Author name: theboss

These old guitars were built by Tiesco and sold by Sears. The pickups are collectible and traded. The rest not so much. I replaced the tuners, straightened and leveled the neck and fretboard, and used electrolysis to get the rust off the bridge components. The finish on the body was impregnable. I concocted a paint-over […]

This project started as a solid but hideous Hohner Professional ST 59 strat copy. A straight, adjustable one-piece Canadian rock maple neck, minimal fret wear, and a solid maple body. The paint job and pickguard were truly awful. Very flat fret radius at 20″. New Graph Tech nut. Frets leveled, crowned, and polished. The solid