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Topic: Early LDG clean and service (finished) |
Bob Muller
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Oregon, USA
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Posted 12 Dec 2018 5:26 pm |
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This is a very nice Round front LDG That I am going to Clean up. It still plays great and looks real good, but I think it needs a good cleaning.
Cabinet still has very good color.
Changer looks pretty good still, I think some one cleaned it without taking it apart.
Looks good at a glance.
Cabinet stripped out.
This is what the fingers look like when removed.
Changer casting and Parts.
The parts well be cleaned and lubed then replaced.
More photos later.
Last edited by Bob Muller on 29 Jan 2019 11:20 am; edited 1 time in total |
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Russ Tkac
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Posted 13 Dec 2018 7:09 am
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| Hi Bob. This looks like the one sold off Reverb a month or so ago or is this one you've had for a while? What a great looking steel. |
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J R Rose
From:
Keota, Oklahoma, USA
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Posted 13 Dec 2018 7:49 am
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Nice Bob. Best of luck. I often wish I had kept mine, it was a later model but a great playing guitar. It was what went with the Single Channel Amp you brought from me a few years back. Great Rig. Take Care, J.R.
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NOTHING..Sold it all. J.R. Rose |
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Bob Muller
From:
Oregon, USA
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Posted 14 Dec 2018 3:09 pm
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Russ, this belongs to a friend of mine I am cleaning it for him.
Some of the changer parts cleaned up.
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J R Rose
From:
Keota, Oklahoma, USA
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Posted 14 Dec 2018 4:53 pm
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Looking good Bob, J.R.
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Eric Dahlhoff
From:
Point Arena, California
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Posted 14 Dec 2018 11:16 pm cleaning fingers
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Looks great Bob! 
How do you clean the parts? I've use carb cleaner spray cans to get the gunk out from the rivet area. What's your trick?
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Bob Muller
From:
Oregon, USA
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Posted 14 Dec 2018 11:56 pm Re: cleaning fingers
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Looks great Bob!
How do you clean the parts? I've use carb cleaner spray cans to get the gunk out from the rivet area. What's your trick? |
I am not sure that I want to say, but it must be done outside in a nonsmoking area. |
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Bob Muller
From:
Oregon, USA
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Posted 15 Dec 2018 1:52 pm
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| Looking good Bob, J.R. |
Thanks J.R. By the way I am still using the amp for jams here. |
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Johnie King
From:
Tennessee, USA
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Posted 15 Dec 2018 4:34 pm
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| Bob look’s like it was time for a good tear down good job for sure. |
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Bob Muller
From:
Oregon, USA
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Posted 21 Jan 2019 2:28 pm
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Progress has been slow on this but here are a few up dated photos. The underside has been cleaned and reassembled, and all castings were polished.
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Bob Muller
From:
Oregon, USA
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Posted 29 Jan 2019 11:18 am
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The guitar is finished and back home now, here are a couple last looks.
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Tucker Jackson
From:
Portland, Oregon, USA
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Posted 29 Jan 2019 1:50 pm
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Bob, as always, beautiful work!
I realize you were only in temporary possession of this LDG, but you have such an extensive stable of great vintage steels that you could open a pretty killer museum. Food for thought  |
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Damir Besic
From:
Nashville,TN.
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Brian Gattis
From:
Georgia, USA
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Posted 29 Jan 2019 4:21 pm
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| Beautiful! Still searching for one!! |
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Bob Muller
From:
Oregon, USA
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J R Rose
From:
Keota, Oklahoma, USA
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Posted 13 Oct 2019 6:09 pm
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Beautiful all the way around Bob. What a great job. I thank you for sharing. J.R.
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Ricky Davis
From:
Bertram, Texas USA
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Posted 13 Oct 2019 6:49 pm
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Bob that Sho~bud on the sound test clip you just put up is NOT the '73 round front Sho~bud you just finished.
I would like to hear this one you finished; as it is within the first few months on Lloyd's first one.
Ricky
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Email Ricky: sshawaiian2362@gmail.com |
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Bob Muller
From:
Oregon, USA
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Posted 13 Oct 2019 11:15 pm
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| Ricky, you made me go back and check my photo files again, and you are correct. I was not trying to mislead you but I got the sound clips mixed up with the photos. The guitar in the clip is a few years newer, it has a new changer 3&3 style fingers, a vintage 705 PU, 5 knees, and nylon tuners. The extra vertical and the pickup were added later. I will have to see if I can do a sound clip for the round front some day. I worked on 3 of them about the same time Looks like I got confused, sorry. |
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Ricky Davis
From:
Bertram, Texas USA
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Posted 14 Oct 2019 5:57 am
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Hey it's no worries Bob; no need to be sorry. I totally understand...heck many times I'm here working and I have no idea who's Sho~bud I'm working on and I have to go back and check my files every day...ha.
Ricky
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Igor Fiksman
From:
Georgia, USA
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Posted 14 Oct 2019 2:57 pm
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Beautiful job, Bob! Adds extra inspiration to keep trucking with my own Sho-Bud restore project. One question for you. When cleaning those brass adjuster barrels, did you happen to come across any of them that had the end of the spring where it passes through the tiny hole in the adjuster be worn down and be much shorter than the rest? If so, how do you deal with this worn spring end?
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Bob Muller
From:
Oregon, USA
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Posted 14 Oct 2019 7:52 pm
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| Yes they do wear down, to fix it take a good one apart for an example. Then cut a small amount off the damaged spring and form a new end. This should resolve your problem and make it work like new again. |
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