1970 Tele....Fix it or Leave it alone - Page 2

diceman · 09-16-2009, 12:57 AM

Greg - would filler show up under a solid finish (without the finish needing to be overly thick)??

BCRGreg · 09-16-2009, 01:00 AM

Only if you wanted it to. You would have a helluva time filling those carves in.

disom007 · 09-16-2009, 02:18 AM

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Originally Posted by diceman

Very cool guitar. Could the carving just be filled and then have a solid color applied over it - or would the filler show through?

That's what I was really hoping for, a fill in and a paint job. But that's why
I asked on here because I'm not good with wood work and just wanted to know what would have to be done to fix it when I do decide to.

I'm glad, for one, that you chimed in Greg. I've seen some of your work on here and would not hesitate to take your advice (unless you told me to go play in traffic

). When I decide you;ll be the first I call....as for now, or until the money situation gets better, I'm gonna enjoy my girl "Rosie" just as she is.

And BTW Greg, you need to give dj a call....he's rearry,...rearry ronery......seri-ress-ree!!!!!

Atomic · 09-16-2009, 02:46 AM

dude dont kill the rose man. its a cool vibe i think.

if you decide that you cant live with it set it free and get something you would like better.

disom007 · 09-16-2009, 03:05 AM

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Originally Posted by Atomic

dude dont kill the rose man. its a cool vibe i think.

if you decide that you cant live with it set it free and get something you would like better.

Thanks man, it really is growing on me I have to admit. This guitar has been sitting in a closet at my dad's house for years and it dont deserve to just set there, so I went and got it and put new strings on it and set it up a little. I'm gonna play it and have fun with it.

Atomic · 09-16-2009, 03:06 AM

if you decide you dont want it, let me know. im sure i can find it a good home.

djwilbanks · 09-16-2009, 03:22 AM

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Originally Posted by disom007

And BTW Greg, you need to give dj a call....he's rearry,...rearry ronery......seri-ress-ree!!!!!

I'm so ronery... so ronery... so ronery and sadry arone! It's kinda sirry, but not rearry.

overdriver · 09-16-2009, 09:14 AM

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Originally Posted by BCRGreg

If you want to be a pansy, then let's look back a bit at what YOU said.....

So why don't you just run along and play in traffic and let the rest of us go on with our lives.

I agreed with you dimwit!!. About it may look better veenerd or caped. But I do not ,IMO think it is something a person would call restored.

Any time you want to come over and show me how to play in traffic , MR. EXPERT come ahead. Your more than welcome.

If you didn't , IMO have people to sway with your EXPERT B.S. and stupid commments to fire off at people , well IMO you would have no forum life. You crave this B.S. & go out of your way to come off as a jerk a lot of the time.

captcoolaid · 09-17-2009, 09:39 PM

Can you maybe have someone redo the roses so they look better, that is unless you want them gone.

disom007 · 09-18-2009, 02:54 AM

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Originally Posted by captcoolaid

Can you maybe have someone redo the roses so they look better, that is unless you want them gone.

Probably could, but I think if I was gonna have any work done on it I would just get rid of the rose all together. Im all about the history of individual guitars and the stories they tell, but usually it's got a scratch here or a ding there....not a friggin rose carved in it.

Like I said though, it is growing on me. I took some pics in the sun the other day....

djwilbanks · 09-18-2009, 03:27 AM

Jeez, that relief is deep.

diceman · 09-18-2009, 04:03 AM

The carving itself looks great.

I'd rather see it on a table or something.

It is a tough call.

disom007 · 09-18-2009, 04:47 AM

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Originally Posted by diceman

The carving itself looks great.

I'd rather see it on a table or something.

It is a tough call.

Yeah, It's kinda like going out one night and drinking way too much and waking up the next morning with a mike tyson tattoo...it's like "I was wanting a tat, just not on the side of my face".

Atomic · 09-18-2009, 05:05 AM

one thing i did notice, you dont have it listed in your sig.

i would figure if you were going to bond with it, you would have done so by now.

disom007 · 09-18-2009, 04:29 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Atomic

one thing i did notice, you dont have it listed in your sig.

i would figure if you were going to bond with it, you would have done so by now.

To be honest I have a lot more guitars that's not listed in my sig. Although I have been thinking lately about getting them all out and taking some pictures and doing some reasearch on some of them. I also have a '65 Fender Mustang that's been varnished with a paint brush (looks like anyway) you can see runs in it. I'm wanting to strip it down and paint it back to original color but my cash flow took a major dive and it's tough enough to keep strings on the ones I play most.

analogsystem · 09-22-2009, 12:39 PM

I kind of like it.....
but if you aren't sure, you could probably find a replacement body on the bay for cheap enough.....do a transfer of all the goodies and play away. If you ever want to make it "all original" again, you can always transfer everything back onto the carved body.

Either that or get a really good luthier / woodworker to fill in those routes and then refinish the whole thing in a solid color. I think that makes more sense than taking the whole top down....

River · 09-22-2009, 12:46 PM

From the first pics I had my doubts, but based on the latest, I'd leave it. Very early '70s, for which I'm nostalgic. I'm old.

SFK · 09-22-2009, 01:14 PM

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Originally Posted by River

From the first pics I had my doubts, but based on the latest, I'd leave it. Very early '70s, for which I'm nostalgic. I'm old.

I agree.

Get yourself a "Nudies" suit and rock out.

Byron999 · 09-25-2009, 10:49 AM

I think it looks great, I agree with what another suggested, that may need some more definition, but looks great just as it is. I would buy that git in a flash, love it.

Also, I don't no how old some of you are, but 1970, and the Rose, were most certainly in everyones crosshairs back then, know why? (drum roll)

The Grateful Dead released "American Beauty",

***Led Zep Fan*** · 09-25-2009, 01:35 PM

I'd leave it alone, I think it looks cool! And unique!

disom007 · 09-25-2009, 06:47 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Byron999

I think it looks great, I agree with what another suggested, that may need some more definition, but looks great just as it is. I would buy that git in a flash, love it.

Also, I don't no how old some of you are, but 1970, and the Rose, were most certainly in everyones crosshairs back then, know why? (drum roll)

The Grateful Dead released "American Beauty",

Hey, you might be on to something there. I'm a '74 model myself.

Hey LedZepFan, I see Artie in your sig. Are you a big Stern fan?? I got to start listening when they came to satellite radio.

Plus...thanx for the compliments guys.

diceman · 09-25-2009, 06:53 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by disom007

To be honest I have a lot more guitars that's not listed in my sig. Although I have been thinking lately about getting them all out and taking some pictures and doing some reasearch on some of them. I also have a '65 Fender Mustang that's been varnished with a paint brush (looks like anyway) you can see runs in it. I'm wanting to strip it down and paint it back to original color but my cash flow took a major dive and it's tough enough to keep strings on the ones I play most.

I have a '65 Mustang as well - I love that guitar!

shtdaprdtr · 09-25-2009, 07:06 PM

leave it alone or paint it all black with the white roses and there you go Waylon Jennings...now go sing the Dukes of Hazzard theme.

***Led Zep Fan*** · 09-25-2009, 07:39 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by disom007

Hey, you might be on to something there. I'm a '74 model myself.

Hey LedZepFan, I see Artie in your sig. Are you a big Stern fan?? I got to start listening when they came to satellite radio.

Plus...thanx for the compliments guys.

I've been listening since the NBC days! When I was way too young...

Artie rules!!!

Blues4U · 09-26-2009, 10:17 PM

Although I would not choose this top as my personal "signature" model. it's there, it's not hurting anything and doing much restore work is going to be costly.

If you decide you want to have a restoration done on it, Greg is the man. I am going to have Greg do some work for me very soon. We talked about it today.

JMHO--

Cookie-boy · 09-27-2009, 12:57 AM

Personally I'd leave it. It's of it's time and I think people appreciate that. There's a million plain old Tele's out there and I guess folks won't forget that one!

River · 09-27-2009, 01:21 AM

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Originally Posted by Cookie-boy

Personally I'd leave it. It's of it's time and I think people appreciate that. There's a million plain old Tele's out there and I guess folks won't forget that one!

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diceman V.I.P. Member Join Date: Jul 2007 Posts: 16,293 Thanks: 307 Thanked 89 Times in 32 Posts	Re: 1970 Tele....Fix it or Leave it alone The carving itself looks great. I'd rather see it on a table or something. It is a tough call. __________________ My Band: www.comeupswingingmusic.com or www.myspace.com/comeupswinging

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Atomic Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: N'orlins :D Posts: 1,257 Thanks: 38 Thanked 19 Times in 7 Posts	Re: 1970 Tele....Fix it or Leave it alone one thing i did notice, you dont have it listed in your sig. i would figure if you were going to bond with it, you would have done so by now. __________________ -Joe Join My Forum!!!! Multi-For Sale Thread! Urgent! click here! My band Atomic Pilot on: YouTube atomicpilot.com Myspace Twitter My Music Thread VM Worn Cherry Refin MIM Tele Refin

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analogsystem Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Seattle Posts: 433 Thanks: 1 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: 1970 Tele....Fix it or Leave it alone I kind of like it..... but if you aren't sure, you could probably find a replacement body on the bay for cheap enough.....do a transfer of all the goodies and play away. If you ever want to make it "all original" again, you can always transfer everything back onto the carved body. Either that or get a really good luthier / woodworker to fill in those routes and then refinish the whole thing in a solid color. I think that makes more sense than taking the whole top down.... __________________ www.myspace.com/wahwahexitwound Guitars: 2007 Gibson Firebird V, 1994 Hamer Studio Archtop, 1974 Fender Musicmaster neck on Mustang Body, 1988 Hamer Californian Elite Amps: 1982 JCM800 2203 (on a 1960a), 1966 Sunn 100s (on an Avatar 2x12), 1962 Magnatone M2, 79 Princeton Reverb (blackfaced) Pedalboard: Morley Wah, MJM Blues Devil, Prescription Experience, Russian Green Big Muff, SPF Ego Booster, Digidelay, Voodoo Pedal Power 2

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River Senior Member Join Date: May 2008 Location: Crestone, Colorado, USA Posts: 12,952 Thanks: 94 Thanked 133 Times in 20 Posts	Re: 1970 Tele....Fix it or Leave it alone From the first pics I had my doubts, but based on the latest, I'd leave it. Very early '70s, for which I'm nostalgic. I'm old. __________________ When you don't know where you're going, every road takes you there. And you can't make a wrong turn. Rory Gallagher is "The man who got me back into the blues." - Eric Clapton

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shtdaprdtr Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: new york Posts: 1,211 Thanks: 0 Thanked 9 Times in 5 Posts	Re: 1970 Tele....Fix it or Leave it alone leave it alone or paint it all black with the white roses and there you go Waylon Jennings...now go sing the Dukes of Hazzard theme.

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Blues4U Premium Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: West Central Indiana Posts: 1,679 Thanks: 106 Thanked 44 Times in 12 Posts	Re: 1970 Tele....Fix it or Leave it alone Although I would not choose this top as my personal "signature" model. it's there, it's not hurting anything and doing much restore work is going to be costly. If you decide you want to have a restoration done on it, Greg is the man. I am going to have Greg do some work for me very soon. We talked about it today. JMHO--

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