Members Pitar Posted July 16, 2012 Members Share Posted July 16, 2012 Don't I know it She's now about to start year 2 at the U of Iowa, double majoring in drawing/painting and creative writing. Yep, nice work. Pen and ink. That was my favorite sketch medium. Her renderings really show her grasp of the use of organic composition. Nicely done. My kid is starting y-2 majoring in creative writing and theatre. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members guitarist21 Posted July 17, 2012 Members Share Posted July 17, 2012 She's now about to start year 2 at the U of Iowa, double majoring in drawing/painting and creative writing. Good for her! That's great stuff. It's so important to study what you love. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Jimmy Chaos Posted July 17, 2012 Members Share Posted July 17, 2012 Pics or it didn't happen! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members roughtrade Posted July 17, 2012 Members Share Posted July 17, 2012 Flamethrower! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members auriemma Posted July 18, 2012 Members Share Posted July 18, 2012 Rubbing alcohol would be my first choice. If that doesn't work, use a polishing compound and do the whole top to a gloss. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Terry Allan Hall Posted July 18, 2012 Members Share Posted July 18, 2012 MM, love your daughter's work! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Michael Martin Posted July 18, 2012 Members Share Posted July 18, 2012 MM, love your daughter's work! Thanks man! And to all who complimented her. BTW did not mean to hijack the thread...I'll show Kate this thread when I get back home. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Terry Allan Hall Posted July 19, 2012 Members Share Posted July 19, 2012 Yup That's a shame. I'd try the Go-Jo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members katopp Posted July 19, 2012 Members Share Posted July 19, 2012 {censored}!You cocked up that Martie for good.It's an X-Series isn't it?Get a Sticker "This Guitar kills Fascists"Or two of them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Gary Blanchard Posted July 19, 2012 Members Share Posted July 19, 2012 Yup That must have been a crazy night. Good luck getting it cleaned off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Jimmy Chaos Posted July 19, 2012 Members Share Posted July 19, 2012 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Opa John Posted July 19, 2012 Members Share Posted July 19, 2012 Yup Oh, nice. Real classy. Personally, I hope you're never able to get it off. It would serve you right for making such a dumbass move. Try a sand blaster on it. Wouldn't make it look any worse. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members 1001gear Posted July 19, 2012 Members Share Posted July 19, 2012 Luthier 911 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Terry Allan Hall Posted July 19, 2012 Members Share Posted July 19, 2012 Guess you could specialize in playing @ Gay Punker bars (if there are any nearby), but another solution would be to find a few "less controversial" stickers to cover those "ooooopsies" up if the GoJo doesn't work. If I'm not being too nosy, what was the thinking on this particular occasion? :confusion: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members guitarist21 Posted July 19, 2012 Members Share Posted July 19, 2012 Ooh ouch. That's rough. Those LX1's have a really light finish, so I think the steel wool option GC mentioned is probably the best. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Freeman Keller Posted July 19, 2012 Members Share Posted July 19, 2012 I look at that picture and try to understand. Sorry, I guess I don't. But your mother shouldn't leave her sharpies out. What if you got a tat like that? You said you "sort of regret it". Interesting... In an earlier reply I said at least you didn't smash it. Maybe you should. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Jimmy Chaos Posted July 19, 2012 Members Share Posted July 19, 2012 I look at that picture and try to understand. Sorry, I guess I don't. But your mother shouldn't leave her sharpies out. What if you got a tat like that? You said you "sort of regret it". Interesting... In an earlier reply I said at least you didn't smash it. Maybe you should. ... I agree. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Terry Allan Hall Posted July 19, 2012 Members Share Posted July 19, 2012 Another idea: a black finish on it's top. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Greymuzzle Posted July 19, 2012 Members Share Posted July 19, 2012 Ok. Here's the plan. Save up your pocket money for 12 weeks. Give it to your burliest friend to beat the snot out of you with the guitar until it is reduced to small fragments. On discharge from the Casualty unit burn the fragments. Mark your forehead with the ashes every day until you are certain that you have learned never again to be such a twat. In this way you can redeem the value of the guitar against a lesson which will be even more valuable to you over your life time. Honestly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Pitar Posted July 19, 2012 Members Share Posted July 19, 2012 Ok.Here's the plan.Save up your pocket money for 12 weeks.Give it to your burliest friend to beat the snot out of you with the guitar until it is reduced to small fragments.On discharge from the Casualty unit burn the fragments. Mark your forehead with the ashes every day until you are certain that you have learned never again to be such a twat.In this way you can redeem the value of the guitar against a lesson which will be even more valuable to you over your life time.Honestly. Sounds reasonable. Can you elaborate on the "Mark your forehead..." bit? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Greymuzzle Posted July 19, 2012 Members Share Posted July 19, 2012 Elaborate? For you, Pitar, of course! By 'mark your forehead...' I was subtly suggesting that he rub ashes over that part of his forehead from which a vestigial penis undoubtedly grows, and hope that it disappears with his behavioural adjustments. Simples, eh? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Freeman Keller Posted July 20, 2012 Members Share Posted July 20, 2012 BTR, I'm going to give you a chance to redeem yourself. I build and repair guitars, and once in a while I'll buy a good but beat guitar at a yard sale or something, fix it up and give it to a young musician who can't affort one. I would give you a hundred bucks for yours, even pay the shipping to me, and do a refinish on it. There are a couple of people that I can think of who would appreciate a guitar like that - Blahbbs's student just had one damaged in a hot car, there are Hispanic kids in a local music program - we'd find someone to love it. I know I run the very real risk that if I paypal'ed you a hundred and thirty dollars (UPS cross country is about 30) that you'd just take the money and run - but that would be your guilt trip, not mine. So, before you screw it up any more trying to undo the damage, sell it to me and I'll give it to someone who would give it a good home. ps - I'll be gone to a blues festival for three days - that will give you a chance to think about. Will check this thread and my PM's on monday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members TheImageDoctor Posted July 20, 2012 Members Share Posted July 20, 2012 Well this is only my third post, but it brings back a funny memory that may help someone with the "sharpie on a guitar" problem... Several years ago I saw an Epiphone Casino on eBay. Nice guitar, cool silver flake, bigsby, affordable, and "apparently" owned, played, and being sold by the original lead guitarist of the Squirrel Nut Zippers, Ken Mosher. Well the auction ended, I didn't win, and then it came up on eBay again. I thought, "right - this guy is scamming people" so I wrote the seller. Turns out, it really was Ken Mosher, and the guitar was given to him personally by the Epiphone rep directly off the wall of their artists relation facility (I think that's what it's called.) Anyway, the first auction winner was a young fan whose parents wouldn't give him the money to pay for the guitar. So I bid and won the relist auction. Cool. After the auction, I asked Ken if he would please autograph the back of the guitar - WITH A SHARPIE - just for a coolness factor, and to prove to people the guitar had a legit history. He did, and a few days later the guitar arrived. He even sent me his personal full pass for the "Hell" tour. And he also signed the guitar on the back just as I had asked. Well, being the fine musician I am, I decided the first thing I would do is clean and restring the guitar. Simple enough, right? So I pulled the strings, jiggled and tightened a few things, and proceeded to clean the guitar. Now for those who don't know, this model Epiphone Casino has some sort of virtually bullet proof, hi-gloss finish. Urethane maybe? I have no idea. But believe me when I say the finish had only very minor scrathes, even after having toured with the SNZ's for a couple of years. In fact the case showed serious road wear and was barely in-tact. But the guitar finish was excellent. So I thought, well shucks all I really need here is a little PLEDGE to get all the dust out of the crevices and compliment the shiny finish. And that worked great...right up until I flipped the guitar over, to where Ken had signed it on the back. I sprayed a light coat of PLEDGE on the back and the Sharpie WIPED OFF IN ONE STROKE!!!! I sat there stunned thinking that couldn't have just happened - but alas it did. So the moral of this story is, maybe try some spray PLEDGE furniture polish...??? Here's a little about SNZ, http://xroads.virginia.edu/~class/am483_97/projects/graham/snz.html And here's Ken playing the guitar I bought on tour... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members katopp Posted July 20, 2012 Members Share Posted July 20, 2012 Cool story, Doctor.unfortunately, Sharpie has become more like a household name for felt-tip markers.The last time I asked my parter if she would -possibly- have a sharpie, the answer was "not in the house, but in the office" and next day she gave me a no-name felt-tip marker that did the job nicely... Until I handled the parcel and the writing disintegrated. It was a Witeboard "dry-off" marker.Other companies have created markers with less "marking" markers due to the fact that in some legislations the original Sharpie and Edding markersnare now over-18-only as some idiots used them to mark things that aren't theirs or ... Umm.. Sorry, no personal attack here... Anyway, I think Martin still uses Nitro on all their wood (not HPL) and Nitro and original Sharpie is a really catholic marriage.But... Depending on the finish of the Martin in question and the type and make of sharpie... I have put "Pledge" brand polish on my shopping list. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Pitar Posted July 21, 2012 Members Share Posted July 21, 2012 Cool story, Doctor.unfortunately, Sharpie has become more like a household name for felt-tip markers.The last time I asked my parter if she would -possibly- have a sharpie, the answer was "not in the house, but in the office" and next day she gave me a no-name felt-tip marker that did the job nicely... Until I handled the parcel and the writing disintegrated. It was a Witeboard "dry-off" marker.Other companies have created markers with less "marking" markers due to the fact that in some legislations the original Sharpie and Edding markersnare now over-18-only as some idiots used them to mark things that aren't theirs or ... Umm.. Sorry, no personal attack here...Anyway, I think Martin still uses Nitro on all their wood (not HPL) and Nitro and original Sharpie is a really catholic marriage.But... Depending on the finish of the Martin in question and the type and make of sharpie... I have put "Pledge" brand polish on my shopping list. The chemical composition out-gasses in the Sharpie brand to the extent that it can be intoxicating. IOW, yea, folks will buy them and keep them as handy as WC Fields kept his snake. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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