David Coyle's 1968 335 Restoration

ozover50 · Post by **ozover50** » Thu Nov 17, 2005 9:51 am

I'm told you've got to be careful with that stuff - the risk of Lenticular cancer is quite high.....

wayang · Post by **wayang** » Thu Nov 17, 2005 10:22 am

I always wanted to do a segment on my radio show with a weatherman named Len Ticular, mostly just so I could turn to him and say, "By the way, Len, how's your sister Tess?"

ozover50 · Post by **ozover50** » Thu Nov 17, 2005 10:30 am

Har!!

jingle_jangle · Post by **jingle_jangle** » Thu Nov 17, 2005 10:31 am

They are cousins of Pearl Essent and her sister, Lumen.

And also related to the Evenings, Sam and Janet.

And the Normal brothers, Ab and Sub.

ozover50 · Post by **ozover50** » Thu Nov 17, 2005 10:55 am

... and the Mentary twins, Ali and Rudi.....

jingle_jangle · Post by **jingle_jangle** » Thu Nov 17, 2005 11:05 am

I was sorry to hear that Parla is no longer with us.

ozover50 · Post by **ozover50** » Thu Nov 17, 2005 11:14 am

Indeed! Actually, Ali was known as Fred before he converted to Islam.....

jingle_jangle · Post by **jingle_jangle** » Thu Nov 17, 2005 11:34 am

Lost me there, Aitch.

What was your name before you converted to Oz?

jaybic · Post by **jaybic** » Thu Nov 17, 2005 11:46 am

and let's welcome the Dover twins...Ben and Eileen

jingle_jangle · Post by **jingle_jangle** » Thu Nov 17, 2005 11:49 am

And the Dendrons, Rhoda and Philo.

alanz · Post by **alanz** » Thu Nov 17, 2005 11:54 am

What about the Mentary twin's younger sister, Sedi?

jingle_jangle · Post by **jingle_jangle** » Thu Nov 17, 2005 12:02 pm

And the youngest of the clan, Ele.

xcoyle · Post by **xcoyle** » Thu Nov 17, 2005 12:22 pm

Ron, I am excited to see and play the guitar, but the experience of watching Paul bring this guitar back to life has been half the enjoyment, and will make this guitar special.

paulv63 · Post by **paulv63** » Thu Nov 17, 2005 12:36 pm

I enjoyed the process of the restoration but I wish the beginning pictures were still available too see. I wish... I wish....

jingle_jangle · Post by **jingle_jangle** » Thu Nov 17, 2005 2:21 pm

David, you've got a nerve bringing this back on-thread, LOL!

Here it is as it arrived:

...as it was scraped:

...the fiberglass and bondo that was uncovered:

...the crack underneath:

...repairing the crack with a thin strip of poplar:

Jigging it up for routing and refretting:

The neck just before fretting:

Finally, sealing just before applying the dye:

The rest is shown in previous posts.

David, I'll be giving you a CD with all of the photos (maybe about 150-200?) of the entire process, with the guitar when I ship it on Monday. I've moved the shipping date to Monday because there are several guitars going out on that date.