{"id":15985,"date":"2018-07-25T18:25:41","date_gmt":"2018-07-25T18:25:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.vsb.bc.ca\/dkeller\/?p=15985"},"modified":"2018-07-25T18:26:36","modified_gmt":"2018-07-25T18:26:36","slug":"just-finished-fixing-an-old-1940-50s-kay-arch-top-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.vsb.bc.ca\/dkeller\/2018\/07\/25\/just-finished-fixing-an-old-1940-50s-kay-arch-top-up\/","title":{"rendered":"Just finished fixing an old 1940\/50\u2019s Kay arch top up."},"content":{"rendered":"

When I was given this Guitar by Hendrix, not Jimi but my friend Hendrix, who I work with and is also an Amazing guitarist. \u00a0It came with a wobbly neck, cracks, dents, chips, broken braces and a finish that was finished! \u00a0The neck had been played so much below the fifth fret that there were Three distinct depressions from the players thumb. \u00a0The binding around the neck and headstock was thin…<\/p>\n

It was very much like this one,<\/p>\n

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Anyway… after about a month of stripping, gluing, spraying, respraying, and generally getting things wrong and having to redo things… I don\u2019t claim to be a luthier… yet- but l\u2019m learning.<\/p>\n

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When I was given this Guitar by Hendrix, not Jimi but my friend Hendrix, who I work with and is also an Amazing guitarist. \u00a0It came with a wobbly neck, cracks, dents, chips, broken braces and a finish that was…<\/p>\n

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