tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26331935175939502332024-03-13T22:47:30.503-07:00Suzuki Guitar Repair and ModsUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger39125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2633193517593950233.post-10517925022849481762011-09-13T06:43:00.000-07:002011-09-13T07:04:55.444-07:00Kiso classical #70 bracing seemed a bit heavy<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-_w_nkMWR9Hk/Tm9eENvR__I/AAAAAAAABpo/83VhmotZkqc/s1600/100_0119.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-_w_nkMWR9Hk/Tm9eENvR__I/AAAAAAAABpo/83VhmotZkqc/s320/100_0119.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5651839483873722354" /></a><br /><br/> This guitar sounded nice but seemed like it had more potential....wanted to be opened up more. So I did a couple of things to it.<br />I shaved a couple of the braces (as many as I could reach) with sandpaper and an exacto knife. Then I filed the soundhole wider. Seems like it made a bit of a difference in sound quality. The guitar is a bit heavy...heavier than the #700 Nagoya anyway. Beautiful guitar though. Nice woods - mahogany back and sides/cedar top (laminate I think)Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2633193517593950233.post-4599550057516578512011-09-13T06:33:00.000-07:002011-09-13T06:52:01.339-07:00Kiso #70 soundhole seems a bit narrow<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-XI-AneS0R4A/Tm9cLc9hnoI/AAAAAAAABpg/dhqK7yutQB0/s1600/100_0121.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-XI-AneS0R4A/Tm9cLc9hnoI/AAAAAAAABpg/dhqK7yutQB0/s320/100_0121.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5651837409195826818" /></a><br/> I know it's kind of hard to tell but I measured this against another classical and it was an 1/8" smaller...my Nagoya Suzuki #700 had a 3-3/8" diameter soundhole. This #70 Kiso Suzuki had a 3-1/4" soundhole.<br />In comparison, doing some research I found:<br />Hauser had a 3.4" soundhole<br />Overholtzer said 3-5/16"<br />Nagoya Suzuki #700 was 3-3/8"<br /><br />So I filed the soundhole wider: to 3-3/8" diameter.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2633193517593950233.post-23788664773106989332011-04-10T18:28:00.001-07:002011-11-05T15:11:08.586-07:00#1665 classical<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-MnGWAh4zT08/TrWi-uVPBYI/AAAAAAAABqc/RooduhiL_Lc/s1600/1665%2Blabel.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-MnGWAh4zT08/TrWi-uVPBYI/AAAAAAAABqc/RooduhiL_Lc/s320/1665%2Blabel.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5671618504215692674" /></a><br />Bought a model # 1665 off Ebay. This Nagoya Suzuki guitar is supposedly from the stable of Ryoji Matsuoka ( red RM stamp beneath label)...description was that the guitar was.."best sounding of my guitars"... or something to that effect.<br />Showed no major dings or problems on the pictures posted, but when it was received out of the box - ay yi yi...! See the following. <br />Broken brace/separated seam on the top/extremely high action and unplayable/ and COMPLETELY DEAD! Only a THUNK! What a dishonest sale. Tried to make a merciful allowance that the guy never checked it before he sent it out. <br />So had to do all the following work to make it playable. And didn't really want to, but I HAD to do it, or else throw the guitar away, and I didn't want to do that. I wanted to find one of these guitars for awhile.<br />So the end result... is a very nice sounding guitar. You probably can't really tell by the sound quality of the camera, but seriously, this guitar sounds nice now. I changed quite a bit about the way the neck connected to the body. The internal construction seemed kind of off...take a look. Things weren't very exact. Ill-fitting, and so on. <br />But now, it sounds very nice. I don't think I'll get rid of it. Good separation between notes but warm. And vibrates into your body. Usually when that happens the volume isn't there. But it is in this guitar. Maybe you can get a sense from the included sound file.<br />Laminated top. Probably sides too. No matter.....<br /><a href="http://suzukiguitarrepair.blogspot.com/">(back to site)</a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2633193517593950233.post-56339973725084240052011-04-10T18:09:00.000-07:002011-04-11T10:20:28.594-07:00Mona Ray<iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dz3GhbelapU0qjlbpoMmACC5K8HLSQMGPQwuCy22E31AepYfFEKAZMb0NcWEaZLBCYG6nePlDR-j5JP5zPWug' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe><br />played on the #1665 after repairUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2633193517593950233.post-80637510283160531112011-04-09T19:02:00.000-07:002011-04-09T19:03:24.946-07:00neck needs reset<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-06WoHdOkPGE/TaEP4sRU-3I/AAAAAAAABnE/fYUtVjzBRkk/s1600/straightedge.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-06WoHdOkPGE/TaEP4sRU-3I/AAAAAAAABnE/fYUtVjzBRkk/s320/straightedge.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5593769678801795954" border="0" /></a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2633193517593950233.post-91102153027379189122011-04-09T19:01:00.002-07:002011-04-09T19:02:37.682-07:00cracked brace<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-BMKYXz6Q5UE/TaEPsK9MRsI/AAAAAAAABm8/3XNspPOeOe0/s1600/bracecrack2.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-BMKYXz6Q5UE/TaEPsK9MRsI/AAAAAAAABm8/3XNspPOeOe0/s320/bracecrack2.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5593769463700539074" border="0" /></a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2633193517593950233.post-35014525898916923292011-04-09T19:01:00.001-07:002011-04-09T19:01:57.856-07:00cracked brace<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-lxjtB-bJHGM/TaEPiUhT2tI/AAAAAAAABm0/Iaa3BMAkTMw/s1600/bracecrack.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-lxjtB-bJHGM/TaEPiUhT2tI/AAAAAAAABm0/Iaa3BMAkTMw/s320/bracecrack.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5593769294469257938" border="0" /></a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2633193517593950233.post-64557622222626569572011-04-09T19:00:00.000-07:002011-04-09T19:01:21.533-07:00separated seam<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-D7fyJpa92p4/TaEPYXe_INI/AAAAAAAABms/7fGTGFY6UKU/s1600/seamseparation2.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-D7fyJpa92p4/TaEPYXe_INI/AAAAAAAABms/7fGTGFY6UKU/s320/seamseparation2.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5593769123466125522" border="0" /></a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2633193517593950233.post-24882222846192569302011-04-09T18:59:00.000-07:002011-04-09T19:00:21.492-07:00fix brace<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-qzkSAVpPlh4/TaEPLAQ32zI/AAAAAAAABmk/nGu5c-rArvw/s1600/fixbrace.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-qzkSAVpPlh4/TaEPLAQ32zI/AAAAAAAABmk/nGu5c-rArvw/s320/fixbrace.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5593768893894613810" border="0" /></a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2633193517593950233.post-42435885956651567452011-04-09T18:56:00.004-07:002012-06-22T14:13:00.936-07:00iron off fretboard 2<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-3Ce2m9KdF08/TaEOWQk9FxI/AAAAAAAABmU/n2yFWrVCMLk/s1600/ironnut.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-3Ce2m9KdF08/TaEOWQk9FxI/AAAAAAAABmU/n2yFWrVCMLk/s320/ironnut.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5593767987740743442" border="0" /></a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2633193517593950233.post-47167279972219980842011-04-09T18:56:00.002-07:002011-04-09T18:58:41.625-07:00fix brace and seam<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/--6HHh_Jkrnw/TaEOxXWOZFI/AAAAAAAABmc/2x9Y6-TRcXk/s1600/fixbraceandseam.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/--6HHh_Jkrnw/TaEOxXWOZFI/AAAAAAAABmc/2x9Y6-TRcXk/s320/fixbraceandseam.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5593768453414478930" border="0" /></a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2633193517593950233.post-74590784378560957022011-04-09T18:43:00.002-07:002011-04-09T18:56:07.295-07:00iron off fretboard 3<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-K_Hm7uoIPl0/TaELoQh8XfI/AAAAAAAABmM/2tHrg8zA0Cs/s1600/iron3.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-K_Hm7uoIPl0/TaELoQh8XfI/AAAAAAAABmM/2tHrg8zA0Cs/s320/iron3.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5593764998430875122" border="0" /></a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2633193517593950233.post-81732734871817516782011-04-09T18:43:00.001-07:002011-04-09T18:43:54.296-07:00fretboard off 2<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-bXOwrgeiNik/TaELTvk9NFI/AAAAAAAABmE/TkGmfs6YUsw/s1600/fretbdoff2.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-bXOwrgeiNik/TaELTvk9NFI/AAAAAAAABmE/TkGmfs6YUsw/s320/fretbdoff2.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5593764645987759186" border="0" /></a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2633193517593950233.post-20914002788050341142011-04-09T18:42:00.000-07:002011-04-17T20:44:33.563-07:00steam off neck with tea kettle/fuel hose/and air needle<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-54dwXHysaTI/TaELG1l4tjI/AAAAAAAABl8/4nMikShvIA0/s1600/steaminject.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-54dwXHysaTI/TaELG1l4tjI/AAAAAAAABl8/4nMikShvIA0/s320/steaminject.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5593764424263972402" border="0" /></a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2633193517593950233.post-13644549933836169362011-04-09T18:41:00.000-07:002011-04-09T18:42:29.491-07:00steam off 2<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-zlkpGgTzdfw/TaEK-3eCeBI/AAAAAAAABl0/Prr5UGDsWoU/s1600/steaminject2.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-zlkpGgTzdfw/TaEK-3eCeBI/AAAAAAAABl0/Prr5UGDsWoU/s320/steaminject2.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5593764287328974866" border="0" /></a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2633193517593950233.post-81546057545978696582011-04-09T18:40:00.000-07:002011-04-09T18:41:29.115-07:00neck off<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-chXhKRALKV8/TaEKwLzD8SI/AAAAAAAABls/IKwu1rgxN-o/s1600/necktop.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-chXhKRALKV8/TaEKwLzD8SI/AAAAAAAABls/IKwu1rgxN-o/s320/necktop.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5593764035087823138" border="0" /></a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2633193517593950233.post-85972557583048984312011-04-09T18:39:00.002-07:002011-04-17T20:46:17.871-07:00neck off - mortise is wider than neck block by quite a bit. So I put in a shim piece<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-zIHsMpWCZ10/TaEKmMEk27I/AAAAAAAABlk/S3yjKY_IgyQ/s1600/neckjoint.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-zIHsMpWCZ10/TaEKmMEk27I/AAAAAAAABlk/S3yjKY_IgyQ/s320/neckjoint.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5593763863362591666" border="0" /></a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2633193517593950233.post-6144495369450475642011-04-09T18:39:00.001-07:002011-04-09T18:39:50.666-07:00neck off 2<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-WHTibTUNolI/TaEKWb7KWvI/AAAAAAAABlc/7sfYOEwycnI/s1600/neckoff.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-WHTibTUNolI/TaEKWb7KWvI/AAAAAAAABlc/7sfYOEwycnI/s320/neckoff.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5593763592740166386" border="0" /></a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2633193517593950233.post-12424965354178651952011-04-09T18:37:00.000-07:002011-04-09T18:39:01.307-07:00neck off - extent of crack easier to see<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-uKf56y97QOg/TaEKDmljjiI/AAAAAAAABlU/HVvm10XyiFY/s1600/neckoffcrack.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-uKf56y97QOg/TaEKDmljjiI/AAAAAAAABlU/HVvm10XyiFY/s320/neckoffcrack.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5593763269184818722" border="0" /></a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2633193517593950233.post-25123963481434281132011-04-09T18:36:00.000-07:002011-04-09T18:37:15.104-07:00heel crack<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-HLpw2cIu4V8/TaEJwo2rm4I/AAAAAAAABlM/u8LaG3iD_8o/s1600/heelcrack%2B%25282%2529.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-HLpw2cIu4V8/TaEJwo2rm4I/AAAAAAAABlM/u8LaG3iD_8o/s320/heelcrack%2B%25282%2529.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5593762943376006018" border="0" /></a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2633193517593950233.post-53244180341297707822011-04-09T18:35:00.000-07:002011-04-10T14:40:02.611-07:00heel crack fix2<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-hYlbeIbVdWE/TaEJkBTPEKI/AAAAAAAABlE/14I6gyRJgHU/s1600/crackbreak.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-hYlbeIbVdWE/TaEJkBTPEKI/AAAAAAAABlE/14I6gyRJgHU/s320/crackbreak.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5593762726599921826" border="0" /><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: arial;">I broke off the heel piece so I could better glue it</span><br /></span></a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2633193517593950233.post-53043172647362324472011-04-09T18:34:00.001-07:002012-07-29T19:01:09.005-07:00heel crack fix3<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-zm-J5tB5Qfk/TaEJZjsOqQI/AAAAAAAABk8/bgIP9HoQFEk/s1600/crackscrew2.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-zm-J5tB5Qfk/TaEJZjsOqQI/AAAAAAAABk8/bgIP9HoQFEk/s320/crackscrew2.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5593762546852997378" border="0" /></a><br />Glue after breaking it off; then drill hole for screw to draw together.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2633193517593950233.post-52051739577634233982011-04-09T16:40:00.002-07:002012-07-29T19:06:34.762-07:00neck block thinner than neck mortise<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-CBvwasmzhNU/TaDufEmtyKI/AAAAAAAABk0/3jZOe9axEOQ/s1600/neckblock.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-CBvwasmzhNU/TaDufEmtyKI/AAAAAAAABk0/3jZOe9axEOQ/s320/neckblock.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5593732954773637282" border="0" /></a><br />The block is thinner than the neck mortise...shouldn't it be tighter? See later picture when I made a shim (spacer)Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2633193517593950233.post-87472628419374078792011-04-09T16:39:00.002-07:002012-07-29T19:05:37.890-07:00gaps/missing top chunks filled in around soundhole<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-LZ9HonNVv60/TaDuST_kLwI/AAAAAAAABks/UWAXQm4E_84/s1600/morepiecesin2.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-LZ9HonNVv60/TaDuST_kLwI/AAAAAAAABks/UWAXQm4E_84/s320/morepiecesin2.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5593732735566098178" border="0" /></a><br />This picture shows the neck block shim I made to fill in the mortise space<br />(Is shim the right word?)Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2633193517593950233.post-67255846568887674962011-04-09T16:38:00.000-07:002011-04-17T20:37:50.032-07:00fill in more gaps around soundhole<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-UCaC9s038Ik/TaDuHETcqkI/AAAAAAAABkk/EMPbhMiWZ0g/s1600/morepiecesin.JPG"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-UCaC9s038Ik/TaDuHETcqkI/AAAAAAAABkk/EMPbhMiWZ0g/s320/morepiecesin.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5593732542375963202" border="0" /></a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0