Restoration

[musicthom]

anyone know of any good sites i can get some info on guitar restoration

picked this up for a couple of quid and was thinking of working on it

Edited September 8, 2007 by musicthom

[Steve]

What d'you wanna do to it?

[Nightwolf]

Right, kinda hard to tell what you got from the pic, Steve's right, give us an idea of what you wanna do. A few guys here have done some work on their axes and could probably help with better pics and a clearer understanding of what's wrong and what you wanna change.

Right,...What's a quid? J/K

[musicthom]

Basicly i want to strip it down and renew all parts on it only using the body / neck/ head

[musicthom]

Right, kinda hard to tell what you got from the pic, Steve's right, give us an idea of what you wanna do. A few guys here have done some work on their axes and could probably help with better pics and a clearer understanding of what's wrong and what you wanna change.

Right,...What's a quid? J/K

a quid is slang for a pound like a buck is a dollar

[Nightwolf]

sounds like straight up wood working to me. Break out the sander I'll get the beer

[musicthom]

well that was my thoughts get it down to the wood give it a good design in paint and a finish then work on pick ups and so on

[john]

Hey

how good at spray painting are you? Cans aren't as good as an airbrush. It's harder to get a decent finish.

I've rebuilt several guitars but not for a few years. One thing I would say about spraying, be patient. Let the paint cure properly before adding more coats. You'll need some wet and dry sanding blocks, mainly the smoothest. and lots of lacquer.

Getting the neck right is a pain. Unless the neck finish is badly damaged I wouldn't strip it back.

Component wise, if it's like for like swap, there's no real changes, just unscrew then screw in the new one.

Cheers

John

[typo]

Cool!

Can you post up pics as you go along? It'd be good to see each stage as you do it. How you overcome probs etc.

Good luck!

[musicthom]

will do guys pics will be posted as work progreses thanks john i thought it would be just replacement of the pickups and such as the ones on it are shot and no good

[Nightwolf]

As long as the new pick ups require the same amount of switches a new install is CAKE, speakin of that, don't short cut, get new switches and knobs as well. And yes great idea typo, post pics of your progress

[john]

One thing worth noting, learn how to solder correctly, if you don't already know. Noisey or faulty connections usually come down to poor soldering. There's little point in fitting new bits if you can't fit them correctly. Of course you could be the soldering champion of the world in which case feel free to poke me with a stick and laugh as I limp off....

[Nightwolf]

He is right folks, poor soldering will cause major noise issues and be VERY difficult to troubleshoot

[musicthom]

cheers guys never soldered and will check out

[typo]

how are you getting on? any updates?

[typo]

musicthom?

[Steve]

musicthom?

The guy's too busy working on his guitar!

[musicthom]

sorry guys i have been sidlined at mo by some othr things

[Steve]

sorry guys i have been sidlined at mo by some othr things

Married huh?

[musicthom]

no thank god just writing more songs

Edited October 4, 2007 by musicthom