Hello to all,
My name is Mark and I currently live in a small English coastal resort. I am completely new to vintage guitars and restoration and dont have a clue were to start hence joining this forum.
In 1979 at the age of 16 with a mixture of birthday money and odd job money I puchased a brand new Ibanez St 200. Which I happily abused for the next few years. After leaving home the guitar then became a family hand down and was likewise used and abused by many members of the family and I had stopped thinking of it as mine. Then two weeks ago my father said to me that it was about time I took my guitar down from the loft ! It is very battered and bruised but I am keen to resore it as much as possible.
My initial question is how far do you go when restoring a guitar, for instance the body finish is cracked and peeling, large chunks have Fallen off, do I leave as is and just tidy it up or remove it completely and re finish or does this effect value.