I don't know about anyone else, but I love seeing guitars torn apart like this, knowing all the while that it is just a matter of a short time before it is all assembled again and making great music.
Kudos to you, Curt.
I don't know about anyone else, but I love seeing guitars torn apart like this, knowing all the while that it is just a matter of a short time before it is all assembled again and making great music.
Kudos to you, Curt.
Removing the sheet good inlay, this will be replaced with crushed shells mixed with an epoxy compound.
Love it Curt!
YES! Cannot wait for those inlays. Bye bye plastic-y stuff! :-)
UNREAL !!.........Love your repair threads Curt
My Ric has a much easier neck removal system...
BTW, nice work!
Nice 481! Any tips on removing it from your collection?
Thanks. I see you know your Rics! I'm probably going to hang on to it for a while. I had one in the '70s, and traded it in '79. Just got this one last year (found it in Australia, it's a '75).
What do you think of those slanted frets?
I like them, especially for practicing bar chords. For the most part, they don't seem all that different form regular frets. I'd prefer a little more radius/curve on the neck, as these had nearly flat fretboards. Another thing is the neck width, I wish Rics were a little wider (1 11/16ths"?). I have 2 others, an '87 360 and '89 John Kay 381, so I'm kinda use to the size.
When do you expect to have your 360 completed?
Looks like it's going to get the glue tonight!
Look at the size of that gap!
First three images are dry fitting shimming and the last is the actual glue up.
WOW!
How's she holding up Curt? Has the anesthesia worn off yet?
Curt, that is too cool!
Top piece was glued in yesterday and I got up at 4 this morning to cut a small piece of maple to go under the neck pickup. Since you have a flat neck p/u I figured it was a good idea to fill in the gap and to keep some pressure at the joint. All that needs to be finished is sanding the inlays, attach the outside binding and then add clear where necessary. Most of the time and energy was spent repairing the back piece that split in half. When it split both pieces curled up like potato chips and I didn't think we were going to be able to use it. As a precaution I book-matched a piece of maple and planned it down to thickness while slowing clamping the original pice to make it flat again. I was able to use the original back but it needs to be sanded and cleared.
This has been quite a project but I'm feeling really good about it and I think it's going to a great guitar in a couple of weeks. Someone remind me not to do anymore resets on guitars that have had the necks switched because you never know what you're going to find. At this point it might be smart to replace the frets while the binding id off.
this must be an early model Ive only seen the square neck joint on reissues
Doom, it's a 67 body with an 80's neck.
Binding attached and a coat of clear.
I tinted the binding and matched the color on the body and blended it.
That tint does the job!
Just needs strings.
BEAUTIFUL !!!
Thanks all, last set of pictures it's completed.
Wow! Can I have one?