For me, it was the crack on the edge of the body near the rhythm controls - and no pictures of what's under the pickguard. Could be some super-scary routing under there!
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Yeah, for sure.
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Swear to you I just let out an audible "ugh. Jesus Christ."
That's not terrible, but still just bad enough that it hurts to look at. That poor formerly LPB body...
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Funny..after Will's "un-Voxing a Jazzmaster" thread, I now look at guitars like the Bass VI above & think "Pffft..no big deal
!
Interesting use of the mute, too..not only backwards, but looks like they trimmed the 'lip' off it..a real shame, vintage VI mutes are rare as
hen's teeth.

Interesting use of the mute, too..not only backwards, but looks like they trimmed the 'lip' off it..a real shame, vintage VI mutes are rare as
hen's teeth.
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The fact that it’s pictured on a workbench gives me hope that this is the start of a restoration project?
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...unless this is the workbench of ...THE BUTCHER!higgsblossom wrote: ↑Thu Mar 14, 2019 10:55 amThe fact that it’s pictured on a workbench gives me hope that this is the start of a restoration project?
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I'll have to disagree with you on that one. It's a horrible mess!! Admittedly, there's not a lot that's been altered but what has been altered looks fucking ridiculous!
Oh, OK, leave the headstock intact so people know it's a Fender. Well played! I'm sure that mute works much better too, now that it's behind the strings! And that stupid bit of extra wood?! What's that all about? I'm guessing it's supposed to make your picking arm more comfy but it looks like it's gonna make it worse. It's like the opposite of a contour.
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That actually used to be a somewhat common mod for Jags, it's supposed to act like a rudimentary buzzstop but it doesn't really work that well. But yeah I agree, that VI looks fucking awful.PorkyPrimeCut wrote: ↑Thu Mar 14, 2019 2:17 pmI'm sure that mute works much better too, now that it's behind the strings!
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they just need to cut off the top of the headstock so it "fits in Baldwin case" like that JM a few pages back, and the transformation would be complete -

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This one cuts deep. Had a physiological reaction to this picture akin to seeing something harmful happen to someone.
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I think the silver lining is that it isn't too far gone for someone who knows what there doing to fill in the rest of the body and fix it
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Haha. Na. This looks like work is from way back. Unfortunately, we see so many mutilated offsets because they were unpopular for so long. People just used them as experimental guitars because they weren't "cool" back in the 80s.will wrote: ↑Thu Mar 14, 2019 10:59 am...unless this is the workbench of ...THE BUTCHER!higgsblossom wrote: ↑Thu Mar 14, 2019 10:55 amThe fact that it’s pictured on a workbench gives me hope that this is the start of a restoration project?
The guitar went to my local tech for a set-up I believe. Saw it on Facebook. I have hope for this one though. I really do believe it can be restored after watching guys on here piece much worse things back together.
All in all, the amount of wood missing is not that substantial. It would just take someone with the skill
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After that Vox deconversion thread I strongly doubt there's anything that can't be restored. But you kinda have to wonder at what point you've stopped restoring and are just basically "embedding" that vintage mojo in a new body.Unicorn Warrior wrote: ↑Thu Mar 14, 2019 8:22 pmHaha. Na. This looks like work is from way back. Unfortunately, we see so many mutilated offsets because they were unpopular for so long. People just used them as experimental guitars because they weren't "cool" back in the 80s.will wrote: ↑Thu Mar 14, 2019 10:59 am...unless this is the workbench of ...THE BUTCHER!higgsblossom wrote: ↑Thu Mar 14, 2019 10:55 amThe fact that it’s pictured on a workbench gives me hope that this is the start of a restoration project?
The guitar went to my local tech for a set-up I believe. Saw it on Facebook. I have hope for this one though. I really do believe it can be restored after watching guys on here piece much worse things back together.
All in all, the amount of wood missing is not that substantial. It would just take someone with the skill
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With will's work on the de-VOX-ing, I was actually not expecting the body to be approx. 80% original. I think that everything over 50% should be considered restoration 

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