Rescued my father's collection (a life long offset fan)
Posted: Fri Jun 10, 2022 5:58 pm
Hi all!
My father passed a few years ago, and had been in poor health for quite a while. His whole life, he hung onto his Fender collection, mostly Jazzmasters and Jaguars, and many amps and cabs to boot. Unfortunately in his later years his house had started to deteriorate, but despite my pleas to sell that old guitar collection to fix it, he never did! After his passing, I came and gathered the collection and have done some minor rehabilitation, as the house was quite humid for many years. The cases all had mold which I cleaned, and I also wiped down the guitars themselves (minimally, wanting to maintain the condition). They've now been in a properly humidity controlled house for a few years and no permanent harm seems to have been done.
He had some cool notes that I found in the house with origin stories. Some were his band guitars, and some he bought from ads in the paper (all many decades ago)
I sold a few before I appreciated what they were, which I somewhat regret, but thankfully I held onto what I think are the best ones. I joined the board to both share knowledge (I've been soaking it up like a sponge), and also to learn how to restore a few that need some TLC. I'm going to try my hand at a rewire soon, and maybe a refin as well. I also need some parts (and maybe have a few as well!), so maybe I can get enough posts to enter the sales forum soon.
Anyway, here are a few pics!
My mom with the collection before I was born (early 80s). How about that wallpaper?:
The collection (moved to a "safe house"):
Cleaning the mold out of the cases:
Most of the guitars!
Probably my favorite, an all original with case candy 1960. The story on this one is he and his friend saw an ad in the paper and drove about two hours to get it. The original owner had won it brand new (in 1960) after winning a guitar playing contest. How cool is that?
Bonus: a Showman!
My father passed a few years ago, and had been in poor health for quite a while. His whole life, he hung onto his Fender collection, mostly Jazzmasters and Jaguars, and many amps and cabs to boot. Unfortunately in his later years his house had started to deteriorate, but despite my pleas to sell that old guitar collection to fix it, he never did! After his passing, I came and gathered the collection and have done some minor rehabilitation, as the house was quite humid for many years. The cases all had mold which I cleaned, and I also wiped down the guitars themselves (minimally, wanting to maintain the condition). They've now been in a properly humidity controlled house for a few years and no permanent harm seems to have been done.
He had some cool notes that I found in the house with origin stories. Some were his band guitars, and some he bought from ads in the paper (all many decades ago)
I sold a few before I appreciated what they were, which I somewhat regret, but thankfully I held onto what I think are the best ones. I joined the board to both share knowledge (I've been soaking it up like a sponge), and also to learn how to restore a few that need some TLC. I'm going to try my hand at a rewire soon, and maybe a refin as well. I also need some parts (and maybe have a few as well!), so maybe I can get enough posts to enter the sales forum soon.
Anyway, here are a few pics!
My mom with the collection before I was born (early 80s). How about that wallpaper?:
The collection (moved to a "safe house"):
Cleaning the mold out of the cases:
Most of the guitars!
Probably my favorite, an all original with case candy 1960. The story on this one is he and his friend saw an ad in the paper and drove about two hours to get it. The original owner had won it brand new (in 1960) after winning a guitar playing contest. How cool is that?
Bonus: a Showman!
