Re-birth of an Emmons. I couldn't resist it ! ! ! !
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Re-birth of an Emmons. I couldn't resist it ! ! ! !
Hi Guys.
I know most of the replies I got when I posted about refinishing my early seventies Emmons were to leave it alone.I decided to do just that and learn to live with the awful colour.
Well I failed at the first fence, could not stand the yukky green and set about redoing her,and Lo and behold she's turned out to be a cinderella.
She's not finished yet. I tried to resur
rect the fret board but gave up. I think a chrome job would look the biz. She's not wired up yet either, so a little work still to do, but I think she is Gorgeous. All done by hand and even sprayed using aerosol lacquer. Eight coats, rubbed down and polished.
The before and after pics.
What do you think ?. I think she glows with life.
A keeper.
Cheers
Barry
Barry [/b]
I know most of the replies I got when I posted about refinishing my early seventies Emmons were to leave it alone.I decided to do just that and learn to live with the awful colour.
Well I failed at the first fence, could not stand the yukky green and set about redoing her,and Lo and behold she's turned out to be a cinderella.
She's not finished yet. I tried to resur
rect the fret board but gave up. I think a chrome job would look the biz. She's not wired up yet either, so a little work still to do, but I think she is Gorgeous. All done by hand and even sprayed using aerosol lacquer. Eight coats, rubbed down and polished.
The before and after pics.
What do you think ?. I think she glows with life.
A keeper.
Cheers
Barry
Barry [/b]
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Hi Guys
Thanks for comments. She really is beautiful.
I can't pass it without stopping and staring.
Hi Ken
It's amazing to think that birdseye was lurking under that awful colour. It was hard to see any figuring under the old finish. The original colour was blue and I've left a section of it under the neck if anyone in the future wants to restore it back to original. As I took the old finish off I was stunned by the maple underneath.
Hi Greg
It didn't invite you to play it before, but now the wood draws you in and screams at you to play it. Maybe it's all in the mind, but I'll make sure she sings now.
Who do you think you would make a better job of making love to ?. The Wicked Witch or Marilyn Monroe ???? Exactly.
Not the best analogy maybe, but true.
Thanks guys
Barry
Thanks for comments. She really is beautiful.
I can't pass it without stopping and staring.
Hi Ken
It's amazing to think that birdseye was lurking under that awful colour. It was hard to see any figuring under the old finish. The original colour was blue and I've left a section of it under the neck if anyone in the future wants to restore it back to original. As I took the old finish off I was stunned by the maple underneath.
Hi Greg
It didn't invite you to play it before, but now the wood draws you in and screams at you to play it. Maybe it's all in the mind, but I'll make sure she sings now.
Who do you think you would make a better job of making love to ?. The Wicked Witch or Marilyn Monroe ???? Exactly.
Not the best analogy maybe, but true.
Thanks guys
Barry
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nice barry...you were wise not to listen to us!!
how did you take it down to the original wood? when i refinished mine, i just sanded off the old finish, prepped and refinished with color lacquer. did you use chemicals or sandpaper...looks beautiful! i ask because i don't think i got mine that clean to be able to go natural.
how did you take it down to the original wood? when i refinished mine, i just sanded off the old finish, prepped and refinished with color lacquer. did you use chemicals or sandpaper...looks beautiful! i ask because i don't think i got mine that clean to be able to go natural.
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Beautiful, Barry!!!!
Never mind all the 'original finish' talk - there's no contest in this particular case. Well done!
(Talking of witches, when I was a single man in the '70s, and touring around Britain, guitarist Billy Bremner once named me the 'Witchfinder General'.....; he could talk, though - he came up with some oddities himself!)
Never mind all the 'original finish' talk - there's no contest in this particular case. Well done!
(Talking of witches, when I was a single man in the '70s, and touring around Britain, guitarist Billy Bremner once named me the 'Witchfinder General'.....; he could talk, though - he came up with some oddities himself!)
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Hi Chris
I tried chemicals on a small patch under the neck and it was so messy and only took off a thin layer I decided that wasn't the way to go.Then I tried a metal ruler, and keeping it flat I started chipping the lacquer off with the end. The exposed parts that had faded to a green came off quite easily, while the original blue lacquer under the metalware was really hard to get off. I ended up chipping all the already crazed exposed lacquer off with the ruler, and with care, took the whole lot off without damage.
A light sanding, and the first coat of clear lacquer
really showed the quality of the grain and as I added more layers the grain started to really show through. It only took me about two hours to strip the guitar down to the wood.
Hi Roger
Thanks for the comments.
I'm sure you remember Phil Brady. Well when he'd copped off , it was yours truly who had to entertain the friend. It's remarkable how you never got two gorgeous girls together.
Hi Jim
I guess you like a challenge huh ???
It's the old saying, 'Aint never gone to bed with an ugly woman, but sure have woken up with a few' !!
Cheers
Barry
I tried chemicals on a small patch under the neck and it was so messy and only took off a thin layer I decided that wasn't the way to go.Then I tried a metal ruler, and keeping it flat I started chipping the lacquer off with the end. The exposed parts that had faded to a green came off quite easily, while the original blue lacquer under the metalware was really hard to get off. I ended up chipping all the already crazed exposed lacquer off with the ruler, and with care, took the whole lot off without damage.
A light sanding, and the first coat of clear lacquer
really showed the quality of the grain and as I added more layers the grain started to really show through. It only took me about two hours to strip the guitar down to the wood.
Hi Roger
Thanks for the comments.
I'm sure you remember Phil Brady. Well when he'd copped off , it was yours truly who had to entertain the friend. It's remarkable how you never got two gorgeous girls together.
Hi Jim
I guess you like a challenge huh ???
It's the old saying, 'Aint never gone to bed with an ugly woman, but sure have woken up with a few' !!
Cheers
Barry
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Sonny Curtis (ex-Cricket and great songwriter) told us of his days on the road when smooth and debonair Jerry Naylor was also a 'Cricket'; he said: 'Jerry could get ***** when I couldn't get drinking water!'
Then he added - '...or I'd end up with the girl who looked like Earnest Borgnine!'
Then he added - '...or I'd end up with the girl who looked like Earnest Borgnine!'
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