Washington Irving
Well-known member
Hi
I've had this guitar for a while now, so it's no NGD, but I guess it's always good to share some pics
As far as I know it was made in 1981 in the Dyna Gakki plant in Japan. It had a stock brass (including the toneblock) bridge and brass pot knobs. I had them polished some time ago, and they looked pretty impressive, but now they're tarnished again. It also has a stock phase inverter switch for the pickups. The original pickups had plain black plastic covers, so it looked pretty cool with the black scratchplate. Now it has a set of Texas Specials and looks more SRV-ish I also replaced the tuner to locking shallers, and removed the string holders from the headstock. Now it stays in tune for weeks (unless I use the tremolo.. :roll: ). I had a hard time fitting those tuners without drilling in the wood. I had to extend the screw holes in the tuners and install them a bit turned to the side. Looks strange, but works fine.
The body is a shameful 4-piece, the neck is 1 piece, the nut is bone.
I also had it refretted. While doing the job, my luthier thought it would be a great idea to refenish the guitar. The only thing he didn't think about was that he should have my permission (idiot!!). On the other hand - he did call me and ask me - but that was after he started the job
:lol: . Man, was he suprised then I said NO! In the end I actually like the way it looks now (it's exactly the same colour, and the finish is very thin - you can even see the wood grain through it on the photos. Only difference - now it's glossy), and the guitar has no value as a collectible, so there's no loss on my side as he didn't charge me anything.
ok, too much talking, here are the pics:
I've had this guitar for a while now, so it's no NGD, but I guess it's always good to share some pics
As far as I know it was made in 1981 in the Dyna Gakki plant in Japan. It had a stock brass (including the toneblock) bridge and brass pot knobs. I had them polished some time ago, and they looked pretty impressive, but now they're tarnished again. It also has a stock phase inverter switch for the pickups. The original pickups had plain black plastic covers, so it looked pretty cool with the black scratchplate. Now it has a set of Texas Specials and looks more SRV-ish I also replaced the tuner to locking shallers, and removed the string holders from the headstock. Now it stays in tune for weeks (unless I use the tremolo.. :roll: ). I had a hard time fitting those tuners without drilling in the wood. I had to extend the screw holes in the tuners and install them a bit turned to the side. Looks strange, but works fine.
The body is a shameful 4-piece, the neck is 1 piece, the nut is bone.
I also had it refretted. While doing the job, my luthier thought it would be a great idea to refenish the guitar. The only thing he didn't think about was that he should have my permission (idiot!!). On the other hand - he did call me and ask me - but that was after he started the job
:lol: . Man, was he suprised then I said NO! In the end I actually like the way it looks now (it's exactly the same colour, and the finish is very thin - you can even see the wood grain through it on the photos. Only difference - now it's glossy), and the guitar has no value as a collectible, so there's no loss on my side as he didn't charge me anything.
ok, too much talking, here are the pics: