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Topic: Help with a Oahu Round Neck |
Paul Bostic
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Grants Pass, Oregon, USA
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Posted 11 Aug 2010 9:37 am |
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I just received a 1935 Oahu Round Neck. It has a 3" long separation at the upper left bout between the back and side. It looks like a little glue and some claps will be an easy fix. Can regular wood glue be used, such as Titebond, or is there a better product for the job. Any advise would be greatly appreciated. 
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60's & 70's country rock is my favorite, Martin & Taylor acoustic, Fender & Washburn electric, Rickenbacher BD 8 lap steel, violin. |
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Peter Lindelauf
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Penticton, BC
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David Venzke
From:
SE Michigan, USA
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Posted 12 Aug 2010 5:26 am
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Paul,
If it's a good tight fit when clamped together dry, Titebond Original will work just fine.
-Dave |
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Paul Bostic
From:
Grants Pass, Oregon, USA
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Posted 12 Aug 2010 10:40 am
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Thanks guys! I checked out the Stewart - Mac Donald site and read the info there. It sure is a help to have such a wealth of information at your fingertips.
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60's & 70's country rock is my favorite, Martin & Taylor acoustic, Fender & Washburn electric, Rickenbacher BD 8 lap steel, violin. |
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Paul Bostic
From:
Grants Pass, Oregon, USA
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Posted 13 Aug 2010 5:59 pm
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David, I used the Titebond on the separation and it worked nicely. I took the tuners apart and cleaned them up and oiled them with some sewing machine oil. It is interesting that they just stuck a metal nut extension on to raise the strings for use as a steel. I would call that some Yankee ingenuity! After I vacuumed out the mouse nest from the body cavity and polished her up, I put some new lite steel and nickel wound strings on .010- .030. She now purrs like a kitten! What a sweet sound from such a humble instrument. 
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60's & 70's country rock is my favorite, Martin & Taylor acoustic, Fender & Washburn electric, Rickenbacher BD 8 lap steel, violin. |
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David Venzke
From:
SE Michigan, USA
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Posted 13 Aug 2010 6:31 pm
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| I have an Oahu round neck with nut extender, too. I have it tuned in open G (DGDGBD) with a set of Phosphor Bronze 12s on it and it sounds nice. I also use a Dean Markley single-coil soundhole pickup. These are nice guitars in my opinion -- no doubt about it. |
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