daddymack

So...why would I 'hate it'?

did you try googling 'touch screen manufacturers'? try this we can discuss my consulting fee later...

or may not be an image at all.... If you are having difficulty pasting an image or a link to an image, please PM me and I will assist you.

never saw one...

Oh, and...that trapeze tailpiece is a copy of the standard Gibson ES175 trapeze. In fact, the guitar is an homage to a 175....

I'll admit I am not an expert on Washburn, especially once production moved to Asia. Washburn, as you may have already discovered, has no archive pre-1990...wonderful, eh? I agree I never heard of a Washburn HB75...but there are HB models, HB obviously standing for Hollow Body. There are single p-up HB15s with that Florentine cutaway. Maybe that '7' was a '1'? My guess is that yours has been modded, originally maybe it was a J series, like the 3 [which has the Florentine cutaway]. However there are several issues with that assumption, mainly the pickup locations, the neck inlays, head inlay, the pickguard and tailpiece do not look like that model. More likely it is a J-10 with a different headstock inlay, and modded pickguard but the rest is pretty much there. I hope this helps at least get you on the trail.

looks dangerous...you could poke your eye out on that!😉

on the plus side, you hadn't gotten to attaching the bridge yet....

That is really tragic...I can't imagine how frustrated you must feel, so much work, so much mental stress to have it all stopped by one small error. Are the back and sides are still in good shape? Or is it hosed?

I know, I saw the purfling grind out...not to worry, #1 is a beaut....and I can understad wanting to make the changes...but having watched the #3 saga for so long, it is hard to let go....

because you won't be working on #3 if you go back to #1

'fishing like' ? fishing line will not work.

The Epi dot is their 'bottom feeder'. The Epiphone Sheraton is actually the better 335 style, not their ES335. I would put a Sheraton up against the Guild Starfire I any day of the week.

Couldn't tell ya...never played an Eastman. I can only say that the 486 appears to be the higher end model than the 386 For what you would pay for a Starfire IV, though, I would go for the Eastman T486.