schmarkty

Can't seem to find anything in there.

Cool thanks, I'll check it out. Will taping off the binding be enough to protect it?

That's a good call. It's made out of plywood anyways so a natural stain would probably look awful. If I wanted to paint it, what would be the best way to go about that?

Got the frets out pretty easily using just a soldering iron to heat them up and a butter knife to pry them out. Only one mishap where I got a little careless and ended up melting a bit of the binding.

So I checked out the scale length (great suggestion!) and it seems as though it needs a bridge. It's 15 and 1/8th to the 12 fret, which puts the bridge just past the pickup. I'll look into the stewmac bridge, but I'm still not against attempting to make a simple bridge.

Hello everyone! I've been browsing the forum for a little while now and it's given me the bug! So I went to a local used instrument store and asked them for some hunk of junk that no one wanted anymore and they gave me this... It appears to be some kind of 3/4 scale Hofner knock-off from who knows when. There are no brand names or serial numbers on it anywhere. I got it for $10, so I'm not complaining. So here's the run down: - The electronics are functional - The truss rod turns easily and seems to work just fine - It's missing a bridge - The body and neck have what appears to be some kind of spray paint or something that got onto it somehow (see pics 3 & 5) - The frets are very worn down and probably unplayable - Tuners seem to work fine - I haven't been able to put strings on it and thoroughly test it because of the lack of a bridge - There are chips and dings out of the finish here and there So what I'd like to do is: - Pull out the frets and go fretless (I don't think I'm ready to take on a re-fretting job yet... babysteps) - Make a bridge for it (the hofner style bridges on Ebay go for around $60 it seems, and I'm not willing to pay that for this junker) - Possibly refinish it with a natural stain (I'm a little weary of sanding it down because it's hollow and only about 1/4 of an inch thick - see last pic - but the finish on it doesn't seem too thick) Any thoughts, tips, concerns, advice? I'm a first timer, but I've done some wood work and tinkered with my guitars many times. I'd love any input you might have. A big question I have is will the binding be an issue if I do decide to refinish it? Do I just sand the binding down with the rest of the body/neck or will I have to work around it?