- Joined
- Aug 9, 2023
- Messages
- 6
- Reaction score
- 16
- Guild Total
- 1
Hi all,
My father was a professional guitarist for many years and has recently passed away. He was the proud owner of this wonderful 1960 X-350B (serial 12315) which my sister and I have now inherited. He acquired it sometime in the late 60s I think, and as you can see it's been well gigged though, unfortunately, he rarely played for the last 30 years or so. It last had some proper TLC around 1985 when he was playing a lot and I know he had it refretted then.
As I am also a professional musician (mainly bass and piano, though I'm reasonably competent on guitar). I want to get this back to a fully playable condition so I can gig it and share it's beautiful sound.
You can see the primary concern is the binding (on the right of the image), though there's some odd stuff going on with the pickup selector switches too - they are upside down as well as being in a non-standard order.
I live near Nottingham in the UK and was wondering if anyone could recommend any luthiers in the UK for any repair work that may be needed?
Also, as I will need to 'buy out' my sister's share of this, any idea on approximate value. I know it's difficult to say without seeing it, but any educated guesses would be welcome.
This instrument has been around my whole life and will not be for sale! It's very dear to me, and I can't wait to get her up and running again and pay tribute to my father by playing her for others to enjoy.
Thanks in advance for any help or advice.
My father was a professional guitarist for many years and has recently passed away. He was the proud owner of this wonderful 1960 X-350B (serial 12315) which my sister and I have now inherited. He acquired it sometime in the late 60s I think, and as you can see it's been well gigged though, unfortunately, he rarely played for the last 30 years or so. It last had some proper TLC around 1985 when he was playing a lot and I know he had it refretted then.
As I am also a professional musician (mainly bass and piano, though I'm reasonably competent on guitar). I want to get this back to a fully playable condition so I can gig it and share it's beautiful sound.
You can see the primary concern is the binding (on the right of the image), though there's some odd stuff going on with the pickup selector switches too - they are upside down as well as being in a non-standard order.
I live near Nottingham in the UK and was wondering if anyone could recommend any luthiers in the UK for any repair work that may be needed?
Also, as I will need to 'buy out' my sister's share of this, any idea on approximate value. I know it's difficult to say without seeing it, but any educated guesses would be welcome.
This instrument has been around my whole life and will not be for sale! It's very dear to me, and I can't wait to get her up and running again and pay tribute to my father by playing her for others to enjoy.
Thanks in advance for any help or advice.