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26 Nov 05 - 03:42 PM (#1614236) Subject: Re-capture of serial number From: Richard Bridge I have an old-ish guitar which, I hasten to add, I came by legitimately. The serial number, which would have been printed on a paper label, has been erased. The label is intact but the surface looks roughened on the three relevant lines. Any suggestions how I (or anyone more expert) might be able to read the erased number? I have tried the ultra-violet light used to test banknotes, and it does not help. |
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26 Nov 05 - 04:19 PM (#1614252) Subject: RE: Re-capture of serial number (guitar) From: Peace One thing that might work. Carefully apply heat--maybe from a hair dryer thingy, and take pictures every ten seconds or so with infrared film. Just may come up on the film if there was a carbon base to whatever was use to put the number there in the first place. Also, a police forensics lab could help because they do that kinda stuff all the time. |
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26 Nov 05 - 04:21 PM (#1614254) Subject: RE: Re-capture of serial number (guitar) From: Peace Try the police lab first. |
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26 Nov 05 - 04:22 PM (#1614256) Subject: RE: Re-capture of serial number (guitar) From: Peace Also, a university archaeology department should be able to help. |
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26 Nov 05 - 04:50 PM (#1614272) Subject: RE: Re-capture of serial number (guitar) From: Peace Dang, I'm making a botch of this. Heat the area with the hair dryer thing. Turn the hair dryer off and give it to the dog. Then, over a few minutes as the area cools, take a picture--using black and white infrared film--every ten seconds or so. Note that use of black and white infrared film necessitates a lens adjustment. Not so with colour infrared. FYI. |
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27 Nov 05 - 04:24 AM (#1614543) Subject: RE: Re-capture of serial number (guitar) From: Dave Hanson Ask Frank Ford at FRETS.COM he's an expert at doing this. eric |
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27 Nov 05 - 12:41 PM (#1614773) Subject: RE: Re-capture of serial number (guitar) From: Richard Bridge Thank you Eric - there does not sem to be a way of asking Frank directly on his site (which is very interesting and I have been there before) but he has a link to the acoustic guitar forum run by and for acoustic guitar magazine and I have started a thread there. |
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28 Nov 05 - 02:58 AM (#1615240) Subject: RE: Re-capture of serial number (guitar) From: Dave Hanson Richard, you can contact Frank at, frankjoy@aol.com he'll need to know what country you are in and be sure it's not spam as he gets a lot of it. eric |
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28 Nov 05 - 04:16 AM (#1615257) Subject: RE: Re-capture of serial number (guitar) From: Richard Bridge Thanks - but you maybe ought to have pm'd me that so that not everyone has this as a point of reference to it. |
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28 Nov 05 - 08:27 AM (#1615396) Subject: RE: Re-capture of serial number (guitar) From: Dave Hanson It's publicly available on the FRETS.COM site. eric |
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28 Nov 05 - 09:58 AM (#1615467) Subject: RE: Re-capture of serial number (guitar) From: Richard Bridge Funny - I couldn't find it - but apologies for the criticism then |