Elli restoration project

[AndrewA]

So, I'm hoping to make this my "waiting for final coats to dry" project.

I was given this guitar by a friend when I was a teenager and made a bridge from scrap, but could never get the warp out of the neck. 20 years later, it's time to try again.
Does anyone know what it is? Some letters are missing off the headstock.
I'm about to order cream binding and reliced tuning keys, TOM bridge and string retainers. I'll look at electronics and pickups once I have the first stage sorted.

[Fuzzbeard]

Wow look at all of those switches!

[stan]

it's an Elli Sound
Made in Italy by Crucianelli accordion company.

[stan]

[stan]

best headstock pic i could find...

[AndrewA]

Wow, thanks Stan. I've got an idea now on how it should look. Fuzzbeard, the switches are a bit different. Each switch is a different pickup combo and switching one down pushes all the others back up. It's one of the things I'm dreading because finding replacements will be impossible, I will have to fix what's there.

[stan]

cool project, how much does the neck warp?

[AndrewA]

I pulled the fretboard off years ago to see if I could fix it. May need replacing now, but I want to keep it as original as possible

[gavinturner]

Wow, that's a really nice axe man. Hope you bring it back up to spec!

cheers,
Gav.

[stan]

I pulled the fretboard off years ago to see if I could fix it. May need replacing now, but I want to keep it as original as possible

wonder if you could plane it flat without losing too much neck...