Salvaging timber - Old japanese bolt on

slowlearner · Post by **slowlearner** » Tue Jan 20, 2015 9:24 pm

Got an old 1970s jap bolt on acoustic. Been meaning to sort it for a few years now, but I picked it up yesterday and the top has fallen apart... and its plywood. I'd throw it all in the bin except... it seems like the back and sides are Brazilian rosewood (not just a veneer). Wondering how to pull it apart and save the timber for something else?

Nick · Post by **Nick** » Wed Jan 21, 2015 5:44 am

Have you tested the side and back Pete, to see if they are indeed BRW (sand and smell, BRW has quite a distinctive and beautiful smell)? Just seems strange to me that they'd use "the holy grail of tonewoods" and then slap a plywood top on it when a solid spruce top would still be the cheapest part of it! It would be a bit like owning a Ferrari then dropping a VW Beetle engine into it

slowlearner · Post by **slowlearner** » Wed Jan 21, 2015 10:50 am

Nope, haven't tested it. How bout I give you a pic of it and you can decide... it's pretty awesome looking timber...

back

side

Bruce McC · Post by **Bruce McC** » Wed Jan 21, 2015 12:32 pm

viewtopic.php?f=1&t=5462&p=62873&hilit= ... ard#p62873

Hi Pete

Have a look at this post, it refers to previous posts on replacing the soundboard.

kiwigeo · Post by **kiwigeo** » Wed Jan 21, 2015 1:03 pm

slowlearner wrote:Nope, haven't tested it. How bout I give you a pic of it and you can decide... it's pretty awesome looking timber...

back

side

IRW?

jeffhigh · Post by **jeffhigh** » Wed Jan 21, 2015 1:33 pm

Yep Indian rosewood IMHO

slowlearner · Post by **slowlearner** » Wed Jan 21, 2015 2:25 pm

Thanks Jeff.

Bruce McC wrote:viewtopic.php?f=1&t=5462&p=62873&hilit= ... ard#p62873

Hi Pete

Have a look at this post, it refers to previous posts on replacing the soundboard.

Yeahnah. Except for this timber, the rest of the guitar is a VERY cheaply built jap bolt on. The back and sides are the best bits by a long way. The rest is pretty nasty. Even the inlays on the neck are nasty. Beyond all that, I don't do acoustics really... and I'm not interested. I'd use this timber to build some sort of chambered electric.
So now the question is, how do I undo all the glue? Steam?

ozziebluesman · Post by **ozziebluesman** » Wed Jan 21, 2015 3:22 pm

Hi Pete,
The two guitars I re-topped one was from the sixties and the other the old 1925 Lyon Healy and both used hide glue so it was easy to remove both tops. I think the 70s guitars used synthetic glues but I may be wrong. If it is hide glue your dealing with I used a flat knife and a hairdryer which worked a treat. I have heaps of pictures of the event if your interested.
Cheers
Alan

slowlearner · Post by **slowlearner** » Wed Jan 21, 2015 3:32 pm

Sure a few pics would be great.

ozziebluesman · Post by **ozziebluesman** » Wed Jan 21, 2015 4:21 pm

Here you go

http://s146.photobucket.com/user/ozzieb ... t=6&page=1

Cheers

Al

slowlearner · Post by **slowlearner** » Wed Jan 21, 2015 5:33 pm

Did the binding come off the same way?

ozziebluesman · Post by **ozziebluesman** » Wed Jan 21, 2015 6:25 pm

Yes Pete, no issues at all it was plastic and old.
Cheers
Al

charangohabsburg · Post by **charangohabsburg** » Wed Jan 21, 2015 10:40 pm

slowlearner wrote:
Bruce McC wrote:viewtopic.php?f=1&t=5462&p=62873&hilit= ... ard#p62873

Hi Pete

Have a look at this post, it refers to previous posts on replacing the soundboard.
Yeahnah. [...] , I don't do acoustics really... and I'm not interested.

You could sent it to John the Woodrat, I sure he would be glad to convert this guitar into a whatnot.

slowlearner · Post by **slowlearner** » Thu Jan 22, 2015 9:54 am

charangohabsburg wrote:You could sent it to John the Woodrat, I sure he would be glad to convert this guitar into a whatnot.

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