jcwu
Senior Member
I have completed my quest for a '57 T100. In the process of fulfilling the quest, I, um, ended up with an extra T100, from '58. I decided that I would keep the '57 pristine and original, and the '58... well, since it was well loved, I decided to love it some more.
I didn't document the process, because I was too excited, but I did work slowly and surely. By the time I stopped to take photos, I'd done most of the work (including regluing a peeling headstock veneer and bindings that were coming off in several spots). One thing I can say - these guys are built a lot tougher than I thought. That laminated top can take quite a beating!
Here I'm gluing some extra support to the brace, since I had to cut into it to make room for the bridge pickup. When I'm done, it'll have the original Franz P90 along with an HB-1.:
Here's the pickup route (I had to take a bit more material out to make room for the pickup, the route is deeper into the brace than this photo shows; that first pencil mark is for the pickup support depth, the second line is the pickup screw depth):
With a Bigsby, just to see what it'll look like (and taped so I can draw where the extra holes for bridge volume/tone pots and pickup selector will go):
It's sitting nice and snug in an Epiphone Dot/ES case. Thanks for the confirmation, zizala!
Now here's something weird I found.. the wood used for the guitar seems to have some print material imprinted into it. Here's a stamp on one section of the back:
And here's some more text imprinted:
Feels like I'm taking a peek back in time. Wonder what those imprints came from.
On the piece of the top that I cut out for the pickup, there's some smaller fine print. When I get a chance I'll photograph that too and post it.
I didn't document the process, because I was too excited, but I did work slowly and surely. By the time I stopped to take photos, I'd done most of the work (including regluing a peeling headstock veneer and bindings that were coming off in several spots). One thing I can say - these guys are built a lot tougher than I thought. That laminated top can take quite a beating!
Here I'm gluing some extra support to the brace, since I had to cut into it to make room for the bridge pickup. When I'm done, it'll have the original Franz P90 along with an HB-1.:
Here's the pickup route (I had to take a bit more material out to make room for the pickup, the route is deeper into the brace than this photo shows; that first pencil mark is for the pickup support depth, the second line is the pickup screw depth):
With a Bigsby, just to see what it'll look like (and taped so I can draw where the extra holes for bridge volume/tone pots and pickup selector will go):
It's sitting nice and snug in an Epiphone Dot/ES case. Thanks for the confirmation, zizala!
Now here's something weird I found.. the wood used for the guitar seems to have some print material imprinted into it. Here's a stamp on one section of the back:
And here's some more text imprinted:
Feels like I'm taking a peek back in time. Wonder what those imprints came from.
On the piece of the top that I cut out for the pickup, there's some smaller fine print. When I get a chance I'll photograph that too and post it.
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