03/02/2026
Today on the bench: 335 Revive. For those of you whom have visited the shop you may recall this guitar body that has been sitting on a stand in the corner of my workbench forever. This guitar was run over by a car and the neck was broken. I had a hard time locating a replacement neck and finally ended up modifying a Les Paul neck to bring this 335 copy back to life. The body of the guitar was scratched from the accident and got a buffing and polishing to bring back the shine. The neck required cutting a double step to allow for clearance for the pickup rings without damaging the binding and leaving a little black enameled wood to clean up the joint where the neck seat pocket meets the top. I used a table saw with a 60 tooth blade for the cuts and a miniature belt sander to round the corners and hand filed and sanded it tight fit in the pocket. The fresh wood areas were coated with sanding sealer. The neck got a fret leveling, end filing, crowning and polishing followed by an oil treatment. New holes were drilled to install the old hardware and a set of 10-46 strings and setting the action and intonation completed the install. All in all, it was great to give this old guitar new life and deliver it to its owner.
