About 30 years ago I picked up a Cimar strat type guitar quite cheap second hand as my second (bash around) guitar. It had a nice neck, played quite well and the humbucker PUP sounded good. My aim was to do a semi-scratch build and replace the body with an explorer shape. I copied the explorer shape from a Guitar World magazine advertisement. Joined a few pieces of pine wood together and eventually I had a guitar that was loved and played a lot. All the routing was done by hand, the finish was very poor, it was a bit mistreated. I did learn a lot about carpentry, soldering, string setup etc.
I have decided to pull her apart and clean her up. I cannot fix all the things wrong but I can at least try.
Shots before being pulled apart:
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