BradHK
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Another day another Guild project. I have had this for a couple weeks but had not got around to doing a NGD post. This is the guitar in this earlier post:
Here are some photos before bringing it back to a better life:
I am a sucker for Aristocrats and hollow Bluesbirds and the DeArmonds made this different than my other ones and my others also have the neck joining the body at the 16th fret. This one has had a rough life, as was clearly evident in the photos. However, structurally everything is good with great binding and the headstock veneer isn’t even shrunk. Other than the tuners, pickups and one strap button it appears all original. Unfortunately, the serial number is gone so the exact date is hard to determine but the pots all date to the 16th week of 1970 and the pickguard mounting holes are for the Anti-hum pickups rather then HB-1 (Thanks Hans!) so it should be a 1970. The pickups are original vintage DeArmonds and the body was routed to fit them with an “ok” job on the pickup rings. I have torn everything apart to clean, inspect, etc. I am drop filling some of the finish areas that were down to the wood but not over spraying to preserve the original finish. I am struggling with the neck as the finish was removed down to the wood. Do I leave as is, refinish black, overspray in clear, etc…? Those are the items going through my head. If it was worn through by use I would leave it ”as is“ but given that somebody removed it (and left the edges so poorly done) I am thinking about making it look a little better. Any ideas welcome.
ok, what’s up with people gluing bridges to the bodies of guitars?!? This is the second vintage Guild I have purchased where the bridge was glued to the top! Of course it pulled some finish up when removed so that is one area I am addressing.
I don’t give my guitars names but this one has already gotten the nickname T-Rex from the replacement tuners being mounted upside down and this image posted by The Guilds of Grot in the thread above:
The holes from the replacement tuners have been plugged and I am drop filling the lacquer and then I will install the correct tuners. I have a set of original tuners ready!
Hopefully everything will be done in the next few weeks and I will post some “after” photos
Here are some photos before bringing it back to a better life:
I am a sucker for Aristocrats and hollow Bluesbirds and the DeArmonds made this different than my other ones and my others also have the neck joining the body at the 16th fret. This one has had a rough life, as was clearly evident in the photos. However, structurally everything is good with great binding and the headstock veneer isn’t even shrunk. Other than the tuners, pickups and one strap button it appears all original. Unfortunately, the serial number is gone so the exact date is hard to determine but the pots all date to the 16th week of 1970 and the pickguard mounting holes are for the Anti-hum pickups rather then HB-1 (Thanks Hans!) so it should be a 1970. The pickups are original vintage DeArmonds and the body was routed to fit them with an “ok” job on the pickup rings. I have torn everything apart to clean, inspect, etc. I am drop filling some of the finish areas that were down to the wood but not over spraying to preserve the original finish. I am struggling with the neck as the finish was removed down to the wood. Do I leave as is, refinish black, overspray in clear, etc…? Those are the items going through my head. If it was worn through by use I would leave it ”as is“ but given that somebody removed it (and left the edges so poorly done) I am thinking about making it look a little better. Any ideas welcome.
ok, what’s up with people gluing bridges to the bodies of guitars?!? This is the second vintage Guild I have purchased where the bridge was glued to the top! Of course it pulled some finish up when removed so that is one area I am addressing.
I don’t give my guitars names but this one has already gotten the nickname T-Rex from the replacement tuners being mounted upside down and this image posted by The Guilds of Grot in the thread above:
The holes from the replacement tuners have been plugged and I am drop filling the lacquer and then I will install the correct tuners. I have a set of original tuners ready!
Hopefully everything will be done in the next few weeks and I will post some “after” photos