Finding a replacement may take some time, but the results are far better than trying to cobble up a broken one.
Hint: search not only Apollo, but also Kimberly and Sekova
Statistics: Posted by Big Beat — Tue Apr 01, 2008 11:05 pm
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Nice sounds! Good deal! Hopefully i'll try and catch you guys one of these days, if I'm ever back in the old 'hood!
I forgot to mention one other alternative... though it ain't cheap. A friend of mine does engravings, and does them pretty well. So I asked him if he'd try etching a small "Sailor Jerry" hula girl onto the PG I fashioned for my Hollywood. Its a simple 4-ply B/W guard... and basically, with a dremel, and after some practice on a scrap sheet I had, he etched down past the first layer on the white and into the black.
Now, my hula girl is only about three inches tall... and you've got a lot of "art" there on your guard... but I'll bet you could find someone to cut you a 5-ply guard, and commission someone (ah, craigslist!) to etch out a similar pattern.
But yeah... its a bitch of a job. If you can avoid doing it yourself and can afford to have someone else do it, by all means go for it.
BTW... a "Tulip" is a common name for a near-bottom-end double-cut solid-body electric that Teisco flooded the five-and-dimes with back in the day... you'll find them with a million different labels... Teisco, Kingston, Silvertone, Kay, all the rest... their body vaguely resembles the shape of a tulip. (Check out wedgehed's introduction post, about part-way down he's got one in maroon.)... you'll find them with about a million different model numbers, too... ET100... ET110... ET200... all pretty much the same tulip-shaped guitar... really not too bad!... but 90% of them had the same etched pickguard that you've got. (which is why I brought them up in the first place hahaha)
I've actually seen your guitar with a number of different badges... the one that springs to mind at the moment is Barth... definately seen one with a Teisco label, too. Ah, at the end of the day, they're all the same anyway hahhaha!
I LOVE DiPinto!!!... and their shop!... I feel like I must have gone there twice a week when I was living down there. (I'm down the Jersey Shore these days.) I had a Belvedere Custom for a while... (AWESOME blue sparkle with a bigsby and the pearloid guard... but I traded up when I started settling into my Silvertone obsession. Not a day goes by that I don't regret that trade!)
Anyhoo... Hope to see you, your band, and your Apollo around!
-Mike.
Statistics: Posted by Michael Ambrose — Fri Mar 07, 2008 1:09 pm
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Thanks for your lengthy and thoughttful post. I really appreciate it. At this point, I'm looking into having a luthier do the repair for me. I'm really all thumbs. Usually when I try to fix something myself, I make it worse, so if it's not going to break the bank, I'll have an expert do it. If I do decide to fix it myself, I'll refer to your suggestions.
Sorry, I don't know what a tulip is. This Teisco Apollo (if that's even what it really is!) is my first vintage guitar. I'm not a collector, and just want a couple of good sounding, good feeling, good looking guitars to gig with. My main guitar is a DiPinto Galaxie 4.
My band is "Surf and Turf", and we are new, just getting to start playing out. It's unlikely that you would know anyone. We play mostly covers of 1960s surf instrumentals. Check us out at http://www.myspace.com/surfandturfband .
Thanks again,
Bergen
Statistics: Posted by bergenwoods — Fri Mar 07, 2008 11:06 am
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If you still have the damaged guard it won't harm the value more than a bad repair act ...
I once tried a pickguard repair on a Gibson non-reverse Firebird (changed pickup selector...) and it didn't look any better because there was no way reaching plain and shining surface and exact color and no visible edges between old and new.
(to the IMG-problem: I just did it the same way you quoted, no idea why it happens to work at mine and not at yours ...)
PS: oook, now I see what your problem is... the nice little flowers ... still or even just because of it I wouldn't touch the original pick guard
Statistics: Posted by frankpaush — Wed Mar 05, 2008 1:23 am
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Putting something on the back of the where the jack is would be a good idea.You could use some thin sheet metal as a backing piece. If your worried wires shorting on it,just put some tape over it to act as insulation.
I also did some rethinking about using super glue.I think epoxy would be better.The super glue will bond instantly which may make getting the replacement piece in correctly a real pain.If you don't get it positioned right on the first try,you'll be screwed.Epoxy will give you plenty of time to position it correctly.It's more forgiving,if you catch my drift.
Statistics: Posted by Spud1950 — Tue Mar 04, 2008 10:17 pm
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Jacks mounted in pickguards is a pet peeve of mine. I've had 3-4 pickguards in my P-bass over the years due to stress on the jacks cracking the plastic.
-Scott
Statistics: Posted by cheepaxes — Tue Mar 04, 2008 4:20 pm
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1. Where can I get a small piece of black pickguard material without having to buy an entire pickguard?
2. Since this is the part of the pickguard which has to withstand the frequent inserting and removing of the guitar cable, will super glue be strong enough to hold it without some kind of brace?
Thanks a lot!
Bergen
Statistics: Posted by bergenwoods — Tue Mar 04, 2008 10:13 am
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Frankpaush, how did you get the image to show up in the body of your response? I followed the instructions for posting an image using the IMG tags, but it didn't seem to work, at least not in the preview mode. (posting image both ways, hoping one will work)
http://i214.photobucket.com/albums/cc16 ... kguard.jpg
[img]http://i214.photobucket.com/albums/cc167/surfandturfband/Whole-pickguard.jpg[/img]
I would like someone who has made a similar repair to give me suggestions on how to repair this one.
Thanks a lot!
Statistics: Posted by bergenwoods — Mon Mar 03, 2008 10:55 am
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Statistics: Posted by frankpaush — Mon Mar 03, 2008 2:59 am
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At 5 o'clock from the jack, there is a piece of pickguard missing. At about 9:30, there is a crack going from the jack to the edge of the pickguard. I suspect that if I remove that screw, that piece at the bottom of the pickguard will just fall off.
Any helpful suggestions will be appreciated.
http://i214.photobucket.com/albums/cc16 ... kguard.jpg
Thanks a lot!
Bergen
Statistics: Posted by bergenwoods — Mon Mar 03, 2008 12:15 am
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