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Author:  calgarc [ Tue Aug 16, 2011 12:22 pm ]
Post subject:  SS Stewart restoration
every saturady i leave at 7am for my weekly garage sales with my friend. I picked up an SS Stewart from a garage sale for 5 bucks with an unopened pack of D,Addario strings. my friend scored a nice mandolin (5 bucks) and uke (2 bucks) in excellent condition.

The Guitar is a flatop acoustic with a tailpiece and no bridge built in the 30's. The Machine heads are in excellent condition specially for a guitar built in the 30's. There is a crack across the entire fret board and a small open crack on the top. The paint is chipped in some areas.

I already started on my restoration. The neck was loose so i reglued it to the body with titebond and a few clamps. I started cleaning up and fixing the paint on the top and back of the guitar.


I will upload photos once i get home. and hopefully get this guitar restored within the next 2 weeks. bliss http://www.calgarc.com/?p=543
Author:  calgarc [ Tue Aug 16, 2011 6:20 pm ]
Post subject:  Re: SS Stewart restoration
There are paint chips on the top back and sides of the guitar
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what i am using are some very expensive copic markers. I mix the colours on a piece of paper to get the right match for the guitar and use if for smaller touchups, once it dries i will apply some light finish an polish it using either olive or almod oil (natural :D )

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some of the finish work fixed on the top of the guitar
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the fretboard and neck have been reglued and clamped. removed the clamps yesterday

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i also started sanding off some rust on the tailpiece, but i will probably get a new one :D
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and the best part of this 5 dollar beater is the head stock
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