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This guitar has been abused a
lot since it was made in 1996. Plenty of scratches and other minor
damage, but nothing serious. With a little work this should become a
quite useful little guitar. And it was cheap. Came with a gigbag and an Ibanez chromatic tuner, all for 40 euros. The strings were a little high, as usual with budget guitars. I replaced the saddle with a lower one and the action became much better. |
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Fret ends were protruding
dangerously and had to be filed down. Before that I used masking tape
to protect the fret board. After filing I polished the frets with steel
wool. Next I cleaned the fret board with Zippo fluid. Then I applied a little oil to restore the natural color of rosewood. I used gun stock oil (like Tru-Oil). The fret board looked really good after that. |
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 Tuners were very stiff and needed lubrication. I used little oil for the gears and some candle wax for rollers. |
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This was a nice little project. I got a playable and solid guitar for casual playing. Sure, it's not pretty and the sound is nothing to write home about, but it works well enough. |
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