Monday, October 10, 2022

Repair - Vox Hurricane vintage 60s electric guitar - Body crack

Very cool vintage guitar from the 1960s, a Vox made in Italy Hurricane model. This one came to me in pieces and in need of some attention.

  • clean & polish frets
  • clean & oil fretboard
  • adjust truss rod and saddles for better intonation
  • glue & clamp cracks in body
  • service all electronics
  • replace slotted screws with matching phillips head
  • re-drill screw holes for shrunken pickguard
  • install new lower bout strap button
  • solder new output jack
  • service & lubricate machine heads
  • drill out and replace missing bridge post for low E string
  • restring with Ernie Ball 10 gauge strings