Restoration 5. Salvador Ibanez (around 1900) Ladies Model

 

The way it was presented in the auction House.

The tuners were in a terrible scondition but I 

succeeded in saving them and added 3 newly

made knobs.

The head with its' inlays deserved a treatment as well.

Dirt and even some paint rests were still there. A few 

fresh layers of lacquer will do the job.

The knobs are pinned on the outer ends while

the axe holders are riveted the way it still has

been done on higher end guitars.

After cleaning even the copper mounting plate 

appeared to have some engravings.

The "treated" side. Still good functioning again.

Before the period 1910 - 1920 the worm wheel has 

been placed after the worm. Still the knobs work

in a similar way to the nowadays mountings.

Most of the time I take these pictures to show the

amount of fret wear. Refretting guitars like the isn't 

that big a problem but in this guitar the original frets 

are still there which might appeal to collectors.

Moreover the guitar still plays well with these

older frets. A new top nut was added.