Members roycew93 Posted January 24, 2010 Members Share Posted January 24, 2010 Yeah great learning guitar. Project guitars our getting hard to find, everyone thinks they Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members webwarmiller Posted January 24, 2010 Author Members Share Posted January 24, 2010 Fret bender problem solved......will be building something similar to this in a couple of weeks (have to go to NYC for a couple of weeks on business): http://terrydownsmusic.com/technotes/fretbender/fret_bender.htm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members solderjunkie Posted January 24, 2010 Members Share Posted January 24, 2010 This is a Hohner L59 Professional... made by Cort in the Matsumoko plant. I sold one locally for $250 a couple of years ago. Mine was missing the name as well... a little research found that a series of them were made without the name for a touring artist with another company's endorsement. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members headless Posted January 24, 2010 Members Share Posted January 24, 2010 Removing frets is the hard part. Installing them takes about half an hour...tops... Have you ever fretted a bound fretboard? Perhaps you can put the frets in the board that quickly (I can not--not well at least), but preparing the fret-ends to go over the binding--and maintaining a close tolerance fit--is not easy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members NashSG Posted January 24, 2010 Members Share Posted January 24, 2010 If you have an interest in putting guitars together, this would seem like a great body to give it a shot upon. You could fix the bridge first and string it up to see how resonant the body sounds before putting the time into fretting. Even if it doesn't sound super resonant acoustically, you could just try and find some really nasty single coils that fit into a humbucker route and build a slide guitar. Or just put in some EMGs, as those things about sound the same whatever they are about in...ducking from boots being tossed from the metal side of the building. (just kidding...kinda) Cosmetically, it looks all right. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members webwarmiller Posted February 27, 2010 Author Members Share Posted February 27, 2010 UPDATE.... I've decided to go ahead and put it back together....I figured I needed to learn how to refret and it would be a perfect guinea pig. Update has Iphone pics as wife has camera on a trip... Here are the homemade tools I used to radius the fretwired and to file the fret ends (first flush and then the bevel). The bound fretboard meant I had to remove the fret tang on the portion of the fret that would extend over the binding. I did this using a bench grinder. I then hammered the frets in just using an 8oz hammer and protecting the frets with a old credit card (Home Depot doesn't sell a soft faced small hammer so I just used what I had). Worked quite well and didn't leave any marks on the frets. I nipped the fret ends as close as possible to the fret board using some flush ground pliers. I followed this with the tool in the pic above to get the frets to have a 35* bevel. I really like 'bullet' fret ends so I did this using a small triangle file that has the edges ground 'safe'. I'm not very good at doing the 'bullets' but the look and feel fine. I followed everything with a level/crown/polish and here's the result: and Now I just need to order an LP re-wire kit from somewhere.....GFS maybe, but I see similar kits that are already wired up for the same price with similar quality parts. I'm going to use the old PUPs first as they can always be switch later..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Icedog99 Posted June 17, 2010 Members Share Posted June 17, 2010 I just purchased an IDENTICAL Cort Les Paul copy (without the Cort name at the top of headstock) at a pawnshop for $115. I didn't realize it was a Cort at the time, and now honestly, I'm a little dissappointed. However, I still love it. For some reason I get really excited when I see a decent quality les paul copy for real cheap. Mine needs a little work as well, but it plays really well compared to my 1960 Gibson Les Paul re-issue. Will post pics soon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members BoneNut Posted June 17, 2010 Members Share Posted June 17, 2010 Great work! Subscribed to see how it all turns out and how it sounds when finished. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members diceman1000 Posted June 17, 2010 Members Share Posted June 17, 2010 I just purchased an IDENTICAL Cort Les Paul copy (without the Cort name at the top of headstock) at a pawnshop for $115. I didn't realize it was a Cort at the time, and now honestly, I'm a little dissappointed. However, I still love it. For some reason I get really excited when I see a decent quality les paul copy for real cheap. Mine needs a little work as well, but it plays really well compared to my 1960 Gibson Les Paul re-issue. Will post pics soon. dissapointed why? there's nothing wrong with Cort, well, today ayway:poke: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members BoneNut Posted June 17, 2010 Members Share Posted June 17, 2010 dissapointed why? there's nothing wrong with Cort, well, today ayway:poke: Agree. THey sure made a lot of guitars for a whole lot of brands. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Metalrulez Posted June 17, 2010 Members Share Posted June 17, 2010 Vintage Cort?? Age does not make things"vintage". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Preacher Posted June 17, 2010 Members Share Posted June 17, 2010 Vintage Cort?? Age does not make things"vintage". Really? Um, then what does make something "vintage"? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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