Malenkia

Got a hold of the friend that back in town and he's more than willing (I think he's bored since he left school ) I sent him the pics, too and we're trying to figure out a time to hook up so he can take a close look at it. Which do you think would be better? Sand it all off, or should I use a stripper first and then sand? I've only refinished antique furniture before, is there something special you need to do with guitar. *sigh* I wish my grandpa was still alive, he used to build guitars (acoustic) from scratch and it would tick my grandma off because he'd always leave the wood soaking in her washtub or the bathtub

I emailed them off, thank you again... I thought it was a Warlock, but on the head it says "Raven II". On a happy note, I just found out that a freind is back in town from Washington that may be of some help, too. He went to a school in Arizona for guitars (not sure which one), he also went to Full Sail. I just eamiled him and I'm hopinghe can give some assistance. I'll still let all of you know how things are progressing, though. You've all been an amazing help. I don't know if he's staying for awhile or just passing through, either. And after all this is done, I have to get my huisband on this site, he'll love it!..Just not now, or he'll know what's going on.

I took a bunch of pictures with our digital camera, but I'm not sure how to post them. I don't have a website. He does, but that would kind of defeat the purpose. I could email them to some if they're interested, though. I'll size them down first, of course. You all are such a huge help!

Okay...I have NO CLUE about fixing guitars, I haven't even played on since I was about 7...but, if you think it's fixable, I'd rather do that for him. He'd definately be surprised. But, to keep it a surprise I can't really ask him exactly what's wrong with it and I'm not sure of the technical terms to let you guys know. I do know I want to refinish it myself, but getting it playing would be the tough part. We live in central MN (around St. Cloud). If there's someone close by, even in the Twin Cities, that's willing to help I'd really appreciate it. I can take some pidtures of it, too, if that would help. This is turning out better than I'd hoped, thanks everyone!

It originally looked like a "Stryper" reject (black and yellow stripes, horrible paint job, flaking off everywhere). So, when we originally went to have it fixed up, he had new pick-ups put in and was very specific about them not "floating" (sorry, I'm still very new at this so I'm not sure what that means). And the guy did it anyway, he also had him re-paint it and when we got it back (I should add that we were told it would be about a month and we finally got it back about 6 months later), he had painted it, let it hang for about a day and then laid it down on carpet. So the backside is a complete mess and the front has his fingerprints in it. Plus, the nut (?) keeps falling out and it won't stay tuned when we could manages to get strings to stay on it. This was my husband's first guitar, but the one he really played for years is a very loved (that's a nice of way of saying beat-up) Ibenez that he adores. When I asked him what he wanted to do with the Rich he told me to toss it, that it was ruined and just taking up space anyway. That's why, if i wasn't playable anymore, I wanted to at least turn it into something he could still enjoy. If I could get it fixed up and playable, that's be great. But from hearing him talk, it sounds like it's beyond hope.

My husband recently gave me and old B.C. Rich Warlock that has nothing left to it but sentimental value. We tried to have it fixed up a couple of years ago, but the guy who did it screwed it up so bad it's now a lost cause as far as playing it is concerned. It was his first guitar and I don't want to just throw it out, so I'm turing it into a wall-peice. I'm going to strip it down and swirl it in black and blue, then replace the plate in the front with a mirror (cut to the same shape) and put a wrought iron candle holder in front of the mirror. I think it's a better future for it than the dumpster (which I know he would regret in the long run, anyway). My question is, after all the refinishing, I was going to use a basic polyurethane but I'm afraid that will be too flamable considering there will be a candle right by it. Does anyone have any other suggestions, or will it be okay once it's completely dry? Thanks