Classic Makeover

[Chuckracer]

Gave my red Classic a facelift. Figure I'd better lavish some love on her after all the nasty shit she's gone through in the last six months...new black Gen-u wine Anderson pickguard!

https://photos.smugmug.com/PRS-DGT-S/i-gzkcLHf/0/d0827b4b/X3/20180102_120315-X3.jpg

Before...

https://photos.smugmug.com/PRS-DGT-S/i-49bf83R/0/9b8c350e/L/DSC_4819-L.jpg


I also ordered at the same time an SSS pickguard from the same single ply flat black material - really nice stuff! I loaded it up w/ two Fralin Blues and an SC2 at the bridge, 5 way and will try it at some point. I'm sure I'll go back to the HF's and splitting. It sounds incredible.

https://photos.smugmug.com/PRS-DGT-S/i-9rFG7rD/1/8b4aa37a/XL/20180102_125143-XL.jpg

[brokenvail]

I thought she was long gone

[BFC]

I like it!

[pipedwho]

Did you add a middle strap pin?

[brokenvail]

Did you add a middle strap pin?

yes and he took at the outer two. There is picks someone where on here in another of his posts

[Chuckracer]

Yes, I'm not comfortable ion the two strap pin set-up. I help off for a long time but once the guitar began showing signs of "Relicing" due to hard use - and one head-first dive off a stage riser onto the floor with less than stellar results - I figured she was mine to keep and stopped worrying about mods. It even has my initials carved into the back. :)

[brokenvail]

Yes, I'm not comfortable ion the two strap pin set-up. I help off for a long time but once the guitar began showing signs of "Relicing" due to hard use - and one head-first dive off a stage riser onto the floor with less than stellar results - I figured she was mine to keep and stopped worrying about mods. It even has my initials carved into the back. :)

hurts me to hear all of this

[Chuckracer]

Why? It's not going anywhere, it's well played and well loved.

[brokenvail]

Head first fall is :-(

[Chuckracer]

Yep, it definitely sucked. Wanna see the pics? :eek:

[brokenvail]

Yep, it definitely sucked. Wanna see the pics? :eek:

Yes let’s see it

[Chuckracer]

https://photos.smugmug.com/PRS-DGT-S/i-XJSQQTW/0/940e737c/XL/18818206_10209476368841872_2120982299_o-XL.jpg

https://photos.smugmug.com/PRS-DGT-S/i-4m5Vj5p/0/ee4de818/XL/18836571_10209483041808692_1201368558_o-XL.jpg

https://photos.smugmug.com/PRS-DGT-S/i-pFkdrn3/0/80fc805b/XL/18818027_10209483041368681_434539102_o-XL.jpg

[pipedwho]

Ouch! That must have landed at the worst possible angle.

[BFC]

Pointy headstock. Very 80's. ;)

[Chuckracer]

Ha! That's it!!

[brokenvail]

I literally just made this face :eek: I was not expecting that at all

[Chuckracer]

Yeah, that was me as well. I wasn't either.
Thankfully it wasn't a structural break, just cosmetic and very clean. It glued up with Titebond and clamps overnight and it hasn't hurt the performance of the guitar one bit., Shot the hell out of the resale though! So that's when I decided the body needed to match the headstock and a subtle relicing process began.

[tom]

some thin super glue in the remains of the crack, sand smooth and it might be near invisible.

[wolf]

I only use the lower button and the top one kept getting caught in my strap so...
1108

[Chuckracer]

I found a couple of little black plastic plugs to put in the original strap holes that looked sano and finished it off nicely. I superglued them in place...then got superglue all over the friggen place, which is why when Tom recommends I apply thin superglue to the headstock scar, I kind of smile and nod...nope. I'll rebuild your Ducati and am fairly quick on a motocross bike and a roadrace bike, but doing the kind of artistry Tom does? Nope. ;)

[Chuckracer]

https://photos.smugmug.com/PRS-DGT-S/i-tq5ZVtH/0/193e00e8/X2/20180122_092409-X2.jpg

[Pietro]

Cool. And even cooler to do whatever you want to it, cause it's staying'.

I feel the same way bout my Crowdster. I've had it for over 11 years, it's been my main guitar that whole time, and the dings don't bother me anymore. My Atom CT is also never going anywhere (I love it so much it's now my only electric) but remains in pretty much pristine shape.

[Chuckracer]

Maybe not staying. Waddya suppose my "Antiqued" Anderson Classic would be worth? Dokota Red two hum (HF1, HF2), Chocolate Maple neck, 1 5/8 60's vibe +20, low rise frets, case, etc. Not a mark on the neck anywhere - back or front but there are marks and dings all over the body, but other than one on the back, nothing to garish or alarming. The usual crack in the finish at the "Wedgie". A great candidate to be stripped bare, Tim Pearce-style.

[brokenvail]

Maybe not staying. Waddya suppose my "Antiqued" Anderson Classic would be worth? Dokota Red two hum (HF1, HF2), Chocolate Maple neck, 1 5/8 60's vibe +20, low rise frets, case, etc. Not a mark on the neck anywhere - back or front but there are marks and dings all over the body, but other than one on the back, nothing to garish or alarming. The usual crack in the finish at the "Wedgie". A great candidate to be stripped bare, Tim Pearce-style.

now maybe not staying again? This guitars is like just not meant for you lol

[Chuckracer]

Yeah...it is. I guess I was just fishing. I pulled it out this morning for the first time ini a couple weeks and thought, what could replace this? Nothing. Never mind. Nothing to see here.