Jeff R Posted August 19, 2018 Share Posted August 19, 2018 I don't normally share my shop's happenings here, many of you guys here already follow my shop's Facebook page. For those who don't, here's a recent repair job that that ranked a little more special ("once in a lifetime" and "bucket list" are appropriate adjectives) and one you don't even have to be a guitar geek to love and appreciate. Enjoy! Arrival ... YEEOOWWCCCHHH!! Danny Ferrington - yes, the one and only, THAT Danny Ferrington (!) - and yours truly at work ... After ... I will be posting more information, photos and vids LIKE THIS INITIAL POST (CLICK HERE) on the guitar, Danny Ferrington and the repair in the coming week. I'll just post links to updates here to keep bandwidth consumption to a minimum. And yes, I am still in "wow" mode. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Scepter Posted August 19, 2018 Share Posted August 19, 2018 Congrats man, that's frikin awesome!😉 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scottcald Posted August 19, 2018 Share Posted August 19, 2018 Wow, Jeff, thanks a lot for sharing this. It doesn't get old for me seeing guys like you masterfully fixing something that seems beyond help. Fabulous job! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BubbaVO Posted August 19, 2018 Share Posted August 19, 2018 Awesome! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gwayne Posted August 19, 2018 Share Posted August 19, 2018 What an amazing opportunity for you. Congrats and thanks for sharing with us. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
foodermon Posted August 19, 2018 Share Posted August 19, 2018 Wow! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Haynie Posted August 19, 2018 Share Posted August 19, 2018 What are you going to do for an encore? Did you scraped the fingerboard to get any Johnny Cash DNA? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArnieZ Posted August 19, 2018 Share Posted August 19, 2018 word has gotten out😀 ArnieZ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tortious Posted August 19, 2018 Share Posted August 19, 2018 That's pretty effin cool. You'll remember that one for the duration. How did the owner let it get to that state? Feel free to share as much as possible here. I'm allergic to facebook. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crunchee Posted August 19, 2018 Share Posted August 19, 2018 4 hours ago, Tortious said: That's pretty effin cool. You'll remember that one for the duration. How did the owner let it get to that state? Feel free to share as much as possible here. I'm allergic to facebook. Maybe it had something to do with how Johnny was holding the guitar on the above album cover? Looks like he was ready for some batting practice. Very cool post, can't wait to see the progress! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BubbaVO Posted August 19, 2018 Share Posted August 19, 2018 Yours and Mike's are the only pages I check out on FB. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HAMERMAN Posted August 20, 2018 Share Posted August 20, 2018 Restoring a piece of history - that is beyond cool! In the first pic it sort of look like Danny is putting the finishing touches on an outboard motor mount! :-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff R Posted August 20, 2018 Author Share Posted August 20, 2018 18 hours ago, Tortious said: How did the owner let it get to that state? The current owner is a private collector. I never got a clear answer on what happened to it this time. I say that because I found evidence that it had catastrophic bridge/soundboard separations at least twice prior to this event. Many things can cause that to occur. Most are preventable. This separation, however, was the worst, destroying the original bridge; the glued and reglued splintered spruce under it; plus the splitting of two bridgeplates - the original and a second reinforcing one from a previous repair - under the soundboard; and splitting the soundboard itself this time around. It was also compounded by previous repairs that had to be "unfixed" this time around to make a proper new fix. The two bridgeplates, for example, had to be removed with an internally-positioned iron caul heated to 325F (PITA and dangerous for both the guitar and for me, check out my kevlar glove for the task). And once removed, replaced with one soundplate that was slightly larger, slightly thicker and cross-grained, all for structural integrity's sake. I'll share more as it's generated for the shop's Facebook page. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
polara Posted August 20, 2018 Share Posted August 20, 2018 Wow! I'd be more than a little nervous to be trying to un-do old repairs on a guitar that loaded with history. Nice work! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crunchee Posted August 20, 2018 Share Posted August 20, 2018 10 hours ago, Jeff R said: The current owner is a private collector. I never got a clear answer on what happened to it this time. I say that because I found evidence that it had catastrophic bridge/soundboard separations at least twice prior to this event. Many things can cause that to occur. Most are preventable. This separation, however, was the worst, destroying the original bridge; the glued and reglued splintered spruce under it; plus the splitting of two bridgeplates - the original and a second reinforcing one from a previous repair - under the soundboard; and splitting the soundboard itself this time around. It was also compounded by previous repairs that had to be "unfixed" this time around to make a proper new fix. The two bridgeplates, for example, had to be removed with an internally-positioned iron caul heated to 325F (PITA and dangerous for both the guitar and for me, check out my kevlar glove for the task). And once removed, replaced with one soundplate that was slightly larger, slightly thicker and cross-grained, all for structural integrity's sake. I'll share more as it's generated for the shop's Facebook page. It looks like the guitar is in great hands! Kids, don't try this at home. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff R Posted August 24, 2018 Author Share Posted August 24, 2018 Here's what Danny himself says about #9 and its completion in 1978 ... "I built this guitar for Emmylou Harris, at least I wanted her to have it. Ricky Skaggs was one of her sidemen and he said if I came to the Willie Nelson Picnic in Dallas, he would get me backstage to show it to her. Maybe she would buy it. I went, Emmy liked it but liked her Gibson J200 more. She wanted me to inlay a rose on it which I did (it's now in the Country Music Hall of Fame in Nashville), Ricky took my guitar back to the hotel that night and picking it up the next day, he said Waylon Jennings said when I get back to Nashville, bring it to him and he would buy it. Well, I did, thrilled to sell a guitar to Waylon. About a week or so later, I was working at the Old Time Pickin' Parlour (music shop in Nashville) and I got a call from Johnny Cash's office. I had never met John so I was surprised. His assistant said she had John on the line patched in from New Jersey. He said, "Danny this is Johnny Cash and I have a guitar here that you made and it was given to me by Waylon Jennings last night at Wolf Trap and I think it's the finest guitar I've ever played and I want you to make one for my wife June, a little smaller and a little less black than this one," which I did. He played this guitar on his (prime time televised) Christmas Special in 1978 with Kris Kristofferson and Steve Martin, and on his Spring Special. He also played it on his 25th Anniversary album." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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kizanski Posted August 24, 2018 Share Posted August 24, 2018 lol - "...a little less black." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toadroller Posted August 24, 2018 Share Posted August 24, 2018 On 8/19/2018 at 1:32 PM, Tortious said: How did the owner let it get to that state? Some guy called him 'Sue'. Heard that on the radio just yesterday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Biz Prof Posted August 24, 2018 Share Posted August 24, 2018 6 hours ago, kizanski said: lol - "...a little less black." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jakeboy Posted August 26, 2018 Share Posted August 26, 2018 Cool to the FIng max! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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