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I can’t believe that last update on this subject was December 31st 2008! Here are a few shots of the guitar as recieved, next installment will deal with the body refurbishment. Originally it was to be painted in the same colour blue as my Thunder, but after discussion we decided it would look better natural, in keeping with its original look. This one was in pieces, but complete when I got it with a few scratches and marks in the clear lacquer, and a small break in the scratchplate, near the bridge.
I have been researching them and I’ve put togther a short history of the Westone Cutlass here. It’s a Westone Cutlass, which was built in the UK, not Japan in the late 90’s and is actually a really nice guitar. I was contacted during the build and asked if I would be interested in restoring another Westone. I bought it and restored it, and the story is on this blog here.Īs part of  the process during the restoration, I used my Twitter account to alert readers to new updates, and to publicise this blog. It really was the worst I had seen, with virtually every piece of it broken in some way. Last year I was browsing Ebay and I found a Westone Thunder for sale in appalling condition.
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It is always useful to know how to fix your own gear, and sooner or later a pickup will need changing, or a machine head will break and all of a sudden you find yourself up to your eyes in bits of guitars. I have played around with guitars all my playing life (30 years this month!) as most of us players do. When I first started this site, one of the reasons was to get back into restoring, customising and fiddling with guitars. Next instalment will be about oiling the body and putting it all back together. It’s not perfect, but it’s a solid repair and hardly noticeable now the guitar is back together. Once this had dried, I carefully sanded back the excess coloured the white microballoon area with a black felt tip pen.
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I began by gluing the crack in the scratchplate with superglue, then when that had dried, I used the microballoons to build up the surface again to the previous level. It is basically a very fine white resin powder which is mixed with superglue to produce a sandable filler which sets almost instantly. One such item is a product called microballoons, which is a filling material. This comes in useful with guitar repairs too, as I am used to doing close intricate work, and I also have a large array of tools and items for manipulating plastic.
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I have mentioned in the Westone Thunder rebuild series that my other hobby is building model cars. The scratchplate damage is the other main issue with this guitar, but it is fixable with no huge chunks missing just a split below the bridge and a little piece gauged out. I was lucky, none of the marking was so deep that it couldn’t be sanded out, and after an hour or two I had a pristine body, looking as good as the day it was cut! The grain is very attractive, with some darker marks behind the bridge area which look like scratches, but and just part of the natural colouring of the Alder body.
This lead to a hot sweaty Sunday afternoon with an array of different types of sandpaper and a sanding block to remove all traces of the old finish and the blemishes. As the wood will be on display under a few coats of wood oil, the base has to be as perfect as possible. Unlike a painted finish, it isn’t possible just to sand back the top coat and use wood filler to fill any blemishes. The original body finish was a pale, yellowy clear lacquer which suited the look of the guitar, but now has some quite deep scratches and dents on the front, back and upper horn (see pic).
As I said in part one of the Westone Cutlass rebuild, I have decided not paint this guitar, but to keep it natural looking.
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