New life for Yamaha EG-012

Guitar as it comeThis guitar was in pretty bad shape when I bought it (but it was cheap!).

Someone had made some changes to it, but the result was just plain ugly. And the thing didn't even work.

The body needed a lot of work. I used a hot air gun to remove the old paint. Then there was sanding, filling, sanding, primer paint, sanding etc.

The neck wasn't so bad. Just cleaning and light oiling was needed, and I replaced the Yamaha logo with my own. I installed a second pickup and remade all electrics (a volume knob and a three-way pickup selector).

Here are some pictures of the process:














And here is the finished guitar:

finished guitarfinished guitar again

I am actually quite happy with the guitar. It's easy to play and sounds ok.




(c)Jukka Korppi 2016
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