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Bill,
Can't help with the refinish, but if it was me, I would try to put a Bronco
bridge back on the guitar, especially if it was a late 60's model. I
wouldn't want to mod something that old.
BN
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Bill Bergstrom [mailto:]
> Sent: Tuesday, September 02, 2003 2:46 AM
> To:
> Subject: [SurfGuitar101] Fixer-upper
>
>
> Greetings all,
> I just picked up yet another axe to add to the arsenal today - a nice
> ol' Fender Bronco. I got a great deal on it because it was "re-
> painted" a while back, and is just a little beat up. Now I aim to
> refurbish this a little bit and make a project out of the whole
> thing.
>
> So, my main question is how to approach a re-finish job for a
> guitar. I obviously know the basics of sanding it down and prepping
> it for the new finish -- but what should I use to put on the new
> finish? Any recommendations or pointers?
>
> The other thing is that the previous owner got fed up with the
> existing bridge (which was pretty horrible as far as holding tune, as
> I recall) and put on a Tele-style tailpiece, which means no whammy
> bar! So, what would you recommend for a replacement bridge? I think
> a bigsby would look ridiculous, and I don't know if I want to chop
> this guitar up enough to add a strat style, or even a Jag/JM style.
> Do I have any other options (and if anyone says Floyd Rose, I'll
> smack ya'!)?
>
> Any pointers or help would be greatly appreciated!
>
> ~Bill~
