Vibra-Artiste De Luxe - restore or leave as is?

[Billyboygretsch]

Wonder who is not for restoring the two currently on ebay. Obviously a lot of history there - not sure if it was a good history looks like one of abuse. I would have to restore guess half reasonable restore would cost around £500 so for the Vibra Artist at current price that would be £800 thats assuming you can get the parts and that electrics work and tuners ok. You could get a nice one for that.

[noelford]

Honest wear and tear is one thing, and worth preserving, but damage through mistreatment and disrespect is something else entirely and in those cases I would restore without a second thought.

[burnsbonkers]

Ah Yeah, examples like the ones on eBay at the moment are great candidates for a total rebuild. The green one especially!
There is a tried and tested technique that can get that artist neck straight...
Mgeek has near enough perfected it.
I had a Dallas solid guitar that had a bent neck and I fixed it, without even damaging The original paint

[shakedown]

Thanks again for all your advice.

Here's a picture of my guitar as clean as I could get it...

[RayL]

You've done a great job! A guitar to be proud of.

Ray

[Billyboygretsch]

Looks fantastic well done if you find another like that let me know
Cheers
Bill

[burnsbonkers]

Ahhhhhhhh
Lovely!