This thread was created to show the Honda-Tech community a guitar rebuild. This is a hobby that I wanted to share with all of you. It might bore you, it might entertain you... Comments, questions, criticism, hating, loving are all welcome!

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I've been collecting and rebuilding guitars for about a year now. There are many guitars on Craigslist that need loving and care. Some guitars have had brutal pasts where the owners tore them apart and/or mistreated them. These owners tend to post up their unwanted guitars on Craigslist for extremely cheap. I pick them up and give them a good fixer-upper.

Here is an example of a build I finished about 4 months ago. I got this guitar for free off of Craigslist.




After a little polishing and 3m rubbing compound:




Shiny up the frets by taping the fretboard and using steel wool to wipe the gunk off.



Reinstall the hardware and put in the new DiMarzio PAF pickups and we're done!





Sold for $275
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Yesterday I picked up a black guitar body for $20 and a blue guitar in horrible condition for $50.

The blue guitar after a mild clean up:




The guitar was in a fire. Really.



The lady who sold it to me was kind enough to give me everything else in a Ziploc bag.



Here is the $20 black body. I will be putting the neck from the blue guitar onto this body.




Here is the blue guitar, stripped:



I'll keep posting pictures as I gradually finish both guitars

 

awesome dude!!

i bet you can probably play them pretty well as well

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by 92ehatch &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">awesome dude!!

i bet you can probably play them pretty well as well </TD></TR></TABLE>

Thanks!

These pickups are equivalent to a d16. They suck.



Just installed the bridge and tremolo block on the black body.




Also got the neck on! It's turning out to be pretty darn sexy!

 

looks great,

i should have done a build thread for my Pbass
Working on instruments is equally as fun as building car IMO

 

A mock up of the finished product:




The blue body with another Craigslist neck I got for free:



Stars Guitar neck made in 1970. Never installed! Mint!!!

 

needs to be slammed, needs mirrors and an itr lip.

 

dammit you make good threads, the other was the anime thread.

 

i like guitars. i haven't played mine in awhile, i should go do that sometime...

 

not slammed enough...and it needs a lip

 

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Just ordered those from jdmguitars.com

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&lt;3

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Your guitar needs lovin'!!!

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Boy, this is gettin' old real fast

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by R-Toyz.com &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">not slammed enough...and it needs a lip</TD></TR></TABLE>

lol!

This is always something I wanted to do with my Bass. Not that it's in bad condition or anything, but I think it needs a rebuild. Good stuff korean!


p.s. One of my greatest guitar memories was playing a 1950's original Telecaster.

 

Nice work. I play as well. Here's a pic of my 78' Ibanez Iceman.

 

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lol!

This is always something I wanted to do with my Bass. Not that it's in bad condition or anything, but I think it needs a rebuild. Good stuff korean!


p.s. One of my greatest guitar memories was playing a 1950's original Telecaster. </TD></TR></TABLE>

It makes me sad to hear about instruments not being played! Pick that baby up and refresh those memories!

re: p.s. My 1959 American Stratocaster is coming in the mail as we speak!

Just soldered this mother sucker up:



Around 25 joints here

 

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re: p.s. My 1959 American Stratocaster is coming in the mail as we speak!</TD></TR></TABLE>

Don't worry the bass get played - just not as often.

Here's a pic




You get your hands on any Jaguars? I love those guitars!

 

should be a fun ride

 

remember that an A/C thread isn't complete without a slam or lip response.

 

NICE THREAD!

 

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Maybe I'll put a honda-tech.com sticker on the guitar

 

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Maybe I'll put a honda-tech.com sticker on the guitar </TD></TR></TABLE>

as long as it has your nickname on it as well...and you should be golden

 

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should be a fun ride </TD></TR></TABLE>


hahahaha

 

I don't know anything about guitars, but it sure looks like you do. Good luck.

 

Ivan, fix my guitar.

 

nice dot and strat!! next time you get a deal on a semi-hollow body i'll gladly purchase one of your builds!

 

nice work bro

 

Thanks!

Just ordered a new motor (pickups ) from eBay

I'll take pictures of the motor swap.