WORST guitar modifications / relic job / repair job you have seen?

alanchanxd

I found these monstrosities on the internet and I couldn't sleep well afterwards. Therefore, I thought that it would be wise to share my findings with everyone here.

The vintage gibson and fender mods, along with the slicing of the PRS body has completely killed me mentally.

Let's share the worst guitar modification / mods / relic job / repair job you have seen.

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Rabs

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Rabs

whoops double post.....

alanchanxd

Rabs said:

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I thought that drilling holes and mounting screws create further cracks and tension -  making the scarf joint even weaker...

Rabs

alanchanxd said:

Rabs said:

I thought that drilling holes and mounting screws create further cracks and tension -  making the scarf joint even weaker...

They must be vintage tone screws ? 

RandallFlagg

I wish I hadn't read this thread, I feel queasy now.

alanchanxd

Rabs said:

alanchanxd said:

Rabs said:

I thought that drilling holes and mounting screws create further cracks and tension -  making the scarf joint even weaker...

They must be vintage tone screws ? 

It looks more like a health hazard to me, the screws will come flying out like grenade shrapnel if the headstock breaks under string tension

alanchanxd

RandallFlagg said:

I wish I hadn't read this thread, I feel queasy now.

On the contrary, I am starting to find such modifications quite fun actually
I am now tempted to try routing a floyd rose cavity into my 1967 maple-cap neck stratocaster

IvisonGuitars

Here's a fairly well known one, a left hand 'conversion' of a '59 Burst, named Bad Coconuts....



The Mike Bloomfield Tele....



And here's what I found when repairing the headstock of a '59 DC Junior....

alanchanxd

miserneil said:

And here's what I found when repairing the headstock of a '59 DC Junior....

I am trying very hard to understand what are those 2 metal prongs doing on the end of the neck
I can't think of any rational purposes for those 2 metal prongs to protrude the wood like that, except that neck must be some sort of covert weapon for live band pub brawls

proggy

They are really bad. That first Les Paul looks like it's developing some sort of disease.

alanchanxd

proggy said:

They are really bad. That first Les Paul looks like it's developing some sort of disease.

yea i agree and in fact, the multiple knobs gives me trypophobia. Try doing a google search images of the phobia called "trypophobia" and you will understand what I am currently feeling

proggy

alanchanxd said:

proggy said:

They are really bad. That first Les Paul looks like it's developing some sort of disease.

yea i agree and in fact, the multiple knobs gives me trypophobia. Try doing a google search images of the phobia called "trypophobia" and you will understand what I am currently feeling

Just had a look, that turned my fucking stomach. No breakfast for me this morning.

Thanks Dude.

Gassage

These are nothing that Cleartone Conversions can't sort out in a trice.

Alnico

^
+1

Neil

Those poor guitars.

guitars4you

crikey - they are worse than looking at an 18 stone belly dancer 

paulnb57

miserneil said:

The Mike Bloomfield Tele....

Someone on TDPRI is building a replica of this (God only knows why!) concensus is that although this was owned by Mike Bloomfield, a subsequent lefty owner tastefully modded it, with the delightful cutaway.........

merlin

Jeez, the Goldtop, 5th one down...! Looks like something from a Todd Browning film. 

IvisonGuitars

alanchanxd said:

miserneil said:

And here's what I found when repairing the headstock of a '59 DC Junior....

I am trying very hard to understand what are those 2 metal prongs doing on the end of the neck
I can't think of any rational purposes for those 2 metal prongs to protrude the wood like that, except that neck must be some sort of covert weapon for live band pub brawls

The headstock had broken and someone had re-attached the headstock with 2 diagonal nails and some glue. Unsurprisingly it had started to creep so I re-broke it, removed the nails and fixed it properly. 

mburekenge

Good lord, that was like a car crash.