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Author Message Bigmike Username: Bigmike Registered: 10-2002 Posted on Tuesday, August 29, 2006 - 1:00 pm:    Didn't know in what category to post this - being it's not an Ibanez I was reluctant to post it. This is a project that started back in May when I bought two inlaid finerboards from Antonio Tsai - aka INLAIDARTIST on eBay... $20.00 each includin a lovely matchin headstock overlay. Amazing. I had my local guitar tech remove the old finerboard and headstock overlay, apply this one, do the frets and buff off about 107 years of grime and dirt of the body. It's amazing tone is owed mostly to the 100 year old Brazilian rosewood and spruce... check it out... My next project is an aluinum bodied Tokai guitar, called a Talbo - I got a solid rosewood neck with inlays from Antonio ($100.00), Tele shaped neck - that is going on the Talbo... I'll post when that one is finished. Guitartim Username: Guitartim Registered: 04-2001 Posted on Tuesday, August 29, 2006 - 9:08 pm:    Big~ Having played your 'loud' plarlor guitar prior to it's facelift (necklift), she looks even more stunning than before. Nice work. Tim Jchester Username: Jchester Registered: 05-2006 Posted on Tuesday, August 29, 2006 - 10:37 pm:    Ibanez or not... I have to say... I'm normally not a fan of modifying older instruments, but... HOLY SHINTO!!! Mr. Tsai has a serious talent for tasteful inlay work! ...and with Tim's testimony as to 'loud', I can just imagine that she's THE prima mezzo-contralto, with some serious projection, now, with a hundred years worth of funk removed. I just wish I could hear her sing! Congrats! Bigmike Username: Bigmike Registered: 10-2002 Posted on Wednesday, August 30, 2006 - 1:17 pm:    Aside from replacing the fingerboard and headstock overlay NOTHING was done to the body excepting a good cleaning of the finish. The guy that did the work is a professional cabinet maker who also makes guitars for himself. So he knew just what to do to the old shellac finish to clean it up... And TIM, this is not the Bay State you played - that's an 1860 and will eventually get it's own cosmetic redo... I was tempted to send it over to Antonio to do a bunch of stuff to it, but I think I am pleased enough with what I did to the 1897 Washburn to just do something like that to the Bay State.... Finding a really ornate parlor guitar is prohibitively expensive. This Washburn cost me under $700.00 and I put $500.00 into the repairs/facelift. Some knuclehead had used steel strings on it but fortunately it had not warped the top or messed up the bridge area... And now the action is nice and easy - great tone. I hope all you guys are well and finding cool stuff... Guitartim Username: Guitartim Registered: 04-2001 Posted on Thursday, August 31, 2006 - 3:49 pm:    Big~ Where were you hiding that little baby when I came over? Thought you brought out all of your toys. Or was that another more recent acquisition? Bigmike Username: Bigmike Registered: 10-2002 Posted on Thursday, August 31, 2006 - 4:27 pm:    More recent acquisition, got the guitar and fingerboards back in May... it's a real sweetheart. Big

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