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Hello there music people I thought I'd introduce myself and my work. I am Shorty and here is my first decent guitar restore and what more perfect than an offset body!


One of the best buys I've made recently. I got this guitar from a music store it was in the back hanging off of its tuner this guitar just looked like a mess. No saddles, neckplate and screws, nut, or pickups, rust & grime. Looked like it had been abandoned long ago and someone took parts with it.




I'm pretty happy with how it turned out and my first vintage guitar too!

Shorty wrote:Hello there music people I thought I'd introduce myself and my work. I am Shorty and here is my first decent guitar restore and what more perfect than an offset body!



One of the best buys I've made recently. I got this guitar from a music store it was in the back hanging off of its tuner this guitar just looked like a mess. No saddles, neckplate and screws, nut, or pickups, rust & grime. Looked like it had been abandoned long ago and someone took parts with it.



The wood piece between the neck pickup and heel of the neck was broken off.



That looks really nice! Well done


Im pretty happy with how it turned out and my first vintage guitar too!

That looks really nice! Well done

This is awesome. I wish you had some "before" pics, sounds like you put a lot of work in

Yeah man I wish I did too just to see the difference again but I was too impatient to just let it sit like that. Also the freakin screws holding on the neck were machine screws just two and they managed to strip them so I also had to drill them out and put some dowels in place to mount the neck again.

Nicely done!

Nice work!

Very beautiful work!
I am getting more and more interested in these particular Univox/Epiphone/Aria guitars that have the same shape, and more particularly in their vibrato. I am currently building a LesPaul DC Junior (flat top) from a kit, and would like to add this vibrato to it (if I manage to find one used!). So do you know the radius of the bridge that is part of this vibrato system? I would need the bridge to match the 12" radius of my neck, so I hope it is 12" as well, or close to it!

Thanks!

Aw sorry man I honestly don't know how to measure the radius I'd like to learn that myself. Its probably easier than I'm imagining but who knows. Does anyone know a good resource for that kind of info?
Hey as far as the bridge itself if you can look through an old music store for parts that worked out for me. The guitar was in pieces but all the parts were there they just had to be dug up.

That's great work, but also heart-breaking. I have one of these, but a previous owner has yacht varnished it and gouged huge chunks out of the body, presumably while removing the old paint. I started sanding it last Summer, but it soon became clear that it'd need so much filler that it'd hardly be worth it (my inexperienced opinion).

I don't know whether to persevere, buy a new body or just part the damn thing out and sell it on.

Shorty wrote:Aw sorry man I honestly don't know how to measure the radius I'd like to learn that myself. Its probably easier than I'm imagining but who knows. Does anyone know a good resource for that kind of info?
Hey as far as the bridge itself if you can look through an old music store for parts that worked out for me. The guitar was in pieces but all the parts were there they just had to be dug up.

I found these neck radius gauges on another forum: http://www.pickguardian.com/pickguardia ... Gauges.pdf
They seem to be pretty easy way to determine a neck or bridge radius!
Another thing, -if you don't mind- could you measure the length and width of the whole vibrato block for me please? I'd like to determinate the whole size of it. Thanks a lot!

I was quite relieved when I saw a cover for this vibrato on ebay a few days ago, but the cover is priced at 79$... way too much for me and for what it is! anyway I know there are a few spare parts here and there!

Alright here you go I've been wanting to do this for a while but with the encouragement to get off my lazy ass is from you guys . Sorry for the international guys and girls but all the measurements are not metric as I do not have one of those rulers.
@Nicofromfrance hey I don't know how accurate those radius gauges are but 9.5 radius was the snuggest fit for the bridge. Keep in mind that the saddles on my bridge were salvaged from another bridge which appears to be a univox or something like that . There's a thread somewhere here that explains it.

All The dimensions are in inches!



Jaguar trem spring cut to fit.


The wiring diagram I wrote so I don't know if there are any issues or anything like that. Good luck I hope this is useful .
I do want to mention that the casing of the switch and toggles are also grounded.

That is a wonderful set of measurements! A hearty welcome to OSG, and that's a beaut of an epiphone. I do want one of those someday...

justin trosper anyone?

Looks like you might be able to get the trem to function with a Jag spring and retaining nut.

Spekter wrote:Looks like you might be able to get the trem to function with a Jag spring and retaining nut.

Yeah man thats what I've been wanting to do. Hmmm retaining nut? I might not need one as that long screw sticking out has one already I believe as I tightened that nut at the end to keep the thing tremolo from moving. I have yet to see how these trems are set up so would anyone with one of them care to post a pic of their similar working trem???