"Why did you do it? Why did you do this thing to me?"

[will]

I almost bought this one as a restoration project, but that neck pocket gap is just nasty. Too many red flags.

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!

[blackbox]

Yeah, for sure.

[Unicorn Warrior]

A 63' VI

[rbrcbr]

A 63' VI

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...

[jeff m.]

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.

[higgsblossom]

The fact that it’s pictured on a workbench gives me hope that this is the start of a restoration project?

[will]

The fact that it’s pictured on a workbench gives me hope that this is the start of a restoration project?

...unless this is the workbench of ...THE BUTCHER!

[PorkyPrimeCut]

A 63' VI

...That's not terrible, but still just bad enough that it hurts to look at. That poor formerly LPB body...

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.

[Squirrel]

I'm sure that mute works much better too, now that it's behind the strings!

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.

[dc]

But yeah I agree, that VI looks fucking awful.

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 -

[Hyphen Nation]

A 63' VI

This one cuts deep. Had a physiological reaction to this picture akin to seeing something harmful happen to someone.

[Unicorn Warrior]

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

[Unicorn Warrior]

The fact that it’s pictured on a workbench gives me hope that this is the start of a restoration project?

...unless this is the workbench of ...THE BUTCHER!

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.

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

[601210]

The fact that it’s pictured on a workbench gives me hope that this is the start of a restoration project?

...unless this is the workbench of ...THE BUTCHER!

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.

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

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.

[higgsblossom]

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