Thanks to rockstar_not.  I picked this up from Scott yesterday.

I've been looking to find something inexpensive for my 12yr old granddaughter, she has mentioned an interest in learning.  I have an old Japanese Ibanez but it's a dred and she is small so I really needed something else and I think this will fit the bill. Plus the price was right, free, Thanks again Scott.

It has a crack on the top but it appears it is only in the finish. I put a light and mirror inside and the top has fan like braces, the crack on the top crosses one of these and there is no sign of anything wrong inside. The neck has a little twist to it but not bad.

Now for the good. I sanded and polished the frets, cleaned and oiled the fretboard, removed the controls for the pickup and cleaned the pot's, sanded the top of the bridge down a little, compensated and lowered the saddle, removed and cleaned the tuners (beautiful pings), polished the top and headstock and put a new set of EJ16's on.

This is a nice guitar, the action is a little high when you get up the fretboard but the intonation is really good. You get a little buzz if you get to heavy with it but it is very playable. And the pickup even works.

It's no Larrivee but it really sounds good.

I'm going to start another thread in the technique section concerning my granddaughter, she's a lefty.

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thats a fine guitar to learn on. And a lot of love has gone into it already.

Why would anyone name a guitar apple sauce? Beatle fan?  :winkin: 

Glad to see you got it cleaned up.  Now, are you going to have her learn 'upside down'?

Quote from: rockstar_not on February 18, 2009, 12:39:56 PM
Glad to see you got it cleaned up.  Now, are you going to have her learn 'upside down'?

No, I started a poll on the technique forum. The consensus was have her learn right handed if at all possable.

BTW, I got the latches on the case working too.

Thanks Scott

   Nice job Roger, I had one way back when they first made them. Nice for a starter git,
I repaired the neck on a fairly new Yamaha a few days a go. It was snapped in two and really mostly hanging together by the truss rod and fretboard. So I filled the the neck with tite-bond and clamped it together for 24hrs. Now I'm sanding and staining the neck. It was worthless but it belonged to a friends young daughter so I told them to bring it by and I would try and fix it. It looks like it will hold even though it was 90% separated. The hardest part is matching the dark stain/finish they use to cover up the trash wood they use for necks.