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15 May 00 - 01:08 AM (#228083) Subject: Have you Shaved Your Neck Today? From: Rick Fielding I'm waiting with baited breath for "Woody", my 1949 Martin 0-18 to come back from Bruce Dowd's guitar hospital. I'm having the clubby neck shaved down to about a Gibson J-45 profile. A bit scary, but Bruce assures me that he's done this thousands of times over the years (I think he's exagerating)* Just curious what other cats have had this particulae surgery on their instruments and what your feelings were after. Rick * how DO you spell it? |
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15 May 00 - 01:20 AM (#228085) Subject: RE: Have you Shaved Your Neck Today? From: MK I had the neck shaved on my D-42. Workmanship was first class. Improved the playability and enjoyment of it 10 fold. |
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15 May 00 - 01:44 AM (#228089) Subject: RE: Have you Shaved Your Neck Today? From: JenEllen My fiddle is in for bridge work and I'm sweating up a storm. Keep yer chin up. ~JenEllen (and I think there's two 'g's??) |
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15 May 00 - 02:04 AM (#228100) Subject: RE: Have you Shaved Your Neck Today? From: catspaw49 Exaggerated is spelled ... B-L-O-W-I-N-G-S-M-O-K-E-U-P-Y-O-U-R-A-S-S. Hope its a smooth shave! Spaw |
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15 May 00 - 06:42 AM (#228135) Subject: RE: Have you Shaved Your Neck Today? From: Banjer * how DO you spell it? I usually spell 'it' with one letter "i" and one letter "t", in that order! How do YOU spell it? |
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15 May 00 - 08:05 AM (#228144) Subject: RE: Have you Shaved Your Neck Today? From: Little Neophyte Rick has an out-patient clinic where periodically my banjo undergoes minor surgery. I sit close by while Rick works on your instrument. I've had some memorable chats with the surgeon during those times. Little Neo |
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15 May 00 - 08:09 AM (#228145) Subject: RE: Have you Shaved Your Neck Today? From: JedMarum I've had my ankle bones reshaped, turned out OK, but I guess that was less critical! |
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15 May 00 - 08:11 AM (#228146) Subject: RE: Have you Shaved Your Neck Today? From: JedMarum Is the 0-18 a slotted head? V neck? Small body? Similar to the 000s? |
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15 May 00 - 08:13 AM (#228147) Subject: RE: Have you Shaved Your Neck Today? From: catspaw49 ...uh....Bonnie.............Why does your post sound like a visit to the gynecologist? Spaw |
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15 May 00 - 08:18 AM (#228149) Subject: RE: Have you Shaved Your Neck Today? From: catspaw49 Jed....Sorry, I forgot to say, there's a pretty fair picture of "Woodrow" on Rick's picture page at bbc's. O is smallest of the O's.....sounds like we're talking to the gynecologist again. Spaw |
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15 May 00 - 08:44 AM (#228152) Subject: RE: Have you Shaved Your Neck Today? From: MudGuard I spell "it" the same as Banjer, but for "exaggerating" I use, in contrast to JenEllen, three "g" - two after the first a, one at the end ;-) By the way, I shaved my neck yesterday, when I was cutting my hair ;-) MudGuard |
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15 May 00 - 08:44 AM (#228153) Subject: RE: Have you Shaved Your Neck Today? From: SINSULL I wax mine. It lasts longer. |
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15 May 00 - 08:52 AM (#228156) Subject: RE: Have you Shaved Your Neck Today? From: Little Neophyte Catspaw I must admit your mind never ceases to amaze me. I think Rick would make a great gynecologist. He has good technical skills and he has a gift of understanding women quite well. Just think of all the money you would make Rick. Little Neo |
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15 May 00 - 09:25 AM (#228163) Subject: RE: Have you Shaved Your Neck Today? From: Mooh I always wanted to be an amateur gynecologist, but I was never very good with the ladies. Don't shave if I can avoid it, my neck or any other thing. Rick,I bet you will fall in love with that guitar all over again, kinda like a fling with your high school sweetheart, or something. Maybe the something. Anyway, I'm sure you will not be disappointed. Enjoy! Peace, Mooh. |
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15 May 00 - 10:36 AM (#228197) Subject: RE: Have you Shaved Your Neck Today? From: catspaw49 Well its true......Rick is the inquisitive type; a guy who likes to look into things and all. This may be something he wants to probe into. Spaw |
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15 May 00 - 11:27 AM (#228225) Subject: RE: Have you Shaved Your Neck Today? From: Jed at Work I hafta chuckle - Rick's talkin' serious stuff about his favorite ax, and we've selected his next career! |
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15 May 00 - 12:09 PM (#228240) Subject: RE: Have you Shaved Your Neck Today? From: Rick Fielding Open letter to Banjer: I was WAITING for that one! You win the first prize of a date with Catspaw. Tenth prize is of course, ten dates. Puhleeze people. I would make a very bad gynacologist, because of my tendency to throw myself into my work....also as you well know, I'm self-employed...safer that way. Anybody else ACTUALLY have experience with cutting down their instrument necks? Dr. Rick, brain sturgeon |
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15 May 00 - 01:01 PM (#228264) Subject: RE: Have you Shaved Your Neck Today? From: Mooh Dr. Rick, I took at least 1/4 inch off an old Harmony archtop neck, reshaped the heel and the headstock without any ill effects. There is no trussrod either. I used it thus for a year or so, but it's currently hanging in my shop awaiting a new bridge. I don't expect it to be a problem when I get around to restringing it. Once reshaped a P-bass neck to more closely resemble a Jazz bass neck (pulled the frets to make it fretless too), no trouble. If you've got a trussrod you'll be fine, and likely fine even without. Mooh. |
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15 May 00 - 01:40 PM (#228279) Subject: RE: Have you Shaved Your Neck Today? From: L R Mole I'm reminded of an old song: "Oh, she asked about his trussrod/While her neck was being shaved,/Fret not,he said,I've come a bit unstrung..." Oh, no, I'm not reminded of any such thing, I suppose. Where's Walt Kelly when you need him? |
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15 May 00 - 04:59 PM (#228380) Subject: RE: Have you Shaved Your Neck Today? From: Dave Swan Friend of mine was a veterinary gynecologist.....toughest part was geting the mice in the stirrups. E.S. |
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15 May 00 - 05:11 PM (#228386) Subject: RE: Have you Shaved Your Neck Today? From: Wesley S Where's a rabbi when you need one? |
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15 May 00 - 05:41 PM (#228404) Subject: RE: Have you Shaved Your Neck Today? From: GUEST,Frankie I've never had a neck cut down, Rick, but I've had my nuts filed a few times. Good luck, Frankie |
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15 May 00 - 06:07 PM (#228418) Subject: RE: Have you Shaved Your Neck Today? From: catspaw49 Give it up Rick.........ITs hard(?) to get a serious reaction. But I do have a question......See, I didn't realize Woody was Jewish until Wesley brought it up...Could you elaborate on this? Another slice of knowledge, a few tips.....or would you prefer to nip it right now? Spaw |
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15 May 00 - 06:33 PM (#228426) Subject: RE: Have you Shaved Your Neck Today? From: Peter T. Socrates considered himself a midwife of learning, since he sweated so much labouring to bring ideas forth from his students -- Oh, forget it. LOL!!!! yours, Peter T. |
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15 May 00 - 07:01 PM (#228442) Subject: RE: Have you Shaved Your Neck Today? From: kendall Would one of you Jewish types tell me the meaning of "schtup" ??? I'm serious. |
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15 May 00 - 07:13 PM (#228447) Subject: RE: Have you Shaved Your Neck Today? From: Little Neophyte Well Kendall, it is a Yiddish word that has to do with intercourse but I think it is used to describe things like....... Being schutp in a business deal I don't think you would use it in, "I love you darling so much I wait to schutp you" It is mostly use as an insult. Well at least that is how I understood it. Little Neo |
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15 May 00 - 07:24 PM (#228450) Subject: RE: Have you Shaved Your Neck Today? From: JenEllen Veterinary Gynecology Dave??? Oh, the stories I could tell ya!!! LOL ~Elle |
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15 May 00 - 07:44 PM (#228458) Subject: RE: Have you Shaved Your Neck Today? From: Banjer SCHTUP? I believe that is a well known, widely used Southern term. It is meant to stifle the other half of most any argument. It is pronounced as a two syllable word, Scht - up. ie:(an attempt to keep this music related) 1st guy:You play notes on that there gittar with the Columbus method....first ya find the note and then ya land on it!!! 2nd guy:SCHT-UP!! You cain't do no better! |
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22 Jun 01 - 11:05 PM (#490141) Subject: RE: Have you Shaved Your Neck Today? From: Marion Um, if you have your guitar neck shaved, then regret it, it'll just grow back, right? And Bonnie, about the minor surgery thing... I vividly remember when my insane fiddle teacher was on a one-day crusade against the little wooden squares that many fiddles have glued onto the inner back seam to reinforce the seam - and decided that mine needed to come out. He slid a chisel into my fiddle's f-hole, holding it where the little square met the back, and he wanted me to whack on the chisel with a piece of a two-by-four. Just say no, Marion |
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23 Jun 01 - 12:19 AM (#490176) Subject: RE: Have you Shaved Your Neck Today? From: Spud Murphy I think Mudcat has returned. What the hell kind of an implant did they give you, Spaw? Sounds to me like your in what is commonly called 'fine fettle.' Spud |
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23 Jun 01 - 03:02 AM (#490221) Subject: RE: Have you Shaved Your Neck Today? From: Joe Offer But back to the original question - Rick, how did your guitar neck shave work out? -Joe Offer- |
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23 Jun 01 - 12:16 PM (#490365) Subject: RE: Have you Shaved Your Neck Today? From: Rick Fielding Beautifully Joe. I wanted a thinner profile neck (same thing that merle travis wanted back in about 1952) 'cause i use my thumb a lot on the sixth and fifth strings when playing solo instrumentals. Rick |