Sears Silvertone Acoustic (c) 1973

Here’s another project I started before I had a web site.  It’s a circa 1973 Sears Silvertone acoustic guitar, model number 319.12171100 that I picked up from a Healey Wizard named Gary several months ago.  It had a terrible bellyache, three popped braces and a cracked bridge.  Gary tells me it was made in Japan by Harmony.

I rehydrated the box and held it under clamps for around two months, which brought the solid spruce top back into shape wonderfully.  Then the popped braces were re-attached, and the bridge was repaired.

Moving along, I created a new bone nut and bridge saddle, then performed a Southeast Setup.  She’s sounding like a million yen right about now.

Stay tuned as we create a sexy new pickguard and get her ready for another fifty years of music.