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This was given away on the forum with a completely shattered neck, missing parts and a couple of decades of grime and stickers. I'm no expert at guitar repair but I've been taking a uni evening class for a couple of years on acoustic guitar making, so I had a go at fixing it: gave it a bloody good clean, tracked down new knobs, a replacement tuner key, new pickup selector switch and roundel and glued up the neck. I also replaced a little bit of wobbly wood that was acting as a nut, filled the gap with rosewood to make it a standard slot width and fitted a Tusq nut. It feels good, although I've only sanded the back of the neck so that it plays well; if it was a more valuable guitar I'd take the time to refinish it and sand it totally smooth so the repair was less visible. At the moment it looks like it's halfway through repair. It plays decently, sounds good and is VERY heavy.
Looking for £100, just to cover the parts I bought. Can be picked up in SE London.
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