Seeing the work done on maxschrek's Greco to Hamer B4S conversion reminds me of a conversation with hardheartedbill earlier this year.
We have seen threads here in which a repairman has plugged holes and filled trem routes. Headstocks get rebuilt. Bodies get new veneers. Every now and then body bevels are added. Bridges are changed.
So, is there any kind of future for someone to take old guitars and make drastic "corrections" to get them to play as well as some of the boutique brands?
We know that boutique builders have been extremely choosey about wood selected for their instruments, but some old Japanese guitars were made with good wood at the time. Every now and then an old neck will have some nice looking rosewood, but the shape is not quite right. Repairmen and talented do-it-yourselfers are reworking guitars with new parts and even reshaping the wood. If I recall correctly, one of Randy Rhoads' guitars was made with a neck scavenged from another guitar.
A lot of work (time) goes into the projects we see, but is there a point at which someone can actually make something like this work as a sideline business? I know what I have paid for repair work, so there is no expectation of cheap prices. The conversation Bill and I had centered on finding some really great sounding used guitars with good wood that could have been better with a little work.
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Steve Haynie
Seeing the work done on maxschrek's Greco to Hamer B4S conversion reminds me of a conversation with hardheartedbill earlier this year.
We have seen threads here in which a repairman has plugged holes and filled trem routes. Headstocks get rebuilt. Bodies get new veneers. Every now and then body bevels are added. Bridges are changed.
So, is there any kind of future for someone to take old guitars and make drastic "corrections" to get them to play as well as some of the boutique brands?
We know that boutique builders have been extremely choosey about wood selected for their instruments, but some old Japanese guitars were made with good wood at the time. Every now and then an old neck will have some nice looking rosewood, but the shape is not quite right. Repairmen and talented do-it-yourselfers are reworking guitars with new parts and even reshaping the wood. If I recall correctly, one of Randy Rhoads' guitars was made with a neck scavenged from another guitar.
A lot of work (time) goes into the projects we see, but is there a point at which someone can actually make something like this work as a sideline business? I know what I have paid for repair work, so there is no expectation of cheap prices. The conversation Bill and I had centered on finding some really great sounding used guitars with good wood that could have been better with a little work.
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