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Hey Bill!
I agree with Brian on this - if it were me, I'd put a Bronco bridge
on the guitar (even if it doesn't keep tune so well). One advantage
is that there won't be any compatability issues with a Bronco
bridge :)
Can't help on the refin stuff, but you may want to check out Dan
Erlewine's "Guitar Player Repair Guide" - I think it has a section
or two on how to refinish guitars that's a good primer (no pun
intended . . . or was it?). There may be better reads on the topic
out there, but I've got the Erlewine book, and it's pretty good.
Sounds like a cool guitar - enjoy it!
-Dick
--- In , "Brian Neal" <bneal@i...>
wrote:
> 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:swingin_cat@h...]
> > 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~
