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Old 03-15-2015, 05:24 PM
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Thumbs up ok..

All fixed and ready to play. When something like this happens, you never know if all is back 100% where it was exactly.

It feels good and sounds good but I had to chisel down the ends of the two dowels I glued in to the old wire slots and get it flush with the Rosewood with not much room to work in those curved channels. Some sanding and touch-up and it looks just fine.

Then drilling new holes thru the top of the Tailpiece on a beveled surface, angling the holes slightly from outside to inside to spread the wire and getting the wire clamp back on and to a similar length was nothing short or tedious work. I must be getting soft, too much bowing and not enough chiseling because my fingers and hands are sore!

But, shes ready for service now without changing anything else and that's a relief.
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