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"Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski
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I would clean up and sand down the neck and refinish you will need to do some work to match the colour and tasteful ageing but is doable. You might even find some of the original worn neck paint.
Its going to need a fret job they never had much to start with my mates was refretted a couple of weeks after he got it as it was just to little for rock a proper fretless wonder.
I would ditch the bigsby and just clean up the worn stuff and leave it as aged.
The body with its wear dings etc I would keep as is making the whole thing a heavily worn largely original its never going to be worth a lot but my friend has a similar boat anchor custom from 76 and if you can stand the weight they can sound pretty good rock machines. There are a good few Pro's that worked with these lumps for years.
From talking to him he just wants to get it sorted as a tribute to his Dad rather than any financial reason. He doesn’t play so it’ll end up as a wall hang probably.
Anything that was done to it to get it to this state cosmetically was done by his Dad ( a bit of a gigger by all accounts) so he doesn’t want it prettied up other than what is needed to repair it.
I even kept the ratty old strings I took off and put them back in the case coiled up because I got the impression that it’s important to him.
However as a keepsake wall hanger, I don't see the point of fixing the headstock break as it isn't going to be played.
Attempting something like a quick glue & clamp job on it might look OK, but in the longer term might not help a proper decent restoration attempt, which would be a shame.
All things being equal, his guitar, his rules.
As such take it to Jon at Feline Guitars and have it re-furbished to bring it up to a good player grade model - repair headstock - re-fin - Re-fret and at least a new wiring loom with 500K pots - Sell the 300K pots to some one @FelineGuitars
The Bigsby might be cool to keep - Not sure about the tuners and bridge but in the grand scheme of things not a big deal to keep or replace
I'd have it re-furbished and make it blooming good and desirable to any potential player/buyer and it will still have some old school mojo about it
That will tell you all you need to know - And remember yours is not as bad as that
Thanks for that. I’ll pass it on.
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That's been properly gigged ... not made a 'bedroom totem'.
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Based on some of the wonders I've seen Feline produce, that's where I'd be heading.
Once that is done I would see if the dulux could be removed without hurting the nitro. Some white spirit or rubbing alcohol on a scotch brite pad might take it off, or even careful scraping.... but this is messy, so that break needs to be closed first. Dulux won't want to stick to nitro, so it may even peel off with the right approach
Who knows what state its like under there, but it might be good enough to look like proper wear and save some refinish costs.
The bigsby and brass need to go... it might be under 10lb once that is done
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The codes are 70-028 which I believe correspond to 300k pots and the date? Code is 1377401 which looks like 1974 if google is correct.
I said earlier that I'd change the pots - Purely as I can't stand 300K pots on an LP - 500K will IMO produce a better tone and control over the 1-10 range of the pot - But IMO keep those pots/loom as without any serial number they are almost the only form of 'ID" you have left on the guitar