![]() ![]() I looked on their webpage.does yours have a label and a model number? If the finish is thick then you could use a cabinet scraper card to scrape the bulk of it away. I don't know if yours is the model that had solid alpine spruce or not. The method is to sand it down through various grits to bare wood. Maybe you have much skill with finishing, I don't know, but my advice for what it is worth is that if you value it, practice on other less valued guitars before you dive in.Otherwise disappointment is likely. It's fine if it has no value and you have low expectations, but laying down a fine piano flat finish is a real skill set, one that I myself have not acquired to my satisfaction despite 10 years of trying. Refinishing it destroys a significant amount of vintage value it has, or ever will have in the future ( unless it was absolutely necessary as a function of restoring it and it had a lot of value to begin with) A vintage guitar that looks vintage is many times better than a poorly refinished guitar. I don't intend my next comments to sound condescending, I don't intend them that way at all, but I'm totally sharing my opinion on the subject.Ī vintage guitar that is all lacquer cracked is fine, it is a vintage guitar that looks vintage - and people REALLY like that. It all depends on the value of the guitar and its sentimental value to you. There are a lot of caveats with respect to refinishing. It could be poly, that will crack too but not usually to the degree of lacquer. You could post a few close up pics.folks might weigh in with an opinion if they could see it. Having said this, there are a lot worse guitars out there, and as well as being historically important, the 1820 bass can certainly provide the goods when required.You'd have to determine what the finish is.I will assume if it is all crackled it is Lacquer. Over the course of the 70s, the Japanese output improved dramatically, and in many ways these early 70s models are a low point for the brand. These new Epiphones were based on existing Matsumoku guitars, sharing body shapes, and hardware, but the Epiphone line was somewhat upgraded, with inlaid logos and a 2x2 peghead configuration. ![]() ![]() ![]() The Matsumoku factory had been producing guitars for export for some time, but the 1820 bass (alongside a number of guitar models and the 5120 electric acoustic bass) were the first Epiphone models to be made there. By the end of the 1960s, a decision had been made to move Epiphone guitar production from the USA (at the Kalamazoo plant where Gibson guitars were made), to Matsumoto in Japan, creating a line of guitars and basses significantly less expensive than the USA-built models (actually less than half the price). ![]()
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