Topic: Charity shop guitar
Now we all like a nice guitar but some times you just need an old thing you can leave in the car and it doesn't matter if it gets knocked about .
A few weeks ago I found such an item in a local charity shop I picked it up played it and it sounded ok but it had a small hole in the back where either it had had something attached or some one had been playing at being Pete Townsend ,Price tag £5 so why not have a project .I bought a pick up & preamp kit from ebay £ 12 .and a set of Martin strings £6.50 .
I had to cut the side and base of the guitar to accept the pre amp and battery box and cut the bridge to lower the action when the pick up was fitted .I then turned my attention to the hole in the back which I filled with a bit of the wood I had removed from the base , a quick clean and polish ,put the new strings on and its was time to try .
What was it like ? Good ,probably about as good as a squire SA105 costing about £125
So I'm quite pleased with my total investment of £23.50.
I'll try and do a short vid over the week end if I have time