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Originally Posted by Berger_4_
I guess my second question now is...where can I get parts for this thing? I've checked with Long and McQuade, Guitarworks, some little guitar shop in Crowfoot Crossing...I looked on Ebay a bit and Kijiji, and it seems like there's nothing. I'm gonna put up an ad on Kijiji but if you guys have any leads that'd be outstanding. I need the top piece of the bridge, the pick guard and the covers for the tuning pegs. And maybe an old set of pick ups too just in case that one is buggered. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
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You're not going to be able to get exact parts for it. I have an early 80s Japanese guitar and there's no way to get parts for it anymore.
For most guitars unless it's a really common model (Strat/Les Paul Variant), parts are just not available, especially for something 40 years old. The only thing is to wait around on ebay to see if something pops up but I've only seen bits from my guitar come up on ebay once in 4 years (I have a saved search).
If you want new parts they will have to be custom made from as similar parts as you can find from other models.
Here's what you can do easily:
- Grab a bridge cover from another similar type. The pickups look standard and should be able to be changed by any guitar shop. Unscrew the screws around the pick-up surround cover and it comes out.
- Since it's a fender clone headstock, just grab some strat compatible tuners and replace the ones you have
- The pick guard will have to be custom made. Make a drawing of the dimensions or get good pictures of what you want and look for one of the online places that make custom pick guards (not too expensive, they just layer a few pieces and cut them out and drill holes). That said, it doesn't look like it originally had a pick-guard so I would not get one. Do you want to drill holes into that hollow body? No!
