dean
Junior Member
I bit the bullet the other day and got the high bid on eBay on a busted up T-100. I had posted earlier requesting pics of a Franz pickup so I could compare them to the pickup on the project guitar. I'm pretty sure the pickup on the project is a Franz - otherwise, I out-smarted myself. The guitar itself has some potential as a player, but it will never be a solid vintage guitar - it will be a player. I have the skill to do the work, but it's going to take some patience! Here's the auction - the pics are pretty decent:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&item=250335878912
My favorite guitar of all time was a T-100 with one Mickey Mouse pickup, but I foolishly sold it. I then bought a '56 CE-100 project that had a non-original stacked humbucker in the pickup slot, so I think I'll put the Franz pickup in that guitar - it's in pretty nice shape, although I do have to replace the fretboard inlays (they all dried up and shrunk). So I have two dandy Guild projects to work on over the next few months (to go along with my Tele and Strat projects and numerous bamboo fly rod restorations :? ). Here's my CE-100:
Any comments, suggestions, opinions about the T-100 project? How would you approach the rebuild? And thanks again for those who provided pics of the Franz pickup.
Dean
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&item=250335878912
My favorite guitar of all time was a T-100 with one Mickey Mouse pickup, but I foolishly sold it. I then bought a '56 CE-100 project that had a non-original stacked humbucker in the pickup slot, so I think I'll put the Franz pickup in that guitar - it's in pretty nice shape, although I do have to replace the fretboard inlays (they all dried up and shrunk). So I have two dandy Guild projects to work on over the next few months (to go along with my Tele and Strat projects and numerous bamboo fly rod restorations :? ). Here's my CE-100:
Any comments, suggestions, opinions about the T-100 project? How would you approach the rebuild? And thanks again for those who provided pics of the Franz pickup.
Dean