I am very new to all of the material here, and would love any advice for getting started in this craft.
Specifically, here, regarding electric guitar repair.
I own a 1976 Hagstrom Swede, and would love some advice on how to repair some of the cosmetic blemishes on it.
I will try and post some pictures to this topic as soon as possible, but for now descriptions is the best i can offer.
First, a little about the guitar itself.
The Hagstrom is basically the Swedish version of a Les Paul. The body is Mahogany, and im not sure what the neck is. The fretboard is ebony.
In a nutshell there are 3 major projects i can see, but as i have 0 experience there are bound to be more areas to improve.
1. The frets are very worn, and need to be replaced.
2. The binding around the fretboard has been gradually broken, and now all that remains is 3/4 of the topside binding, and the piece at the bottom of the neck. My thought is to simply replace the whole thing, taking off the remaining binding.
3. This ones simple, and only requires unscrewing and screwing, but im listing it to be thorough
The humbucker rings are broken and falling apart, so they need replacing. That concludes the list, any advice on the steps to fix those areas would be very appreciated.
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