Here’s my kid again, demonstrating my latest amateur restoration. Another K22 Super Jumbo. I picked this one up from a guy in Ontario. Watch the transformation below. Hope you enjoy. Met a guy in Ontario. He sent me this – for what I considered a very good deal. This is exactly how I received it. I knew what I was in for though … with strings on it you could roll a golf ball under the strings they were so high. Clearly needed a neck reset, but unlike the other one I did (see previous postings), this was was vintage original, and I intended to keep it that way as much as possible. Markings inside. The 8110 was sold as the “Kay K22 Super Jumbo”.There’s no date stamp on Old Kays. But there is enough published data to basically date this guitar to 1950-1954, based on headstock logo and pinless bridge style. Step 1 of neck reset. Pull fret 15 and drill a few holes into the dovetail cavity. I don’t care how easy the YouTube videos make this look, it’s hard to hit that cavity. 😤. …. And, oh yeah, I’m not a luthier, so I’ve never invested in a proper steamer or neck removal jig. So my amateur solution was to boil water and used a syringe to drop the boiling water into the holes. Steam = hot wetness, so boiling water should work too … right?Yes. Yes it does. Sorry I didn’t have pictures of my improvised neck removal system, but if you look back in some of my other posts, you can see what I do. Basically I put a the guitar flat on its back near the edge of a table, with a small wood block underneath the neck heel. Then I use two clamps to push. The shoulders of the guitar down onto the table – which results in upward pressure against the neck heel. Same result as the pros, but looks a little jenky. Came off really clean. My cleanest removal yet. Did some math based on published neck reset calculator and the red line representing the portion of the neck I have to remove to fix the neck angle. Sharp chisel and patiently remove the right amount of wood. Now, those that know me have never praised me for my patience, so this part is tough for me. It took a good couple hours of “scrape and fit”, “scrape and fit”. Then you have to build up the dovetail a bit to make the joint snug (sorry again – didn’t take a picture of that part). Testing alignment. Dead centre at the nut. Dead centre at the fret board end. Dead centre at the bridge. Good to go. Ready to glue with my standard Fish Glue from Lee Valley. Glue and clamp, come back in 24 hours.
Voilà
Added a vintage look tortoise shell pickguard. (Removable).
Hope you enjoyed. I’ll let Morgan close it out with “Anji”.
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Great playing as usual by Morgan. Another great restore, Grant! You are a master of humidity and persnicketiness! Cheers
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