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6 String Acoustic 19 September 2011

from Guitar Improvisations (Album in Progress) by Common Lisp

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We were borrowing a car from a friend, and when we stopped in her living room I saw this old inexpensive Korean-made Austin brand acoustic guitar behind her couch. It was very dusty and tanned from sun exposure, with the original black plastic pickguard peeling off, and five very corroded strings on it. Some frets were coming up at the edges. The neck, although mostly flat, had a noticeable "kink" where it met the body, and the action was very bad - in short, it was nearly unplayable.

I asked her if I could take it home and fix it up for her, and she said yes. I don't have the tools or skills to file the nut, fix the frets, reset the neck, or remove and replace the whole bridge, but I took off the plastic bridge insert piece and sanded it down to about a third of its original height, which dramatically improved the action. I removed the old plastic pickguard with its deteriorated glue, cleaned up the top, and just left it without a pickguard. I adjusted the truss rod and put fresh strings on it.

Anyway, this is how it sounds now. The whistling in the background is my nose. It always seems to want to get into the action.

There are abused and neglected guitars all over the place. Sometimes they just need a little love to get a chance to show you what they can do. As do we all.

At some point I suppose I have to give this guitar back to its owner...

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from Guitar Improvisations (Album in Progress), track released September 19, 2011

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Common Lisp Ann Arbor, Michigan

Common Lisp is Paul R. Potts, an amateur musician living in Saginaw, Michigan.

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