The fretboard and peghead overlay are long gone.
The faint outline of the bird was all I had to recreate the inlay.
This is a pretty rare Guild and worthy of a nice restoration.
The neck edges have major chunks of woods missing in the binding areas.
The infamous "Kickstand" is still here! The finish however is NOT!
There's a nice headstock repair and the possible overspray to hide the work.
A new block of mahogany disguises the soon to be replacement neck.
A bit of steam from my trusty espresso maker and this neck just about fell out...it's easy FA me.
I decided that the neck was too far gone to put a lot of work into. I can still use the rusted truss rod.
The truss rod channel below the new rosewood fretboard...we're getting there.
I only had a few pictures to go by for the inlay sizes. That's MOP I bought from a retired Gibson-Nashville employee.
Roughed out neck with added headstock "ears". I don't believe I've ever shaped out this style of peghead.
Everything is a go. Note the small "U" shaped piece of mahogany. This is the piece that fits under the fretboard and over the body.
I used Photoshop to manipulate a headstock photo to get the correct inlay size and shape. Printed it out and cut the template. It couldn't be easier...
Fretboard now has all of its' inlay as well as the bindings. On to the overlay inlay work.
We chose a Dark Cherry with even darker shading on the edges since the body had some deep wounds around the bevels.
A little bit of glue and that's it. On to the fretwork
Cherry filled, masked off and ready for lacquer.
On to the SECOND T-Bird Restoration!
Everything is now done!
About 6 coats of clear nitro lacquer and curing in the Mississippi heat!
