boji
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Inspire others by posting restos you're proud of?
I'll start by putting a bug in the ear of Fazer to restore his wurli.
'78 rhodes I did a few years back:
The whole thing was left to rot in a basement so patina of rust or gunk was on everything except the tonebars.
Nothing worked, either mechanically or electronically. Mice probably made a home of it as I found chewed up paper everywhere. I found like 30 chestnut shells in the bottom of it also.
Soundboard stripped, stained, refinished.
Polished all metal----what a flippin' chore that was, seriously the worst choice ever to hand do it..
I should have just sent it all out to be plated if I was going for blingy bling.
Realigned and replaced bad bobbins, sanded poles and clear coated pickups, restrung lines that daisy chain across coils down to input jack.
Sanded, cleaned and repaired all keys (some were swollen and terribly unalignable, capstans unglued, missing felt), set action/spacing rocker height, replaced all felt, tips and paper shim washers, realigned balance key posts, cut and bent out custom back checks (bump stops?), etc.
Edit: forgot to mention I boiled all the plastic hammers (is it a 'whippen' if it's plastic?), full replacement of heavier gauge tonebar springs.
Stripped down the case, Sanded and painted the top cabinet and reupholstered it. The reupholstery I am least proud of, as there's an art to it for sure. I should have gone for seams to take stress out of corner pulls. Anywho, replaced all end caps, hardware etc. I'll try to locate more picts if anyone asks to see it fully gutted.
It still needs mute/hammer pullback replacements to perfect the action.
I'll start by putting a bug in the ear of Fazer to restore his wurli.
'78 rhodes I did a few years back:
The whole thing was left to rot in a basement so patina of rust or gunk was on everything except the tonebars.
Nothing worked, either mechanically or electronically. Mice probably made a home of it as I found chewed up paper everywhere. I found like 30 chestnut shells in the bottom of it also.
Soundboard stripped, stained, refinished.
Polished all metal----what a flippin' chore that was, seriously the worst choice ever to hand do it..
I should have just sent it all out to be plated if I was going for blingy bling.
Realigned and replaced bad bobbins, sanded poles and clear coated pickups, restrung lines that daisy chain across coils down to input jack.
Sanded, cleaned and repaired all keys (some were swollen and terribly unalignable, capstans unglued, missing felt), set action/spacing rocker height, replaced all felt, tips and paper shim washers, realigned balance key posts, cut and bent out custom back checks (bump stops?), etc.
Edit: forgot to mention I boiled all the plastic hammers (is it a 'whippen' if it's plastic?), full replacement of heavier gauge tonebar springs.
Stripped down the case, Sanded and painted the top cabinet and reupholstered it. The reupholstery I am least proud of, as there's an art to it for sure. I should have gone for seams to take stress out of corner pulls. Anywho, replaced all end caps, hardware etc. I'll try to locate more picts if anyone asks to see it fully gutted.
It still needs mute/hammer pullback replacements to perfect the action.
