I flitzed “Honey"

[gtrguy]

It's also kinda fun to get some wide painters tape and carefully mask off the frets (I do one at a time and then move the tape to the next one) and use 0000 super fine steel wool and gently polish the frets if they need it. Good time to apply real lemon oil to the fret board as well. Just do a search under 'lemon oil' on here for instructions.

[el8ed]

Thanks for the tips David! Lemon oil was the first thing I applied to the fretboard after the strings came off, but polishing the frets sounds like a great idea. I don’t have any steel wool around, but I’ll see if Flitz is up for the job. This also gives me a chance to have a closer look at the B natural octave on the G string, which sometimes craps out and sounds a C.
Cheers, Oliver

[el8ed]

And just in case anyone is curious if this really works—the proof is in the pudding. A little hard to photograph the shine of the frets, but here it is.

[gtrguy]

that's real Purdy!

[el8ed]

Well, the friendly postman brought a care package from the good folks at Alembic with all the goodies to get Honey back together to her full glory.
Here is the first success story—the bridge and tailpiece before and after. See photos.
Cheers, Oliver

[pauldo]

Wow!
Talk about night and day.
Nice job.