This was a day-and-a-half project from a few weeks ago. The basis was a Teisco EP-9 my mom's ex gave me in the 8th grade. I used it hard in some punky bands and for noise when I did that sort of thing. The head was broken off when I got it; I fixed it with super glue. Then it got smashed at the end of a sweet WhiteLight/WhiteHeat cover and I had to put it back together, gluing the headstock on again. It broke on it's own 2 years ago and that's how it sat until 3 weeks ago.
I finished the break and cleaned up the wood and removed splinters as best I could. I used Elmer's Nano glue, which foams to fill cracks and supposedly is the strongest wood glue you can get. After sanding down the glue lines I rebuilt the thickness and filled all the gaps with a two-part wood epoxy. I sanded everything smooth and then scuff-sanded for finishing. Keeping it simple, I used flat black auto primer. Hardware was all stuff I had around my bench.
Sound is awesome - woody and smokey and takes fuzz very well. Intonation drifts on the low E because the zero fret is too high. A little set-up work and she'll be good to go!
Didn't get a before, but it was a much less classy and more beat up version of this:
