Members XelderX Posted December 7, 2012 Members Share Posted December 7, 2012 So I bought this hacked up Yamaha AES-820 for $100. It had a long list of problems including a spray painted body, shoddy electonics, and no-name pick-ups installed. I wish I had a picture of it when I brought it home. It was poorly spray painted this hideous red/brown color. A friend has been working on the body/neck and something really cool came out. I told him if he had to to sand it all the way down to bare wood. Luckily he stopped short of that and this is what we got. I am in love with this thing now. It's got bare wood, black filler, white sealer, gray primer, metallic blue, and metallic red all coming through. It's been gone over with a buffer which makes it look like it's been clear coated. We are building a set of custom P94 pick-ups for it right now. The next big step is to knock some shine off of all the chrome hardware. As soon as we get the pick-up covers we will be doing that. Hopefully, sometime next week. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members omni Posted December 7, 2012 Members Share Posted December 7, 2012 Save it to keep you warm in the winter. J/K Fix her up mang. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members omni Posted December 7, 2012 Members Share Posted December 7, 2012 Save it to keep you warm in the winter. J/K Fix her up mang. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Jkater Posted December 7, 2012 Members Share Posted December 7, 2012 suscribed!For those who don't know, the 820 is a top end Yamaha and it sure didn't come with shoddy electronics nor did it have no name pups. Whoever butchered this guitar probably "stole" all the components and put it somewhere else and put the crappy stuff in this one after making it ugly as f***. Thank god he didn't dump the specially designed Sperzel tuners (you should post a pic of those here to show them. They're cool!)You're on to something great! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Jkater Posted December 7, 2012 Members Share Posted December 7, 2012 suscribed!For those who don't know, the 820 is a top end Yamaha and it sure didn't come with shoddy electronics nor did it have no name pups. Whoever butchered this guitar probably "stole" all the components and put it somewhere else and put the crappy stuff in this one after making it ugly as f***. Thank god he didn't dump the specially designed Sperzel tuners (you should post a pic of those here to show them. They're cool!)You're on to something great! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members jpnyc Posted December 7, 2012 Members Share Posted December 7, 2012 Buy an orbital sander and finish the job. A good Japanese guitar deserved better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members jpnyc Posted December 7, 2012 Members Share Posted December 7, 2012 Buy an orbital sander and finish the job. A good Japanese guitar deserved better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Meowy Posted December 7, 2012 Members Share Posted December 7, 2012 $100?? I would love a project like that. I would not leave it as it is but would take the time to pretty it up. Some elbow grease, a can of sealer, 2-3 cans of Duplicolor acrylic lacquer (or Reranch nitro if you prefer) , and 2 cans of Minwax clear lacquer and you've got a sweet looking guitar Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Meowy Posted December 7, 2012 Members Share Posted December 7, 2012 $100?? I would love a project like that. I would not leave it as it is but would take the time to pretty it up. Some elbow grease, a can of sealer, 2-3 cans of Duplicolor acrylic lacquer (or Reranch nitro if you prefer) , and 2 cans of Minwax clear lacquer and you've got a sweet looking guitar Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Weiner_Bomb Posted December 7, 2012 Members Share Posted December 7, 2012 A Yamaha Rat-Rod, cool man Mebbe you can find some matching touches for the peg-head. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Weiner_Bomb Posted December 7, 2012 Members Share Posted December 7, 2012 A Yamaha Rat-Rod, cool man Mebbe you can find some matching touches for the peg-head. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Hand Amputation Posted December 7, 2012 Members Share Posted December 7, 2012 KEEP THAT FINISH! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Hand Amputation Posted December 7, 2012 Members Share Posted December 7, 2012 KEEP THAT FINISH! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members XelderX Posted December 7, 2012 Author Members Share Posted December 7, 2012 I agree that most guitars warrant a nicer paint job. With this guitar though, it's got so much personality that I don't want to cover up what makes it special. She has had a rough life and covering that up seems disingenuous. Besides, no one could ever duplicate what I have now. I can't wait until the pickups are done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members XelderX Posted December 7, 2012 Author Members Share Posted December 7, 2012 I agree that most guitars warrant a nicer paint job. With this guitar though, it's got so much personality that I don't want to cover up what makes it special. She has had a rough life and covering that up seems disingenuous. Besides, no one could ever duplicate what I have now. I can't wait until the pickups are done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Engl Kramer Posted December 7, 2012 Members Share Posted December 7, 2012 Looks superb. Its metallic-y right? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Engl Kramer Posted December 7, 2012 Members Share Posted December 7, 2012 Looks superb. Its metallic-y right? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members XelderX Posted December 7, 2012 Author Members Share Posted December 7, 2012 Originally Posted by Engl Kramer Looks superb. Its metallic-y right? Yea...the blue (factory paint) and the red spray paint are metallic. It didn't really come out untill we buffed it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members XelderX Posted December 7, 2012 Author Members Share Posted December 7, 2012 Originally Posted by Engl Kramer Looks superb. Its metallic-y right? Yea...the blue (factory paint) and the red spray paint are metallic. It didn't really come out untill we buffed it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members xrleroyx Posted December 7, 2012 Members Share Posted December 7, 2012 To each his own, but I'd finish it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members xrleroyx Posted December 7, 2012 Members Share Posted December 7, 2012 To each his own, but I'd finish it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members onelife Posted December 7, 2012 Members Share Posted December 7, 2012 those are absolutely great guitars and I like the way the finish is turning out you have a very nice piece of well sculpted wood with frets already installed in all the right places - you'll be able to build something amazing and unique with that Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members onelife Posted December 7, 2012 Members Share Posted December 7, 2012 those are absolutely great guitars and I like the way the finish is turning out you have a very nice piece of well sculpted wood with frets already installed in all the right places - you'll be able to build something amazing and unique with that Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members NewRiggins Posted December 8, 2012 Members Share Posted December 8, 2012 Originally Posted by Weiner_Bomb A Yamaha Rat-Rod, cool man Mebbe you can find some matching touches for the peg-head. exactly! looks like my father-in-law's 1950's F-1. Bad to the bone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members NewRiggins Posted December 8, 2012 Members Share Posted December 8, 2012 Originally Posted by Weiner_Bomb A Yamaha Rat-Rod, cool man Mebbe you can find some matching touches for the peg-head. exactly! looks like my father-in-law's 1950's F-1. Bad to the bone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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