Sonex pic for Rocketman

[bubba_leon]

Here's my LP Sonex 180 Custom. My friend Wendy gave me this guitar almost a year ago and she's almost finished.

If you think she looks beat up now, you should have seen when I got her. She was found in a dumpster 15 years ago (in Hawaii) and was rescued and brought to San Francisco. The guy who found her spray painted her blue and tried to create a tie dyed effect on the top with red. Needless to say it was a really bad job! I got a new pickguard, and covered the pickups which I rewired without the coil split. She's in the stage of primering and I plan to restore the original aged white finish soon.

The bridge posts had to be retro-fitted because the old style ones are no longer made.

The serial and pickups indicate that she was made on September 23 1980. I'll post more once she is completed.

[BigKahune]

Can't wait to see her all done. Cool project.

[dmeds]

Hey BL,

 

What a find! Who could turn down such a fun project. I'm sure it will turn out to be something special when it's done; like discovering and saving an endangered species.

[bubba_leon]

Thanks guys. I'm considering actually changing the pickups to the ones I took off my Goltop LP Classic . The Dirty Fingers that she came with are just too aggressive, even more so than the 500t. I'm more of a 57 and Pearly Gates kinda player!

[BIGBENDS]

Hey Bubba, that's looking alright. My first electric was a Sonex 180 Deluxe I bought in '83. Pretty good guitar, even with those original pickups. I haven't played that guitar in a decade, but now you've got me itching. Keep up the goid work and show us the final results.