So this may not be the easiest way to get one's dream 350 but I'm going to make it happen. I've wanted a 24 fret FIreglo 350 bound with checkerboard purfling since I was 13 and this guitar was brand new. I bought what you see from Len earlier in the week and was lucky enough to buy some checkerboard & binding just yesterday. No turning back now, the expensive flammable celluloid is on the way. I'll be using 2 fiber top HiGains from my '88WB and an HB-1 at the bridge. I've done various guitar mods, rebuilds, rewires, a couple refinishes & even built my own guitar but never something as in depth and detailed as I intend to do with this project.
It requires (obviously) a neck transplant. I recently traded Kenny my 1992 trans purple 330/12 for a 1991 JG 330. The JG 330 plays perfectly well but needs a refin. Seeing a 350 body from the same year up for grabs I knew what had to happen. The JG 330 will donate its neck. How could I desecrate a 330 like that? What to do? It took no time to figure that out. Time to also build a 30" scale bass neck for the 330. I have never been able to play full size basses all night without fatigue. So yes, this is not one major project but two. And yes, I am probably insane. More on that 330 bass project later.
Step 1 is stripping the 350's body with aircraft remover this week. Once the aircraft have all been ousted. I will decide if Amber Fireglo is in my future or I have to go solid, possibly turquoise like my other 330. Next is removing the back with a careful application of heat to soften the glue. Then I have to reglue the back together with titebond as it has split down the centerline. Same with the front between the pickup routes. Once this is all repaired I will make the stairstep on the front for the checkerboard purfling & binding. No rear binding, f hole or slash but I may have enough CB for the headstock. Progress will not be swift as this is going to take time to get right but I will update as I progress. Cheers for now!
