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Well, indeed I am!

Some of you may remember that thread. I posted a small quiz on what guitar I had, and Mr guitslinger guessed correctly: Framus. So now this utterly bridgeless sixstring shall finally re-enter its majestical form and function, and we may finally discover what a '69 Framus acoustic sounds like. At least that's the goal. Who knows where we'll end up: I hope there's lots of hi-jacking!

As you know I'm an avid follower of build threads, and I must say: there have been much too few of these lately. So even though I am no professional like others here (and I bid you to remember that at all times as we proceed: have mercy on me! ), I will man up and brave it and hereby start The Nutter's Incredible Bridge Buildup Experiment (or N.I.B.B.L.E for short )! So welcome! Bring your favourite drinks, pets and nibbles, put your rocking socks on if you want, sit back, relax; but don't shout too much or I'll get nervous. And we don't want nervous sweat all over her body, do we?

The patient is a 42 year old lady with fair red finish and lush "thinline-esque" archtop curves, bound in what can only be called the cream of experience: gorgeous!





Those hips don't lie!

Anyway, this lady faces a dilemma: At some point in time, a previous owner somehow managed to loose the bridge, which is to a guitar like throwing away the key to a room full of food to a starving man. In other words: majorly unbearable. A replacement bridge was sent for, but in the whole kingdom of Warwick no man could find the right bridge for this lady. So somewhere in the endless halls of the dark Warwickian vaults, some old and possibly slightly confused warehousman shut his eyes tightly, held his breath and stuck his arm into a cob webbed box, grabbed a bridge and stuffed it in an envelope.
When the repair person unpacked the parcel there was great grief, although there were also utterances of "good grief" to be heard... Anyway, the bridge was not high enough to reach the strings, AND the top piece of the bridge turned out to be either for a bass guitar or for a Peter Kraus model (only four strings for movie making German fake Elvises during the 60's. Muahahahaha! ), for there were only four saddles. Ah well.

My plan is to get the bridge high enough to reach the strings and make a new top piece that can hold six strings. I'm not a huge fan of giant Ukuleles. Basses: yes. Giant Ukuleles: no. That's just the way I roll.

So, to kick this project off, here's a few pics of what's going on.

The low E-string approximately properly strung over a temporary fake bridge shows how much exactly this bridge is too low:









Golly!

Anyway. I'll better get carving. I have a nice flat piece of what I believe might be plum wood. Even though it's not the right colour, I think it will be manageable. I just hope I don't botch this somewhere right at the end! [Breathe, Nutter, breathe: In ----- out; in ---- out. That's it. Now press the "submit" button. Go on. You can do it. There. Well done!]

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I started out with nothing, and still have most of it.

Every confidence of a top creation in the making, we're with you till the end, good luck Nutter, get that guitar singing again.

Coool.......

I love me a good build thread!

Now. Nutter, don't let us down..... No pressure....but after the hair pulling and knashing of teeth I went through trying to figure out what this thing was it had better be worth it........

AM sitting glued in anticipation with a coffee and a handful of Rich Teas and Digestives to dunk...........

HAve to say I quite like the look of the laminated neck..................(wookee eyes up the 'fake wood grain' kit purchased many moons ago from B+Q........)

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speak slowly I'm a drummer too!!

And I proudly lack a stick or a kazoo up my arse...........

You're not kidding! She is a beauty indeed, so I can't wait to see the finished article! Just remember to take your time at it, and enjoy

Best of luck dude

Drew

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You can't win them all, if you did, where would you keep them?

2010 Fender MIM strat in candy apple red w/ rosewood board
2010 PRS SE Tremonti single cut, vintage cherry red
2009 Squier "tiredcaster" modded strat w/ big hairy wiring R.I.P

Just remember DON'T MESS UP!!!!!!!! CAUSE IF YOU DO I WILL LOOSE ALL RESPECT FOR YOU!!!!!!!!!!Remember the worst that can happen is you set it on fire and you loose the guitar and your house.Then when you get enough money to buy a computer and come on the forum we all make fun of you.

You Have My Full Support.




YOU CAN'T DO IT!!!!!!!YOU CAN'T DO IT !!!!!!!!!!!!!!


Just messin with ya. I bet it will come out looking better that the day it was built.

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I LIKE PIE!!!!!

IF I DO SOMETHING STUPID,DON'T SAY A WORD...

She's a pretty little thing for sure.Fraamus always made great guitars.My buddy has a Framus bass from the late 60s-early 70s with an SG style body and she plays and sounds like a dream with a really comfortable neck,I can see why Bill Wyman loved them.

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'65 Strat,65 Mustang,65 Jaguar,4 more Strats,3 vintage Vox guitars,5 Vox amps,'69 Bassman with a '68 2-15 Bassman cab,36 guitars total-15asst'd amps total,2 vintage '60s Hammond organs & a myriad of effects-with a few rare vintage ones.

Thanks everyone for your faith! I am now even calmer than a scuba-diver who lost his snorkel in a pool of coffee!

I'd just like to mention that behind the scenes Mr Ceri and Mr Andybighair have given me lots of support on this project. Thanks lads! They seem to be of the opinion that somehow it'll turn out well. Bless them!

To start off the day, I'll leave you with a nice hot mug of tea. I really like that quote:



So long!

Nutter

I have a gun. Take this thread to Cuba.



Them's child-bearing hips.



My wife used to have an American employee who had never heard of dunking Digestives - she said it wasn't in her culture. Can you imagine? But she liked it, learned fast and became a world class dunker. She's since retired back to Hawaii so hopefully there's now a small corner of that island where people know how make a proper cup of tea and the correct use of Digestives.



Meh. Fire is sometimes not an end but a beginning to a guitar's journey...



One time in the Red Sea I saw a guy vomit into his regulator at 35 metres / 110 feet down. He wasn't a calm scuba diver at all! But he survived - with a little helpful laughter from his friends.



Pish, we haven't helped at all - you don't need it. But I wouldn't be surprised if some encouraging socks arrive at some point on this thread, along with the applause.

Not that it's directly useful but merely out of a sense of synchronicity here's a Trade Secrets episode that came along just recently showing Dan doing exactly the opposite operation on an archtop bridge:

http://www.stewmac.com/tradesecrets/ts0 ... ign=ts0111


Thank you for the mugshot. Have another:



Good luck - C

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Good Vibes To Y'all!



Screamin' Armadillos
Texas Roadhouse Music
Guitar/Slide Guitar/Harp/Vocals

I seem to be getting quite guilty of that recently..........
I just feel so at home hear that I am comfortable enough to hijack with meaningless jibberish in most posts.....sorry

Since we seem to be hijacking with pics of warm drinks I shall post my coffee with my Digestives at the ready!!


My wife used to have an American employee who had never heard of dunking Digestives - she said it wasn't in her culture. Can you imagine? But she liked it, learned fast and became a world class dunker. She's since retired back to Hawaii so hopefully there's now a small corner of that island where people know how make a proper cup of tea and the correct use of Digestives. [/quote]

Am glad to hear that dunking is making an international impact!!!!

I have tried dunking all types....bourbons, Hob NObs, GInger Nuts, but I always go back to Digestives..........I can hold them in place to just about the point of disintegrating when they are just right.......ah the habits of the British!!!

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speak slowly I'm a drummer too!!

And I proudly lack a stick or a kazoo up my arse...........

SA, congratulations on the boots - and on the first use of "couvrants" on the Forum this year. Tres cool.

Cheers - C

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Cold drinks inevitably shall follow! If you know anything about build threads it will be that drinks are an essential part of any build thread supply list. And since we all welcome the still fairly new Wookee to the forum, here's something that'll keep the cool guys cool and the hot weather bearable! (I do hope Mr Russianracehorse will be around, to him we owe this great thread). viewtopic.php?f=2&t=22078

More biccies anyone?





Thanks for the encouragement and the powerful footwear! Can anyone calculate the size of the chicken by the distance of those little pimply bits? I would say the chicken is at least 4 metres tall and has an avarage running speed of 56 km/h!

À bientôt,

Nuttér

Cheers for that.....sorry I had to re-open that thread as beer is one of my favourite subjects!!!!!!



Very.........

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speak slowly I'm a drummer too!!

And I proudly lack a stick or a kazoo up my arse...........

I'm guessing that if you ask for a drumstick - you get something you could use as a drumstick! I wonder if wearing those boots gives a man an urge to bury his head in the sand?

Salut - Cherie

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Don't be sorry, Mr pappawookee! Threads around here rarely get closed. They pass into a sort of pending status, waiting to be revitalised. Much in contrast to Andy's status of greatness, which long ago lost the right to carry the preambula: "pending". I and others petitioned to cut that and write "Achieved" there instead. But Andy won't listen.... such is life.

Nutter