Wouter J
4 augustus 2006, 22:21
Deze post is in het Engels omdat ik hem ook op engelstalige forums wil zetten.
Okay then, the one solid body I owned the longest of all my guitars is my 1989 Squier Stratocaster lovingly nicknamed the "Veteran". Of which I bought new back in 1991. I have since gigged the crap out that guitar and modified it beyond recognition. Prior to today the "Veteran" looked like this (http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e22/guitarman91/My%20musical%20instruments/TheVeteran.jpg)
But I had it in mind to restore the old girl back to Strat hood, I took out the double locking bridge and the soapbar and replaced them with the proper strat set up and vibrato next on the list was the fitting of a proper squier strat neck, an eighties squier neck to be exact. One of my gear buddies told me that he had a 1985 neck lying around but it had a broken headstock. "Nothing I can't fix" I tell him and I took the neck with me. and for your amusement I documented the fix of that neck.
The break from the side (http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e22/guitarman91/My%20musical%20instruments/Kop1a.jpg)
The break from the front (http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e22/guitarman91/My%20musical%20instruments/Kop2.jpg)
These two pictures show the extend of the break and they also show the piece of maple I used to fix it. I cleaned up the break by gently sawing off the splinter pieces and planed it with some 180 flint paper.
glueing the new piece of wood to the headstock (http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e22/guitarman91/My%20musical%20instruments/Kop3.jpg)
Here's the headstock in the clamps with the new piece of maple in place while the Construction Tix is drying. Construction tix is really cool stuff. We use it a lot if we need to fix something quickly but securely.
Here's the headstock after the glue has dried. ready for shaping. (http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e22/guitarman91/My%20musical%20instruments/Kop4.jpg)
The headstock after shaping and after I drilled the holes for the E, A and D tuners (http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e22/guitarman91/My%20musical%20instruments/Kop6.jpg)
and from the front (http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e22/guitarman91/My%20musical%20instruments/Kop7.jpg)
Finally, here's the headstock after I stained the new piece of maple I glued onto it. (http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e22/guitarman91/My%20musical%20instruments/Kop8.jpg)
Now I need to work on finishing it. That split between the E and A tuner holes looks worse than it actually is, you don't even notice it when the tuners are in place.
Okay then, the one solid body I owned the longest of all my guitars is my 1989 Squier Stratocaster lovingly nicknamed the "Veteran". Of which I bought new back in 1991. I have since gigged the crap out that guitar and modified it beyond recognition. Prior to today the "Veteran" looked like this (http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e22/guitarman91/My%20musical%20instruments/TheVeteran.jpg)
But I had it in mind to restore the old girl back to Strat hood, I took out the double locking bridge and the soapbar and replaced them with the proper strat set up and vibrato next on the list was the fitting of a proper squier strat neck, an eighties squier neck to be exact. One of my gear buddies told me that he had a 1985 neck lying around but it had a broken headstock. "Nothing I can't fix" I tell him and I took the neck with me. and for your amusement I documented the fix of that neck.
The break from the side (http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e22/guitarman91/My%20musical%20instruments/Kop1a.jpg)
The break from the front (http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e22/guitarman91/My%20musical%20instruments/Kop2.jpg)
These two pictures show the extend of the break and they also show the piece of maple I used to fix it. I cleaned up the break by gently sawing off the splinter pieces and planed it with some 180 flint paper.
glueing the new piece of wood to the headstock (http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e22/guitarman91/My%20musical%20instruments/Kop3.jpg)
Here's the headstock in the clamps with the new piece of maple in place while the Construction Tix is drying. Construction tix is really cool stuff. We use it a lot if we need to fix something quickly but securely.
Here's the headstock after the glue has dried. ready for shaping. (http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e22/guitarman91/My%20musical%20instruments/Kop4.jpg)
The headstock after shaping and after I drilled the holes for the E, A and D tuners (http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e22/guitarman91/My%20musical%20instruments/Kop6.jpg)
and from the front (http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e22/guitarman91/My%20musical%20instruments/Kop7.jpg)
Finally, here's the headstock after I stained the new piece of maple I glued onto it. (http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e22/guitarman91/My%20musical%20instruments/Kop8.jpg)
Now I need to work on finishing it. That split between the E and A tuner holes looks worse than it actually is, you don't even notice it when the tuners are in place.