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New Old Guitar Day
So there I was cruising the local CL Sunday and this just about jumped off the screen at me. If you grew up around a Sam Ash you're probably gonna laugh because it is an old Carlo Robelli SG Deluxe.
1974 Kasuga factory it appears, Maxon pickups (~8k), it is pretty clean and mostly original. The bridge was replaced with some funky old import tuna-matic that didin't fit the non-standard posts, so I put a Gotoh that I had here on til the same in gold shows up. I also changed the neck vol pot out because it just would not clean up, I had a similar era MIJ pot from an old Ibanez I dropped in, same awful taper lol. I took the pegs completely apart, cleaned and lubed them and they are functional but a little slippy til they get in the right spot. Neck pocket had some cracks that had been serviced before but I made them a little better. There's a screw that holds the tenon in place that I doubt was factory but it works well so I cleaned that up countersinking it slightly and using a new screw with that modern philips head tech. A little cleaning and a little setup work and it's just a total blast! Skinnier late 60's style neck but it really feels great in the hand.
Love the aged marshmallow color with the white guard and the chipboard case is to die for
A whole lotta fun, super cheap
So there I was cruising the local CL Sunday and this just about jumped off the screen at me. If you grew up around a Sam Ash you're probably gonna laugh because it is an old Carlo Robelli SG Deluxe.
1974 Kasuga factory it appears, Maxon pickups (~8k), it is pretty clean and mostly original. The bridge was replaced with some funky old import tuna-matic that didin't fit the non-standard posts, so I put a Gotoh that I had here on til the same in gold shows up. I also changed the neck vol pot out because it just would not clean up, I had a similar era MIJ pot from an old Ibanez I dropped in, same awful taper lol. I took the pegs completely apart, cleaned and lubed them and they are functional but a little slippy til they get in the right spot. Neck pocket had some cracks that had been serviced before but I made them a little better. There's a screw that holds the tenon in place that I doubt was factory but it works well so I cleaned that up countersinking it slightly and using a new screw with that modern philips head tech. A little cleaning and a little setup work and it's just a total blast! Skinnier late 60's style neck but it really feels great in the hand.
Love the aged marshmallow color with the white guard and the chipboard case is to die for
A whole lotta fun, super cheap
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