Granny's makeover

costafonix · 2011-10-04T20:08:30+00:00

This guitar has been in the family since before I was born, and belonged to my late father. It's a no-name brand, estimated to be in the region of 60 ~ 65 years old. My brother and me decided it would be cool to restore her into her former glory (i'll be doing the elbow grease stuff and he'll supply any parts from overseas) so that we could do something special in memory of our old man who passed away 10 years ago. We all learned to play guitar on this 3/4 size axe which was so badly used and abused it almost landed up in the dump. This restoration project is still in progress and is in no way on the level of detail/expertise of Slyds rebuild nor Neon Gecko's Tokai repair (watch this space as Neon Gecko collaborates on this project later on), I apologise up front for the poor quality of some of the pics taken from my cellphone. ok, so here goes, dusty, battered and bruised with a missing 12th fret and some wood hacked out of the fretboard, with no nut and a really really bad 'varnish' job attempted over 30 years ago....let the fun & games begin

Squonk

Agreed. Enjoyed this thread hugely

Great Thread, extreme workmanship Costa! (with some help from the Gecko)

deefstes

Fantastic job Costa! I love the final results and am eagerly awaiting the sound clips (and the close-up of the tailpiece ?)

costafonix

Thanks everyone, this was truly a collaborative effort, and if I can pass on any advice, its to make use of the talents and gifts that the other forum members are often very willing to give. I've learned a lot, made some mistakes in the process but yep it was worth every minute.

Its not over (just yet), as promised before the end of the weekend I will post the final pics and the soundclip.

Dewald, the very last pic that I post on this thread will be the closeup of the engraving of the tailpiece, which is the tribute to my father. ?

rikus

Fantastic result! Job well done.

I'm looking forward to the beauty shots!

Fish-Eagle

Awesomely done! A true Beauty! Thanks for posting, it was great to be able to see the progress!!

vic

Agree...great thread and top-class workmanship. Congrats.

Attila

Well done chaps

slyd

Aboslutely beautiful!
GREAT work guys ?

costafonix

And here we go down the final stretch

as this guitar came out of the late 40's / early 50's era, nothing would be more appropriate than a bit of Robert Johnson's "ramblin' on my mind"
http://www.box.com/s/v55tpjjvmrpcj2gdr8xm

racman

Fantastic finish to a wonderful thread - thx Costa, it has been awesome sharing this journey with you on this thread.

Neon-Gecko

Aaah Costa, she looks good and sounds incredible! What a pity all good things have to come to an end, I really have enjoyed this thread. Thanks for sharing and allowing me to play a small part in her restoration, it has been a magical journey for me that I'll remember fondly for sometime to come.

So what's next...

costafonix

thanks RoyC and Wayne ?
If I can get my hands on a beaten up 3/4 size hard case,,,that will be a part II of this project...if not,,well,,, there's at least 2 more options lined up.........
but that will be another story for another thread. :yup:

Norman86

Soooooo... when can i come see her Mr Costa??

slyd

Ahhhhh, . . .artistry at it's finest 8)

Love it!

chris77

Thanks for sharing Costa. That was a project well worth the time, effort and money spent to bring it to fruition. Your dad would've been proud hey...

costafonix

chris77 wrote Thanks for sharing Costa. That was a project well worth the time, effort and money spent to bring it to fruition. Your dad would've been proud hey...

Thanks Chris, yes he would ?

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