jgmaute
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Greetings all, Wontox sent me pictures and text of his restored D40 for your viewing pleasure.
Front picture; This is my newly restored 1970 D-40 purchased for $65. Note the shim still protruding in the soundhole which I used with some screwed-in apparatus to the neck block to bring the fretboard back in line. The dark marks on the lower right-hand bout are where a previous owner had apparently used a large Red Devil paintscraper to remove the finish; I couldn't sand them all the way out. I re-created the new pickguard from the faint outline of the original, but evidently erred in not cutting it to the proper soundhole ring. Note the replacement truss rod cover. The guitar still had and has its original Grovers.
Side picture; note that the strings are in line with the neck now, about an eighth-inch string height at the twelfth fret. No buzzing at all.
Back Picture: The previous refinisher had only "refinished" the top, including varnishing the fretboard, but the original cherry nitro remaining on the back and sides was pocked and pitted everywhere. I stripped the entire guitar and refinshed with poly, because I didn't have facilities to use nitro, and I wanted a durable finish. The guitar still amazingly, has great sound and projection.
Wontox
Front picture; This is my newly restored 1970 D-40 purchased for $65. Note the shim still protruding in the soundhole which I used with some screwed-in apparatus to the neck block to bring the fretboard back in line. The dark marks on the lower right-hand bout are where a previous owner had apparently used a large Red Devil paintscraper to remove the finish; I couldn't sand them all the way out. I re-created the new pickguard from the faint outline of the original, but evidently erred in not cutting it to the proper soundhole ring. Note the replacement truss rod cover. The guitar still had and has its original Grovers.
Side picture; note that the strings are in line with the neck now, about an eighth-inch string height at the twelfth fret. No buzzing at all.
Back Picture: The previous refinisher had only "refinished" the top, including varnishing the fretboard, but the original cherry nitro remaining on the back and sides was pocked and pitted everywhere. I stripped the entire guitar and refinshed with poly, because I didn't have facilities to use nitro, and I wanted a durable finish. The guitar still amazingly, has great sound and projection.
Wontox
