chiagerald
New member
Hi,
Need some help and advice... I've just fallen in love with the Hofner Galaxie 176 @ Guitar 77 and yes, I bought it! I know it's not in very good shape, but I can certainly see the potential in this piece and would like to try my hand in refurbishing it to the original specs. Dennis (from Guitar 77) told me that it's possible to get spare parts for this (hopefully he's right!). Would really appreciate any help or advice in refurbishing, getting spare parts and so on...
Below is a pix of my current guitar taken from the Guitar 77 website (I've edited the pix so I could add some comments of the missing bits):
In summary, the crucial parts I need are:
1) New vintage tuners with caps
2) New Hofner Plastic logo
3) Pickup Switch
4) Middle & Bridge pickups
5) Rhythm/Solo Switch
The less crucial parts are:
1) Backplate to cover tremolo mechanism
2) Plastic tip for tremolo bar
3) Original Scratchboard with switch labels intact
Here are some questions:
1) What's the best way to remove rust? I've tried Autosol but some pieces are really bad despite me polishing like crazy. Is there a way for me to sand off the rust with special sandpaper and then make it shiny again while removing the scratches I've made with the sandpaper?
2) What's the best way of repainting the body of the guitar? I'm thinking of changing the colour to cream. There are some nicks, scratches in the wood.
Here's a picture of what I hope to achieve:
3) There are some nicks on the back of the neck too and I believe the headstock was originally black (see pictures below). What should I do? What type of sandpaper grade should I use? What sort of varnish? I'm clueless lor...
4) Any way of making a plastic scratchplate which is badly scratched shiny and smooth again?
5) All the screws are really rusty and I was wondering if anybody could tell me a good local hardware store where I could get new screws for the guitar.
6) The bridge is working but seems to be modified (cos it looks different from the pictures I've seen on the Internet). The rubber strip is missing too (dunno what it's for though). If you know anything about the original bridge, would appreciate any info...
Here are some mint examples of the guitar I've found from the internet:
Thanks for reading!
Need some help and advice... I've just fallen in love with the Hofner Galaxie 176 @ Guitar 77 and yes, I bought it! I know it's not in very good shape, but I can certainly see the potential in this piece and would like to try my hand in refurbishing it to the original specs. Dennis (from Guitar 77) told me that it's possible to get spare parts for this (hopefully he's right!). Would really appreciate any help or advice in refurbishing, getting spare parts and so on...
Below is a pix of my current guitar taken from the Guitar 77 website (I've edited the pix so I could add some comments of the missing bits):
In summary, the crucial parts I need are:
1) New vintage tuners with caps
2) New Hofner Plastic logo
3) Pickup Switch
4) Middle & Bridge pickups
5) Rhythm/Solo Switch
The less crucial parts are:
1) Backplate to cover tremolo mechanism
2) Plastic tip for tremolo bar
3) Original Scratchboard with switch labels intact
Here are some questions:
1) What's the best way to remove rust? I've tried Autosol but some pieces are really bad despite me polishing like crazy. Is there a way for me to sand off the rust with special sandpaper and then make it shiny again while removing the scratches I've made with the sandpaper?
2) What's the best way of repainting the body of the guitar? I'm thinking of changing the colour to cream. There are some nicks, scratches in the wood.
Here's a picture of what I hope to achieve:
3) There are some nicks on the back of the neck too and I believe the headstock was originally black (see pictures below). What should I do? What type of sandpaper grade should I use? What sort of varnish? I'm clueless lor...
4) Any way of making a plastic scratchplate which is badly scratched shiny and smooth again?
5) All the screws are really rusty and I was wondering if anybody could tell me a good local hardware store where I could get new screws for the guitar.
6) The bridge is working but seems to be modified (cos it looks different from the pictures I've seen on the Internet). The rubber strip is missing too (dunno what it's for though). If you know anything about the original bridge, would appreciate any info...
Here are some mint examples of the guitar I've found from the internet:
Thanks for reading!