Little things that resurrect a guitar from a dusty corner...a mundane tale of a well-spent Sunday

imalrightjack

So, I have a 50th Anniversary Strat Plus which I allowed to get a bit beat up.  I hated the look of its bog-standard black paintwork, so got somebody to do a custom paint job (which is actually just straight onto the lacquer but has lasted fine).  Great way to completely ensure a guitar is pretty much unsellable

Anyway, because the neck was bumped and the lacquer on the fretboard in a state, I've hardly touched it for years.  Today, I finally decided to do something about it.  So, off came the strings and then a Stanley knife to the fretboard made relatively light work of the lacquer.  I then lightly sanded the back of the neck which not only made it much smoother and to my tastes, it also reduced the few dints a little.  I then used some Gerlitz Guitar Honey on the front and back of the neck, which soaked right in.  It's not the cleanest job ever but I'm happy.

 It now feels great and I remember how much I like the gold Lace Sensor pickups.

Has anybody else found that just a little bit of work can bring a guitar back to life nicely?

Sassafras

Like the graphics.

rsvmark

Sassafras said:

Like the graphics.

Me too

ICBM

Me three.

streethawk

Fourthed.

I like the gold lace sensors too. 

imalrightjack

streethawk said:

Fourthed.

I like the gold lace sensors too. 

They're noisier than I recalled.  But that might be the wiring.  One tone knob won't clip on properly anymore (either one on that pot - not sure what's happened there and the middle one is crackly).  I suspect it would benefit from a bit of re-wiring.

Deijavoo

Wowzers!!!

Winny_Pooh

Would look good with a black guard

impmann

That's really cool