Howdy folks, it's been awhile and I had to re-register for the new board. Everything looks very nice!
I picked up a 64 Duane Eddy 500 at the Philly guitar show recently. It seems like a worthy project but I need some parts.
Anyone have a line on where to find:
-A set of gold plated Dearmond/Dyna covers? Condition/vintage unimportant. Need neck and bridge. Also will take gold plated adjustment screws and magnets.
-Guild branded B-6 Bigsby in gold? Condition/vintage unimportant, but I'd like a relatively clean one.
-Guild compensated Bigsby bridge? I'd prefer the Guild one as opposed to the standard Gretsch one.
-60's Guild pickguard tracing? I need something to make a template from. I can't remember how Guild did these. They were black plexi with the stuff silkscreened on top, right? ANy talent, expertise or services would be much appreciated on this as an original DE-500 guard would be next to impossible to find, not to mention expensive. I'd like to do the incorrect combo of stairstep shape with Dyna cut outs, so some cobbling may be needed.
-60s Guild truss rod cover? Anyone have one laying around?
Once all of my parts are here, I'm going to send this to a buddy to do the neck reset and hopefully have a new gig guitar. Any help on this project much appreciated.
Thanks to Hans for the info on this guitar regarding manufacturing date, etc.
Now, here's how she looks mocked up with what I had laying around:
I just got the 62 Dearmonds from a Gretsch pages poster. I'd like to start using this guitar as my main gig instrument, so any help would be greatly appreciated!
I picked up a 64 Duane Eddy 500 at the Philly guitar show recently. It seems like a worthy project but I need some parts.
Anyone have a line on where to find:
-A set of gold plated Dearmond/Dyna covers? Condition/vintage unimportant. Need neck and bridge. Also will take gold plated adjustment screws and magnets.
-Guild branded B-6 Bigsby in gold? Condition/vintage unimportant, but I'd like a relatively clean one.
-Guild compensated Bigsby bridge? I'd prefer the Guild one as opposed to the standard Gretsch one.
-60's Guild pickguard tracing? I need something to make a template from. I can't remember how Guild did these. They were black plexi with the stuff silkscreened on top, right? ANy talent, expertise or services would be much appreciated on this as an original DE-500 guard would be next to impossible to find, not to mention expensive. I'd like to do the incorrect combo of stairstep shape with Dyna cut outs, so some cobbling may be needed.
-60s Guild truss rod cover? Anyone have one laying around?
Once all of my parts are here, I'm going to send this to a buddy to do the neck reset and hopefully have a new gig guitar. Any help on this project much appreciated.
Thanks to Hans for the info on this guitar regarding manufacturing date, etc.
Now, here's how she looks mocked up with what I had laying around:
I just got the 62 Dearmonds from a Gretsch pages poster. I'd like to start using this guitar as my main gig instrument, so any help would be greatly appreciated!