Encore rush refurb project
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Hello guitarists of PH!
After reading the "Let's look at our guitars thread" and seeing doogz rescue job of a Squier strat, I thought this looked like a fun idea! The thing is, I have never attempted something like this before, and am very impatient!
Anyway, I dug out my Encore "S" style guitar which was my first electric guitar that I got 13 years ago. Needless to say, it has taken a hammering during my teenage years and was in a bad state.
There were various chunks of wood missing, random holes, gold spray, traces of glue and some interesting looking stains! The guitar at this point is worth pennies, but for me it was the sentimental value behind it that I thought it was worth rescuing. However, I wanted to spend as little as possible doing so!
The plan was to sand the mauve finish, respray in another colour, change the electrics and get it back together. Simple enough right?
So the work began...
At this stage I had spent several hours (ok maybe 2) sanding and felt like I was getting nowhere. I thought ok, let's fast forward and start priming it. I did a terrible job, the paint ran but I thought at least I could sand these bits off and touch it up later.
I then gave it to my wife and asked to see if she see any lumps or bumps in the paint that could do with removing.
She then dropped it -
Bugger. Slightly disheartened, I thought sod it - let's start spraying it with the neon red spray I bought for 99p. Then it looked like this -
Terrible! You could see the lighter patches that I had sanded through the paint, and I had rushed the whole painting process (paint running, and overall a s
t job!)
I then threw the towel in, and thought sod it.
I then found an interesting guitar forum where there were plenty of examples of people who have repaired, refurbed and even built their own guitars. I took some man up tablets and inspiration and thought, right let's crack on.
Went back down to the cheap shop and spent a heady £4 on a can of primer, and 3 cans of gloss red spray. I also then spent 2.69 on a multi pack of sand paper. I then ended up with this-
A lot more time and care had been taken to achieve the better finish, it's not perfect but much better than previous attempts! Note I went for the matching coloured headstock.
A preloaded pick guard from our favourite auction site was bought for £9.95.
After some swearing, rerouting of wiring,novice soldering, extra drilling it was fitted and i'm now left with this -
Overall i'm happy with it, just need to find two screws for the pick guard and string it up! Feels good to give it a new lease of life, and I hope to improve in the future when I tackle more projects (only cheap guitars will be sacrificed!!!)
After reading the "Let's look at our guitars thread" and seeing doogz rescue job of a Squier strat, I thought this looked like a fun idea! The thing is, I have never attempted something like this before, and am very impatient!
Anyway, I dug out my Encore "S" style guitar which was my first electric guitar that I got 13 years ago. Needless to say, it has taken a hammering during my teenage years and was in a bad state.
There were various chunks of wood missing, random holes, gold spray, traces of glue and some interesting looking stains! The guitar at this point is worth pennies, but for me it was the sentimental value behind it that I thought it was worth rescuing. However, I wanted to spend as little as possible doing so!
The plan was to sand the mauve finish, respray in another colour, change the electrics and get it back together. Simple enough right?
So the work began...
At this stage I had spent several hours (ok maybe 2) sanding and felt like I was getting nowhere. I thought ok, let's fast forward and start priming it. I did a terrible job, the paint ran but I thought at least I could sand these bits off and touch it up later.
I then gave it to my wife and asked to see if she see any lumps or bumps in the paint that could do with removing.
She then dropped it -
Bugger. Slightly disheartened, I thought sod it - let's start spraying it with the neon red spray I bought for 99p. Then it looked like this -
Terrible! You could see the lighter patches that I had sanded through the paint, and I had rushed the whole painting process (paint running, and overall a s
t job!)I then threw the towel in, and thought sod it.
I then found an interesting guitar forum where there were plenty of examples of people who have repaired, refurbed and even built their own guitars. I took some man up tablets and inspiration and thought, right let's crack on.
Went back down to the cheap shop and spent a heady £4 on a can of primer, and 3 cans of gloss red spray. I also then spent 2.69 on a multi pack of sand paper. I then ended up with this-
A lot more time and care had been taken to achieve the better finish, it's not perfect but much better than previous attempts! Note I went for the matching coloured headstock.
A preloaded pick guard from our favourite auction site was bought for £9.95.
After some swearing, rerouting of wiring,novice soldering, extra drilling it was fitted and i'm now left with this -
Overall i'm happy with it, just need to find two screws for the pick guard and string it up! Feels good to give it a new lease of life, and I hope to improve in the future when I tackle more projects (only cheap guitars will be sacrificed!!!)
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