new project waiting

while I wait for the paint to dry on Sethenbacker 2, I'm planning the next obsession.....Found this battered basket case of the beloved Hofner 500/1 on ebay. Not much money invested, and the guy was local and super nice, so I felt confident about bidding and winning while my Son cheered me and my iPhone on. Threw a bridge and some pricey re-issue tuners on, and surprise surprise, the neck is fairly straight and it plays wonderfully. It had a neck re-set at some point in it's life, not sure how good it was done, it did include a hole drilled into the 16th fret area that I can only assume hides a drywall screw under some kind of awful looking epoxy "plug". The refinish of the surrounding area is an absolute hack job, and that's being nice. The poorly applied re-finish covered up some lovely flamed maple on the back and sides, but that's the least of this lil' guy's worries. Now to plan the restoration......