Elli restoration project

Time to take a look inside.
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I think I've worked out why the neck pickup doesn't work.
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It smells like something died in here

possibly played on such great albums as Attachment 12455

Glued the fretboard onto the neck with some hide glue (in keeping with the age of the guitar). Next is binding and binding and patching the finish on the neck. I have very little experience with either, I'm guessing the original would be a nitro finish?

Ha Ha ....AndrewA and his Wig outs!

Thats a real album btw, if I had some way of uploading a track I would, not sure if that guitar is actually played on the album however

Oops. The headstock is covered with pickguard material, I was trying to heat it to fit, and must have heated a bit too much as it caught alight. At first I thought it was just melting and took the heat gun away, but it kept crackling and slowly disintegrating. After splashing water on it, I found it had burnt a section away about the size of a 20c piece.
To fix it, I've taken some material off the back and melted it in acetone to make it soft, then used it to fill the hole. Hopefully the colour should match better than a new piece.
Other fixes: I've soldered the two outside pickups back on, the neck binding is curing, and I've stopped the volume knob spinning on the shaft.
New challenge: the new bridge is wider than the original, so I will attempt to fill the old bridge holes and make circular metal plates with offset holes for the new bridge to sit in.

Hey deadman, just found sir bald diddley on iTunes. Early Beatles sound mixed with surf rock, but released in 2006. It's not exactly the same guitar, but probably so similar you wouldn't hear much difference.
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That guitar looks like it may be worth a bit, you should record a demo of it once it's all up and running.

Don't remind me doc, I get nervous every time I touch it.