Vintage Jaguar Body or No?

[caples]

Vintage without a doubt, so cool

[Badabababa]

Cool carving!

[FenderBob]

Very anticlimactic as there is no date visible in the trem pocket, just black paint. Would a paint remover product leave the date in tact? (If it’s there).

[Matthias]

Very anticlimactic as there is no date visible in the trem pocket, just black paint. Would a paint remover product leave the date in tact? (If it’s there).

I would first see if the black layer (probably a overspray based on what looks like sunburst) flakes off if you scrape it with a pick. Do post some more photos… How deep is the carve?

[FenderBob]

Well....Paint isn't peeling up easily at all. thinking it was painted all black w/ glitter at one point.

[FenderBob]

part near mushrooms is where the deepest carve is.

[Pacafeliz]

part near mushrooms is where the deepest carve is.

Yeah he could really dig it...

[interceptör]

Well....Paint isn't peeling up easily at all. thinking it was painted all black w/ glitter at one point.

Well of course it was, I'm almost getting a second-hand high just by looking at it... And maybe it's just me, but it'd be damn shame to restore such a time machine piece to whatever not-even-close-to-all-original an average luthier can achieve.

Anyway, wouldn't the trem cavity date have been written in pencil so it's all cool as long as you don't resort to sanding?

[Matthias]

It’s like they made a special little chill-out area in the trem cavity…

[rexter]

Leave this body alone in a dark room on the summer solstice and I expect a ring of mushrooms will grow around it and the fairy king will appear!

Crazy… quite an undertaking!

If I was going to restore it (not sure I would dare for fear of angering vengeful fairies and goblins) I’d use a router sled or a CNC to plane down to a flat point and glue on a new top and rout again using a vintage template. With the right machinery not too crazy a job!

[Unicorn Warrior]

Not sure why marijuana leaves are so cringey. But, they are. Good score

[rexter]

Not sure why marijuana leaves are so cringey. But, they are. Good score

Guess they are like the uncool brothers of the buds

[GilmourD]

Not sure why marijuana leaves are so cringey. But, they are. Good score

Probably because of all the edgy teens that had them on everything thinking they were rebelling. LOL

[surfin_bird]

Mannn… I really hope you keep this intact. This is the folk art I love (otherwise sell it to me )

[DaddyDom]

Erm .. yeah ... I actually quite like it as is!