Glyn put stainless steels on my Strat & now it's one of my favourite guitars.
Plus SS frets will last for ages.
Re: What to do?
Like doesn't really come into the equation! It's like having a vintage car, the old clattery bits do the job and you could replace some bits, but it's about keeping it as authentic as possible!jeremyb wrote:Refret? How much do you like it?
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So what are we talking here, a hard working 25 year old American Standard or a 1950's original? I think you would have a different approach to each of those. Even with the 50's you first have to decide if it's a working guitar or an historical artifact.Zantos wrote:Like doesn't really come into the equation! It's like having a vintage car, the old clattery bits do the job and you could replace some bits, but it's about keeping it as authentic as possible!jeremyb wrote:Refret? How much do you like it?
I was playing a mate's Strat and SG last weekend. Both are from the 1960s and both have just been refretted. I've known those guitars for a long time and they now play and sound better than I've ever heard them before. OK, so they're not original anymore, but they're tools and now they can do their job for another 50 years.
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Re: What to do?
Well, being pedantic, if anyone changes the strings on their guitar, the guitar is no longer original....
He hit a chord that rocked the spinet and disappeared into the infinite ...
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Re: What to do?
Well said. If there's something I've learnt from flicking past The Antiques Roadshow is that not all old things are collectible or worth as much as one thinks. The loss in value from a refret might be offset with the pleasure of having a guitar with a new lease of life.slowfingers wrote: So what are we talking here, a hard working 25 year old American Standard or a 1950's original? I think you would have a different approach to each of those. Even with the 50's you first have to decide if it's a working guitar or an historical artifact.
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So what are we talking here, a hard working 25 year old American Standard or a 1950's original? I think you would have a different approach to each of those. Even with the 50's you first have to decide if it's a working guitar or an historical artifact.slowfingers wrote:Zantos wrote:Like doesn't really come into the equation! It's like having a vintage car, the old clattery bits do the job and you could replace some bits, but it's about keeping it as authentic as possible!jeremyb wrote:Refret? How much do you like it?
I was playing a mate's Strat and SG last weekend. Both are from the 1960s (EDIT: The Strat's a 72. My bad.) and both have just been refretted. I've known those guitars for a long time and they now play and sound better than I've ever heard them before. OK, so they're not original anymore, but they're tools and now they can do their job for another 50 years.[/quote
64 pre CBS. And here lies the real problem! You wouldn't work your granny till she died...unless that's what her punter wanted!
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Nice!Zantos wrote:[
64 pre CBS. And here lies the real problem! You wouldn't work your granny till she died...unless that's what her punter wanted!
Chris Rea retired his 64 Strat. But that was because it had been refretted so many times, there wasn't enough neck left to do it again. IMHO, nothing kills a guitar faster than ignoring it; they were made to be played. Your comments indicate it's not a pristine closet classic so why wouldn't you make it play well and enjoy playing it?
If you don't actually enjoy it all that much, it should yield an easy $15k to find something you do like. Whatever you do, don't bury it! My 2c worth.
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Strings are a consumable item fitted to a guitar.Rog wrote:Well, being pedantic, if anyone changes the strings on their guitar, the guitar is no longer original....
Being pedantic.
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Re: What to do?
so are tuners and yet, collectors get the shits if you've changed them.slowfingers wrote:Strings are a consumable item fitted to a guitar.Rog wrote:Well, being pedantic, if anyone changes the strings on their guitar, the guitar is no longer original....
Being pedantic.
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Re: What to do?
Really?Vince wrote:
so are tuners ......
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Re: What to do?
Well, with my first guitar, I tried to get the shop to do something because the tuners weren't holding and I was told that no, it was normal for them to wear out so, no, tuners weren't covered by the warranty.
YMMV
I don't think I got around to talking about being already outside the warranty period anyway.
YMMV
I don't think I got around to talking about being already outside the warranty period anyway.
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Re: What to do?
Hey Zantos, here's the guy who did the Strat and SG. Beautiful work.
http://www.audiozephyr.co.nz/
http://www.audiozephyr.co.nz/
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Re: What to do?
No, I love this guitar and I'm very lucky to have it. 15k buys a new guitar or aToyota, both equally soulless in my opinion!slowfingers wrote:Nice!Zantos wrote:[
64 pre CBS. And here lies the real problem! You wouldn't work your granny till she died...unless that's what her punter wanted!
Chris Rea retired his 64 Strat. But that was because it had been refretted so many times, there wasn't enough neck left to do it again. IMHO, nothing kills a guitar faster than ignoring it; they were made to be played. Your comments indicate it's not a pristine closet classic so why wouldn't you make it play well and enjoy playing it?
If you don't actually enjoy it all that much, it should yield an easy $15k to find something you do like. Whatever you do, don't bury it! My 2c worth.