The Aria Diamond restoration: a collective and international work.

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Re: The Aria Diamond restoration: a collective and international work.

Post by StevenO » Sun Mar 30, 2008 3:24 pm

theworkoffire wrote:
the older brother wrote: Philosophy Doctor ?
Yup, though the subject area will be Fine Art. PhD is a catch-all term. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doctor_of_Philosophy

The whole thing hinges on funding, really. No funding = no Dr. Work O'fire

Fingers crossed.
I'll help you out with the money if you want. How much are one of those fancy PhD thingies. 10? 15 dollars?
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Re: The Aria Diamond restoration: a collective and international work.

Post by quarterpound » Sun Mar 30, 2008 4:17 pm

theworkoffire wrote: No news here either - I have an interview for a PhD tomorrow so I'm not doing anything guitar related...er...
Inspiring work, man. Good luck!!
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Post by theworkoffire » Sat Apr 05, 2008 2:40 pm

Frets now in, ready to be trimmed and dressed.

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Post by k o y l » Sat Apr 05, 2008 3:27 pm

8) 8) 8)
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Post by the older brother » Sun Apr 06, 2008 12:48 am

theworkoffire wrote: Image
Wouldn't that be something for all shredders hell - having to meedlymeedly on a guitar with un-trimmed frets - for eternity!  ;D
Someone knows where I can find the nearest woodchipper to throw my pieces of junk into?
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Re: The Aria Diamond restoration: a collective and international work.

Post by theworkoffire » Wed Apr 09, 2008 1:12 pm

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The neck is pretty much done - I'll stick the hardware and a nut on and take some better pics tomorrow.



EDIT: slightly better picture
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Post by k o y l » Wed Apr 09, 2008 1:35 pm

It looks very good !  I can't wait to put with dirty little hands on it !!  8)

It makes me think that I have updates to post as well....
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Post by the older brother » Wed Apr 09, 2008 1:50 pm

k o y l wrote: I can't wait to put with dirty little hands on it !! 
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Post by k o y l » Wed Apr 09, 2008 1:56 pm

I should have wrote "filthy"...  :D
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Re: The Aria Diamond restoration: a collective and international work.

Post by Stratelejazzuar » Wed Apr 09, 2008 6:00 pm

great job!  :)
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Re: The Aria Diamond restoration: a collective and international work.

Post by theworkoffire » Thu Apr 10, 2008 6:26 am

So the neck re-fret and bridge restoration are now finished, ready to ship back over to France.

Before - note the mangled plastic sheet under the saddles and the cheeky woodscrew:

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After - everything cleaned, new adhesive plastic strip under the saddles (this is a stock feature on these bridges), new intonation screw (luckily the woodscrew hadn't destroyed the threads as much as we'd feared):

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Before - rutted fretboard and wafer-thin, indented frets:

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After - fretboard skimmed, new frets, new blank nut:

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Re: The Aria Diamond restoration: a collective and international work.

Post by Gordon » Thu Apr 10, 2008 6:30 am

Awesome job! :o
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Re: The Aria Diamond restoration: a collective and international work.

Post by the older brother » Thu Apr 10, 2008 7:24 am

What Gordon said!!!  :o
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Re: The Aria Diamond restoration: a collective and international work.

Post by PorkyPrimeCut » Thu Apr 10, 2008 12:32 pm

Agreed. That neck looks superb - as good as new. The bridge has cleaned up nicely too.

These kind of threads always fascinate me. Its a great skill you've got. Something I'll always be envious of.
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Re: The Aria Diamond restoration: a collective and international work.

Post by Jazzprod » Thu Apr 10, 2008 11:53 pm

My god!!!
Nice work there!!!!

8) 8) 8)
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