My big project finally

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OK, here is what I started with. Got both of these off of ebay several years back. The EB-0 came first.  It was a fascinating wreck, in that it had some severe control area damage, including a chunk that was lost, partially repaired at different times, and it also had a funky smell, like it had been in a flood or musty damp basement.  It was I think around $200 or less, so I snagged it. I was going to paint it glow-in-the-dark with glow in the dark knobs and pickguard, but I gave up on that, and figured I would do an EB-3.  I got the EB-3 off of ebay quite a while later, several months to a year, in hopes of using the body. The neck had the goofiest ever headstock repair. It had no angle at all.  It was a not thought out amateur repair.  So, I snagged that - around $200 again - and both sat around.  Family issues and health stuff, and death, stopped most of my tinkering for a few years.  But eventually I did this, and here are the pics.

The Before:

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Here are pics of the EB-3 headstock craziness.

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A good shot of the EB-0 body, with neck removed after steam attempt.  Just chopped it out.

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Along the way.

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Done

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Another shot.

[sniper]

hows that SD pup working for ya?

[godofthunder]

 That came out great! What kind of bridge is that?

[Highlander]

Nicely done...

[eb2]

I love the Duncan pup.  It works really well with the mudbucker (which is bastardized too, as I replaced the north coil with a DiMarzio Model G coil) and it sounds really nice in parallel mode.  My only beef is it has that "S" design in the top, which is poop.

The bridge is a Kahler 7450 fixed 5 string bridge, which I drilled out to fit the Evertilt mounts.  It is my favorite.  I had planned on using the Hipshot, but I had one of these in the parts pile, so I used it. It has a bigger foot print, and takes a bit more work, but it is a really nice design,and you can mute it, and it doesn't intrude on your hand as the profile is really low.

[Dave W]

Sure came out nice.

I remember those Kahler bridges.

[TBird1958]

Beautiful! really nice work there.

[chromium]

Wow great job!  Really pretty grain on that one, and the stain/color came out nice.

[Pilgrim]

That's great results for such a reclamation project.  Nicely done.

[drbassman]

Wow, great rescue.  Hope my EB-3 turns that nice!!!!  Now, where the heck did I leave that thing........