u/peewinkle

Left: 1966 "Corvette," my first electric, purchased by my father new in the Phillipines and bestowed upon me in 1985. Unfortunately I was into punk and it ended up getting trashed, ultimately having the headstock busted off when I pulled a Pete Townsend. It originally had a beautiful thick, clear red finish. 4+2 tuners.

Right: 2026 Steamliner CVT. $250? That's a lot of guitar for the money. Headstock, bound neck, bone nut, and the stock humbuckers aren't complete shit if not a little bass heavy.

But I'm taking the Hi-Lo's from the old one and putting in the new one. I'm documenting the process and will report back when finished, currently waiting on the pickup covers for the Hi-Lo's, I found some generic ones as the originals with the gold Gretsch shooting "G" on them are apparently unobtamium unless you wanna spring for a full set of pups on Reverb for ~$400.

I'm a working musician so restoring the original isn't really an option unless someone wants to pay for the luthier.

I only wish the old man was here to see it when I'm done. He was known to pick and grin a little bit...

A block from my house, in the middle of Mott Park. There's not nearly enough traffic for it to make sense.

(Marquette and Tiffin)