MIMF

Mine is the beigeish label, made in Taiwan, Republic of China. Serial # is on the brace on the top you can see looking in the soundhole. Like I said, it comes out to 1980 model.

wow..I think you are first to cross the finish line, no?

Another vote for Rasps, Files, Scrapers, and adding Sandpaper, of course!

I think if Jerry Garcia had seen that, he would have wanted it...

In another lifetime (senior year in highschool & right after...), I had bought a used Yamaha 12-string. Baseball bat neck, slotted peghead. I don't recall the model #, but it was like the FG-260 of that same time, so was that or it's predecesor. After about a year and a half or so, I had injured (ac...

I am almost speechless. He was one of the 'good guys' on this forum. My condolences go out to his family and friends.

Very classy... I really like the overall aspect of it.

Nicek work...I will have to give up being envious.

Fan-Freaking-Tabulous! Again, you make me sick!

Yeah, another one that make me ill...wish I had as much talent! with envy...

Not sure if they still do it this way, but the Ovations I worked on back in the day had epoxy as the finish. They used a 'special' (at least that's the smoke and mirrors they had us believe in the late 70's) bondng glue that adhered to the epoxy better than a bare surface. It could have been marketi...

Eddie, people like you make me sick! ...People with skill and talent, that is! All I can say, is WOW!

I agree with the "pop the fingerboard off and lay some veneer" school of thought. Other methods would be more time consuming.

The man who started the "Loud Crowd"... and, from all accounts, a generally nice, generous man.

Very talented performer. He brought popularity to a genre that wasn't given much respect in mainstream. RIP, Earl.

For some reason, the newsletter when to spam. But, all the others before that had been fine. Hmmm....

I just happened to trip over the auctions. There's not a lot of activity there, but maybe I'm not the only one that wasn't aware it started...?

My experiene is that the wood makes more difference in sustain than in tone. Feel free to pile on. A resonant,'bonky' body has more unplugged 'sound'. I had a really cheap, but very load when unplugged strat clone I donated to my Troop's silent auction.

I gotta say I like it...maybe getting nostalgic in my later years.

Hmmm...I know what y'all mean. My memory of the Dune movie was Sting saying "I'm gonna kill you..." but, that was decades about...