Tremonti project

[davegixer]

I bought this Tremonti SE for a steal a while ago, with a view to either restoring it, refinishing it, or just playing it depending on the actual condition when received.

When I received it, it was in a bit of a sorry state.
Someone had tried to give it a satin finish by rubbing it down, unfortunately rubbing through the veneer. So I assume in an effort to recover the mistake, the damage was stained which made it worse as the colour didn't match. It also had a slightly sanded 'satin' neck.
The aftermarket locking tuners were damaged, it had a PS sticker over a badly painted damaged headstock, a trem block (a block of wood), no trem arm, a Tusq nut, aftermarket knobs (which I actually like) and was fitted with Duncan and Dimarzio pickups and a coil tap to the tone pot.

 

[davegixer]

So I set about the old dog, intending to make him fit to share a stage with his brothers....

I'll let you decide how it turned out.

 

[davegixer]

Time to strip it down

 

[davegixer]

Frets levelled, crowned and polished. Fretboard cleaned of all the gunk, and fed.

 

[davegixer]

Right, to the body.
I sanded a bit of the veneer back to see what the mahogany looked like underneath...

And thought it looked decent enough to sacrifice the (ruined) veneer.
I was aware these were three piece bodies, did I have some nice consistent grain under there?

Only one way to find out....

 

[ElrytNamrogo]

Damn you, Photobucket!

 

[davegixer]

Damn you, Photobucket!

Are the photos not showing?

 

[ElrytNamrogo]

Are the photos not showing?

Unfortunately, no....ever since Photobucket started doing that "charging you to store photos" deal, they won't show up for people who haven't subscribed to their service. I had to move all my stuff over to imgur.

This sounds like a super-cool project, though!!!

Just in case you're wondering, this is what all the photos look like on the page.

 

[davegixer]

Unfortunately, no....ever since Photobucket started doing that "charging you to store photos" deal, they won't show up for people who haven't subscribed to their service. I had to move all my stuff over to imgur.

This sounds like a super-cool project, though!!!

Balls. I've never paid for photobucket.
Any recommendations, and I'll change the photo storage site before I go any further?

 

[davegixer]

Balls. I've never paid for photobucket.
Any recommendations, and I'll change the photo storage site before I go any further?

Scrap my question, just noticed you said Imgur, will check it out. Thanks for the nudge.

 

[bodia]

Balls. I've never paid for photobucket.
Any recommendations, and I'll change the photo storage site before I go any further?

I think the majority of folks here went to Imgur. Free, and easy to use.

 

[davegixer]

I think the majority of folks here went to Imgur. Free, and easy to use.

Cool, just uploaded them onto Imgur, will edit the posts now.
Ta.

 

[ElrytNamrogo]

Scrap my question, just noticed you said Imgur, will check it out. Thanks for the nudge.

 

[davegixer]

Hopefully you can see them now and I haven't completely messed it up!?

If all's good I'll add more tomorrow.

 

[veinbuster]

Hopefully you can see them now and I haven't completely messed it up!?

If all's good I'll add more tomorrow.

Yes, it looks good.
Bold project mate.
Kudos for going for it.
I like what I see so far.

 

[sergiodeblanc]

Gah! Cliffhanger!!!!

 

[bodia]

Frickin' cool project!

 

[markd21]

Gah! Cliffhanger!!!!

Yeah.....no kidding!!! I am curious to see what is next!!

 

[deakle]

Nice work!

 

[ScottR]

You sir are a braver man than me...anxious to see how it turns out! Thanks for sharing the progress!