lilpendragon
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Greetings! A little over a year ago I came to this group for help to get parts for an old S100C that had been torn to bits by previous owners over the years. A few members actually sent me parts for very cheap in order to try and save this thing so I wanted to say thank you for that. Here are some before and after photos of this thing. We didn't do a full factory restore because this thing will never look factory again, so we thought we'd give it its own identity and keep the character of this old survivor. I picked this thing up as a parts guitar off ebay as a gift for my friend and we've just gotten it back from the shop. We're actually probably going to ditch the silver pick guard in favor of a black or clear one when one pops up. Here it is!
After unpacking. Thing was totally stripped, fret markers pulled out and no hardward to be found except for the bridge pup
How it looks today
Work:
*Hardware needed- knobs, bridge, tailpiece, neck pup (neck pup snatched from DeArmond S-73)
*Headstock had a busted cover and had to be totally reworked, logo had been scooped out, tross rod cover also busted and replaced
*All fret markers had to be put in the empty holes
*Pick guard was missing so one was made (we are on the look out for a black one)
*Finish was given some much needed polish and clear coated for protection, was able to get several scratches out
*One of the horns had the finish sanded off so that was touched up and smoothed out
Things that surprisingly did not need work
*Frets were all fine, not heavily worn
*No warping on this guitar to be found
*Bridge pickup works perfect, very high output
Big thank you to Mr. Terry Turley for helping us save this thing. Does anyone happen to know how many factory walnut S100Cs are floating around out there? You guys are awesome!
After unpacking. Thing was totally stripped, fret markers pulled out and no hardward to be found except for the bridge pup
How it looks today
Work:
*Hardware needed- knobs, bridge, tailpiece, neck pup (neck pup snatched from DeArmond S-73)
*Headstock had a busted cover and had to be totally reworked, logo had been scooped out, tross rod cover also busted and replaced
*All fret markers had to be put in the empty holes
*Pick guard was missing so one was made (we are on the look out for a black one)
*Finish was given some much needed polish and clear coated for protection, was able to get several scratches out
*One of the horns had the finish sanded off so that was touched up and smoothed out
Things that surprisingly did not need work
*Frets were all fine, not heavily worn
*No warping on this guitar to be found
*Bridge pickup works perfect, very high output
Big thank you to Mr. Terry Turley for helping us save this thing. Does anyone happen to know how many factory walnut S100Cs are floating around out there? You guys are awesome!
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