Hey there,
My father in law bought a guitar when he was a teen in the 70's, a Norman B20, the first commercially made guitar from Quebec. It was a rustic guitar in many ways, with a bolt-on neck and an all laminated birch construction.
So that particular guitar traveled a lot, and was played a lot, and was pretty much left dying, now 40 years later. Challenge accepted.
Here is the beast. The top actually now has an inversed dome, the strings are buzzing everywhere.
It was converted to a tailpiece some time in its history. You can see that crack which goes through and through the (plywood) top, making this virtually unrepairable.
The frets are also a wreck.
And the sides have been sanded through the first ply layer.
And from the inside the X is blown.
Let the fun begin!
