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$7.50 thrift shop guitar

Posted by Uncle John on December 2, 2011 at 1:11pm
Bought for $7.50. New strings $1.99 (Musicians gear from Musician's Friend). One license plate from R&L Auto Salvage & Snake Charming at $1.00. Spare parts. 2 hours loving low skilled labor.5 string - open G. Plays and sounds pretty good. Now appraised at $3.50 to $4.75. (one of my better investments)
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  • JP Swenson December 17, 2011 at 7:15pm

    Hope ya don't get pulled over, now that your car only has one license plate!!!!!   hehehehehe  (-;))

  • Jason Mills December 14, 2011 at 10:00am

    nice

  • the anonymous pick December 3, 2011 at 1:19pm

    sweet john  ;-)  i likey .

  • The Professor December 3, 2011 at 12:40pm

    Great piece U J. I love these  modified acoustics.

    Prof

  • Richard G Caudill December 2, 2011 at 8:44pm

    Love it when u go kicking n screaming into the expensive guitars !!!     nice un there UJ

  • Uncle John December 2, 2011 at 8:30pm

    Thanks guys.  I used a drill powered circle cutter to cut out the big sound hole and  a larger circle where beneath the bridge.  I put in a (back to front) brace where I cut though a cross brace for the sound hole.  The big sound hole brass is a  closet rod hanger.  

    This was a cheap little first act kids guitar.  20 inch scale.  The strings were way too close together.   Going to a 5 string helped that. 

    For sound on a 10 point scale, I think it went from a 3 to 6.5.  or maybe 7 in open G.  Too bad I am not much of a 5 string player, but it is fun and maybe I will learn a bit.

    Bug, why not use a UK plate?

  • BUGGY (C) December 2, 2011 at 7:42pm

    I really want to build one of these, is there any cutting away behind the number plate and how did you do the holes things?...  its way cool... looks like an old framus from that head stock?

    US Number plates over here go for a whole heap more cash though!

  • Roger Morin December 2, 2011 at 6:49pm

    I have a free guitar that my grandson had that came unglued, I glued it all back togeather. But now you gave me an idea as well as many others. Really likes the look, very nice.

  • Larry McInnes December 2, 2011 at 5:45pm

    Sweet.

  • Uncle John December 2, 2011 at 3:10pm

    Thanks Jon and John. 

    Huh, maybe I will paint the nut white.  Good idea.  Maybe paint the saddle blue.  Hmm.  May put it aside for a while first.  Other projects are calling. 

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