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mthorn00 wrote:
My advice to you is to:

1) Clean it up as best you can. Reassemble it, have the frets dressed, the neck straightened if necessary and the intonation set. Add a reproduction vintage headstock decal if you want then see how it grabs you. If you don't like it then go for the sale.

2) In reality it is probably worth more "partsed out" due to the stripping and lack of headstock decal. Post the individual pieces (body, pickups, pots, tuners, trem etc) on Ebay and you can make a fairly significant pile of cash.
nicely said but i would keep it
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I would keep it too.

He's got a few different opinions about what to do with it, but of course the bottom line is to do what he wants, to get it how he wants it. He's got to look at it every day.

Another thing, he could get by with just a fret leveling and recrowing, but that could make the frets too low for his style of playing. He may like low frets. However, he might like high frets. In that case, a complete fret replacement would be best for him. He needs to consult a good guitar repairman!

That current pickguard is weird. There's no shielding around the components. The original pickguard setup would be a "minty" green with a full sheet of aluminum shielding under it. A mint green '62-reissue-style pickguard would be closest to the original (paying attention to the screw positioning -- that guitar has a hole between the neck & middle pickup, so be careful to get the right hole pattern).

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Ceri wrote:
Excellent! That's ideal, to my mind. And personally I wouldn't touch the finish: I think it is really beautiful as is.

I could always put it together after the fret work and see what it looks like. If it doesn't suit my fancy,,, have it painted.
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Another thing, he could get by with just a fret leveling and recrowing... He needs to consult a good guitar repairman!

Not sure about leveling, the 4th fret is a little loose. Can this be repaired?
Definitely on the repairman! I can do some things (I've gotten a little better at that with age) :) but not to that extent on something like this.
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That current pickguard is weird. There's no shielding around the components. The original pickguard setup would be a "minty" green with a full sheet of aluminum shielding under it. A mint green '62-reissue-style pickguard would be closest to the original (paying attention to the screw positioning -- that guitar has a hole between the neck & middle pickup, so be careful to get the right hole pattern).

I think it may be mint green,,,, under the white paint. I painted it way back then (Dumb) :oops: . I can't recall if it had the aluminum shielding or not but have recently learned it should have one.

Will post when I decide which way I go and post pics if I rebuild.

Thanks again for all the great info!
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hogwildls wrote:
I think it may be mint green,,,, under the white paint. I painted it way back then (Dumb) :oops: . I can't recall if it had the aluminum shielding or not but have recently learned it should have one.

Will post when I decide which way I go and post pics if I rebuild.

Thanks again for all the great info!


Oh, if you painted the pickguard white, that would explain why it looks weird to me!

Please take it to a repairman to check out the neck.

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orvilleowner wrote:
That current pickguard is weird. There's no shielding around the components.


Ha! Very much not for the first time your powers of observation are impressive.

I spotted the white paint on the front - but missed the missing shielding.

Well done, Sherlock!

Cheers - C
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Got a couple of appraisals. Took a while to decide but I'm having it restored at Gravity Strings in St Louis. I would have loved to do some of it myself but want to make sure it’s done right. Will post pics when it is done. I can't wait! :D
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Lucky is home! :D

All is original but the pick guard, 1 screw in the pick guard, switch knob, strap buttons and volume pot.

See pics here: http://2wheeln.com/strat/after/index.html
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Oh wow.. just look at that..

That looks like a great restoration job.. absolutely lovely. You made the best decision. And so much original hardware retained as well. Good call getting it done by a pro. It's a bit of history. Can't deny that the whole story and especially the outcome, has bought a tear to my eye.

How cool is it to say (when asked about it) - "My Strat? yeah it's my old '62. I had it restored.."

Looks like you were both Lucky mate! Good luck with her..
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WOW that is absolutely amazing. I was absent from the forums so I had never caught the original story till now, but I read it all the way through.

I think you made the perfect choice. The vintage vibe with a little new touch. It's amazing.
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mthomps,I feel the same way. Like I just saw a good movie.
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That is an awesome, awesome story and a wonderful guitar! You are ever so lucky!
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This thread went unexpectedly quiet..
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