Cleaning up my grandpa´s acoustic guitar - Del Vecchio Dinamico (Eric Johnson and Chet Atkins Inside)

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I´ve been thinking a lot about my grandpa lately, we were really close and he hooked me into music. He was an organist, but he also played piano and acoustic guitar. Despite him being a military man, a public figure and a high level executive in his days, to me was just my good ol´grandpa. a crazy ass funny guy with an explosive temper when pushed.

He bought this guitar back in 58´, he played it, my mom, my aunt, my uncle, me, my sisters. it was my first guitar and it was stored in my parents and I want to give some life to it.

Guitar wise is a very unique instrument, it is made by Del Vecchio (a brazilian brand, very traditional) and it is a resonator with a wood body. That´s it, plain and simple. It is a very unique configuration for a country that is basically the nylon string nation.

Some words from mr. Eric Johnson regarding the Del Vecchio





Chet Playing it






And some pictures of mine after some elbow grease.


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Tomorrow new strings will arrive and I´ll make some noise with this old buddy.
 
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Just put new strings and played a lot today. It feels like a car from the fifties with no hydraulic steering, you fight the damn guitar all the time. it is you against the instrument but it sounds AMAZING. maybe I need some practice time with this beast so I can play it comfortably.

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