T-100 restauration project alost finally complete !

[Piga30]

Hi everyone,

My T-100 restauration project is almost completed !! Sorry I missed the e-bay auction for the 1958 pickguard...exactly what I need...sh**. Meanwhile I had a repro made based on the tracing that JP posted (thanks again JP) and it completes the guitar pretty nicely. I also had my luthier repair the head which was in miserable condition when I got the guitar. Sylvain Courcelles, from here in the Montreal area did the job and I must say i am truly impressed. Here are some pictures of the before and after head as well as picture of the completed project. Will try to grab the next original pickguard once I see one again.

Piga

 

[danerectal]

Pretty slick. Those inlays look sharp.

 

[jp]

Looks great Piga!
Did your luthier redo the overlay from scratch, or did you buy a NOS one?

 

[Piga30]

Hello JP.

My luthier did the overlay from scratch. He's very good. The absolute ideal would have been to also have the three lines in the vertical part of the overlay, but the model he worked from didn't have those lines and, instead of approximating it, we dedided to leave it as is.
He also did a fantastic set up and it plays great, which is the point afterall !!

P.

 

[walrus]

Love it! What a great job he did!

walrus

 

[gilded]

Looks Great, Mate!

 

[Piga30]

Here,s a little publicity for Sylvain, the luthier who did the job. A very nice guy. The link to his web site. He does fabulous instruments.

http://www.colba.net/~guitare/page1anglais.html

 

[marcellis]

Beautiful work! Congratulations on a magnificent archtop.

 

[AfterDarkMusic]

Looks great! I can't believe the job on the headstock. Very nice work.

 

[chazmo]

Fabulous restoration/reconstruction. Looks terrific!