Looks to be a Nu-Sonic 1964-65 model, it may have a label under the scratch plate so we'll see hopefully. Its been stored somewhere damp so everything is rusty and corroded. The pots won't move and some screws don't even have their heads anymore.
The good news is the splits are all in the finish, not in the wood and the frets look serviceable.
The bad news is the floating bridge is missing and the tremolo plate is probably un-salvageable, both likely unobtainable too. The neck is back bowed probably due to years without strings.
Not sure why but I'm quite taken with this guitar so even though the effort to restore it won't be financially sensible I'm going to give it a go
You'll be breathing life back into an instrument that has a history we can only dream of! Go on my son!
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sizzlingbadger wrote:Its been stored somewhere damp so everything is rusty and corroded. The pots won't move and some screws don't even have their heads anymore.
Weirdly, the damp environment was indoors. The roof of the place that came from was like swiss cheese....
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Yay. Who cares about finances and sanity! Let me know if I can help
"Man is the most insane species. He worships an invisible god and destroys a visible nature. Unaware that this nature he's destroying is this god he's worshipping." - Hubert Reeves
So every single screw is rusted to dust, the neck is back bowed and the truss rod is solid, probably just as rusty as the screws. So a new neck would be an option or I could remove the fretboard and truss rod and then put a new fret board on. Scale length on these is 23 3/8" similar to Gibson Byrdland. There is room to move the bridge back and I'm unlikely to be able to re-use/replace the original tremolo so there are options there too.
A Jaguar trem tailpiece would be a similar type to the original. Any ideas of keeping the guitar original are just not cost effective so I think making a nice playable guitar with similar aesthetics is going to be the goal.
Don't give up so easily!
I actually really like the body shape. Almost got a rickenbacker look to it.
Might be best to find some other pups for it anyway.
I think Guitarparts.co.nz might have some burns pickups. Would be cool to use something halfway legit. Get the body/neck into the best state you can and take it from there!
I think the skip may have been the best place for it after all.