This one came to me in poor condition.
The electronics were all cut up, the plus side is
it appears most everything is there. The pickups
will need replacing , these have cracked epoxy and open circuits. The humcanceller works ;)
Another plus is that since the guitar wasn't in good condition,it didn't leave when I had to sell off some babies in the past.
I plan on doing what's needed to be a proper Series instrument again. I'm not sure if I can afford a refin right now, but I bet with the help of the mothership and folks here I can get the electronics back to stock.
I still need to remove the bridge and tailpiece
for polishing. IIRC the hole for the canon jack(under the strat plate) is in good condition.
The filter switch holes were enlarged...and not very well . Nothing that can't be fixed.
So...here she is.
Is this where caps for the mellowfilters hide?
At some point it was glued deep in the control cavity.
Anyone know a Larry Welborn from the Nashville area?...probably played country...maybe western
DarkStar is consoling her...
Things should get better from here on for #1100.
I hope maybe by the end of the summer I'll be in stereo Alembicland once again.
elwood
I LIKE IT! That should be a very cool vintage fixer-upper.
It looks like the future for 78-1100 will be very positive and with a team member like DarkStar the journey will lead to success !
Just bumping Bro. Elwood's thread up, and restoring the long-lost picture. (I've had this one squirreled away for years...)
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Looking forward to seeing this one back in action. 😉
Beautiful wood 😊
It looks like it had the two buffer switches (I forgot the name for those switches). Will you include those in your restoration as well?
I asked Kris about that offline the other day because it had slipped my mind that C&W here had mellow switches.
He's re-installing switches for them, but going forward the first one is a boost/flat/cut for Talent, and the other simply dimes all the controls to 11.
I keeding, I keeding! 🤣
Ok....in my world (blues brothers) C & W stands for Country & Western? Both kinds of music! ;) ;D
Quote from: garyhead on August 22, 2026, 12:46:34 PMOk....in my world (blues brothers) C & W stands for Country & Western? Both kinds of music! ;) ;D
Rawhide !! 8)
Quote from: edwardofhuncote on August 21, 2026, 03:46:05 AMJust bumping Bro. Elwood's thread up, and restoring the long-lost picture. (I've had this one squirreled away for years...)
Looking forward to seeing this one back in action. 😉
oooff...she looked rough.
I have since massaged those voids back into an acceptable looking top and put a few coats of gloss where it was needed.
I'll post some contemporary pics of the front soon.
I've put in a request for new witch hat knobs and other adornments to complete the restoration.
Also just ordered some TI power brights, my favorite strings.
I used 78-1100 as inspiration for a homebrew guitar I made last year, I'm looking forward to sharing pics of that one too.
Cheers!!
Thought I'd upload a more recent pic that shows a bit more shine.
It'll keep getting better as I get new knobs, selector switch cover, screws, strings, etc.
She still needs some buffing, though much further to the goal than that last picture.
;)
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