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olemusoParticipant
Hi again
It’s in my shed at the moment and I’ve had a play around with it.
First, nothing worked but all I did was soak the electrics with switch cleaner and I’m getting sound from it now. No way to judge sound quality in the shed as it’s plugged into one of those micro-amps that run off a 9Volt PP3!
The neck is the thinnest and narrowest thing I’ve ever seen. I’ve put a set of strings on and there’s hardly enough space to make a chord shape. You need tiny hands to play this baby.
It could be an acoustic neck.
Taylor have denied all knowledge of this instrument. I believe it may indeed have come off an old Taylor 3/4 or even 1/2 size acoustic, but the body? I’m no guru so I don’t know what wood it is but it’s heavy. At least as heavy as my Tanglewood TSB58There was string buzz played open, that was because what looks like a truss cover isn’t, it’s just decorative. (It doesn’t have a truss rod). But it lifted the middle four strings enough that they were buzzing on the Fret Zero (did you notice the Fret Zero?).
The tailpiece looks home made and is screwed to a wooden block which is glued and screwed to the body. The tailpiece screws were not very long and the block has split, so when you put strings on it all begins to lift. I’ve replaced the screws with ones long enough to go through the block and into the body so now it’s stable.
This will be an on/off job so I’ll post the odd update as and when I get around to doing a it more. I’ll post a couple side-on pictures and some measurements and if I can fit my fingers into the fret board dimensions I’ll do a video of me playing it – that’ll be a laugh.
Laters 🙂
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olemusoParticipantI think this is probably a Taylor / Junk hybrid. I reckon someone got hold of a Taylor neck and stuck it on a miscellaneous body. I’ll have a mess around and see what I can make of it, you never know, it could be a nice player 🙂
Some better pics to follow.November 1, 2012 at 6:40 am in reply to: reward! Les Paul, ’58 red historic w/bigsby sn/8 7145 #74091olemusoParticipant13 years on! 😯
I now believe in miracles, well I will if you get it back. 😉
Good luck in your quest and may the perpetrators get what they deserve 👿olemusoParticipantYes it`s a sad day, the loss of a Legend.
R.I.P. Jim (Rock in Peace)
olemusoParticipantHere`s some stuff thrown up by Google
http://www.vintage-guitars.se/Levin_LN_26_info.htm
http://www.vintage-guitars.se/1967_Levin_LN_26_478052.htm
http://www.vintage-guitars.se/Levin_1967_Levin_LN_26_484064.htm
http://www.acousticguitarcommunity.com/group/goyaandlevinguitarowners/forum/topics/levin-lm26
Keep an eye on this and see how much it sells for http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Levin-Goliath-LM26-1964-vintage-all-original-wonderful-/190624377935?pt=UK_Musical_Instruments_Guitars_CV&hash=item2c62192c4f&clk_rvr_id=305463510284
November 8, 2011 at 12:25 am in reply to: Gig/weekend report w/overlong commentary & ridiculous pi #127547olemusoParticipantGreat pics man. Looks like a great gig, makes me totally envious! 😉
olemusoParticipantFound this – okay if you speak German 😉
olemusoParticipantlol – I really don`t see the point. I`ve been playing fifty years 😯 and stretching strings by hand is a piece of cake. I mean, where`s it difficult?
Anyway, ta for the heads-up, someone might want one 🙂
olemusoParticipantI can see the pics fine 🙂
olemusoParticipantI`ve played this loads of times but this is still a useful breakdown. Thanks 🙂
olemusoParticipant8) Cooooool 🙂
olemusoParticipantDoesn`t work. I`ve tried various combinations.
If you want to sell it why don`t you make it easier for people by just telling us the Ebay Item Number. Simples 😉
olemusoParticipantOkay, I`ll try again. I`m selling on Ebay . . . .
a 1970 Cry Baby . . . . Item number: 250763368462and a BOSS EV-10 Expression pedal . . . . Item number: 250763379227
I hope this post works 🙄
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