Univox UC-2 resto ~ custom

[Mikechickenhead]

wow..that looks AMAZING!

[clipman3]

Damn that looks awesome! I love the shape of the body, and the modifications that you made to it. Seems like a better guitar now

[theworkoffire]

I've come embarrassingly late to this thread, but I've just read back through it all and enjoyed every minute.

Looks like all your work has really paid off - brilliant.

[kdanie]

Love the shape of that body and all the quirky details. I found a new utility razor blade works well for scraping the bevel onto the edges.

ken

[Mikechickenhead]

now i want one!

[croatan]

now i want one!

get in line, these are my wet dream guitars. well, these and yamaha SG-2's

[vr6pilot]

Glad to see there's such interest in this. Project will continue, though, as I'm feeling a neck swap on the green guitar after all. Despite the frowns it will draw, my intent was to build a better player and that means ditching the narrow fretboard among other things.

Part of this stems from the fact that my "donor" guitar is too nice to break up.

[kdanie]

Here's a shot of a Fender prototype Voyager, I see a ton of similarities in the shapes. I think Univox did it better. I will keep an eye out for a UC-2 or maybe build my interpitation of one from scratch.



ken

[UC3]

Bilt doing an awesome job of their version, the "el hombre"


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Just for grins, hatip to univox.org




Help me! The martians have landed

Courtesy of a buddy's Makerbot.

[vr6pilot]

Looks like new products about to appear!!

Thanks for adding all that Univox flavor to this thread...good stuff!

[vr6pilot]

....aaaaand two months later:
Shaped and mounted a new neck. Had to file the neck pocket to accept the new, wider neck but no issues and I got a perfect 25-1/2" scale from bridge to nut. Graphite nut, flatter radius (not too flat), Sperzels, and fresh medium-jumbo frets. This guitar needs this.

For those who are now reaching for a Kleenex, here's one last look at the Surf-O-Vox with it's 47-year-old neck...



...and here's what's to come...

[vr6pilot]

ah...almost forgot. Added another offset to my stash.



I am loving this.

[vr6pilot]

Neck mounting complete. While i had to shave the edges of the neck and pocket a little, the neck angle was perfect without any further work needed.
Ordered a set of chrome Sperzels. Those, along with the graphite nut, will vastly improve tuning stability vs. the original tuners.

[vr6pilot]

Started shaping out a truss hole cover/headstock overlay out of the same plastic the pickguard was made from.
The idea is to:
- tie the end of the guitar to the body (in terms of color)
- add some Japanese surf guitar/Danelectro styling for more of the retro vibe.
- cover the truss rod hole while providing a large enough area to tack on a proper Univox logo

[vr6pilot]

Who wants the old neck?