...restorations of legends...vol2...

...this is all about restorations of old guitars...

...from 2014...

...some of them in a very bad condition...

                                                                                ...enjoy it...

...Aria CS Custom 1984...

... well, this true legend is coming from matsamoku area...you can see the specs of
the aria cs custom here:http://www.matsumoku.org/models/ariaproii/cs/cs.html...

...this lady is in good condition, all parts workin' properly and all it needs is some care (electrics, rust removin', fret's leveliing etc...) and live playin'...i 've already restored the shinin' colour of the guitar...

 

...Gibson Marauder 1974...

...an excellent guitar that came to me...you can read all about its history, the strange pickups and its specs here...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gibson_Marauder
...condition not good...

...Eko Cobra IV of 1967...

...this is the 1967 model four of the famous Eko Cobra...four pickup multisound guitar...feather lite eko vibrato, master volume and tone controls for easy changing sounds...double II bar neck reinforcement...comfort contoured body...slim hagh speed neck...a wide selection of dura gloss colours...

 



















 

 

 

...Ibanez Lp of 1972...

...this one is a true legend...the 2350 model of ibanez lespaul of 1972...

 










 

 



















 
 





 

...an old Korean SG 1997...

...you can see it's condition...enjoy it...

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

...Fender Standard 

Stratocaster 1989.

...well, this is an excellent guitar that came in a very bad condition first because of the rust that has destroyed almost totaly the electrics and the hardware (a lot of years was unused) and second from the stupidity of people that they call themshelves tecknicians and they get payed for this...

...from the first time i saw this guitar i wanted to bring it back to life, so this is it..
...a lot of thanks to my good friend Michael for givin' me this chance..

 

 

 

 

                                                                    

                  

...the naked guitar...

...or natura's revenge...

...well, i called this one naked because i used only light coloured physical wax as a finish...before i spent o lot of hours to make the surface of the wood like a glass...so this one refers to an eco project...

...the specs of the guitar...
...a japan two pieces alder body, graphitte inside
...a licecnced fender 12 radius neck with jumbo frets with kluson vintage keys and a bone nut...
...a white pickguard with a fender custom shop 5 way switch and capacitor, alpha pots... or ...a see through pickguard with a fender custom shop 5 way switch and capacitor, alpha pots...
...dimarzio HS pickups for bridge and neck and dimarzio DP181 hb for the middle position...all splittin' to single by three splittin' switches...or ...a fender hot noiseless pickups' set ...
... fender pot knobs and tip...
...a gotoh vintage tremolo bridge...
...fender strap pins...
...fender screws from neckplate to p/rd...
...fender jackplate...
...and an all parts neckplate...














 

...improvisation on a P2 S EKO of 1973...

 ...this EKO of 1973 came almost destroyed...very bad frets, fretboard 'd come unstuck, a lot of breaks on body...
...the guitar shows excellent job, the neck is made from three pieces of wood with no thruss rod, body made full of mahogany...
...I spent a lot of hours to bring this lady back..
...my good friend Dimitris Dimou made an excellent job on the neck and the fretboard...
...so...
...the action of the guitar is very low like an ibanez rg but the sound very clear and brilliant like a dobro one usin' jim dunlop's blues set 12-54 strings for electric guitar...
...this is the guitar now...i'll play it for a while testin' it and then i'll install an old '70s ceramic sigle coil to personalize this beuty, tryin' to keep it as it is...
 

...well, I think is the most bluesy guitar that ever came to my hands...

...this is the end of part one...

                              ..checkin' the sound before the final installation...
                                                             ....using a very old 70's ceramic single coil... 

...this is the end of part two...
 
                                                    ...and at last...

 ...and this is the end of my improvisation....

...customizin' an ibanez ex of 1989...

 ...the Ibanez EX series is a series of electric guitars produced by Hoshino Gakki, first introduced in 1988. The EX (short for "Experimental") models were RG-like guitars produced in Korea instead of Japan as a more affordable alternative. They presumably were named differently to prevent them from possibly hurting the reputation of the RG name, although some markets already did have some Korean made RG models.

The EX models finally were replaced by the Ibanez RX series in 1994. That year, Ibanez also started with the production of higher-end Korean RG models like the RG450 and RG470...

...this lady is in excellent condition...watch its customization the next days, changin' the pikups, wirin', pots, switch..etc... and doin' some aesthetic changes...

...ok, i've changed the pickups with a HB PAF 59 set, the wiring, the pots and the pot knobs... this guitar plays now like a very good lespaul but also has the sounds of a real stratocaster...

 before...

 

 

 

...after