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1920's Vegaphone Professional

19 fret tenor
VG orig. cond.
Will clean hardware, setup on orig. Rogers calf skin (cleaned)
No refinish on rim or resonator
No refinish on neck
Re-fret with Stew Mac 147
Elevate neck for better playability


INITIAL PICS
Bacon bridge, orig in case
Repairs-Setup
Starting the neck elevation, cutting the skirt back
Chiseling out wood
Not perfect, but much better
Time to cut heel cap back for neck elevation.
Pushed up, and shimmed on underside
First disassembly since new.
Dremel with cutoff wheel
filing the edges
Fret work
It will not rise properly if you do not.
Hardware installed
Set-up time.
Now to remove the wood. All the way to bottom of tone ring
Head cleaning process
Stew-Mac 147 wire
That is complete, ready for install.
Elevation shown.
Good action and string clearance.
 Thanks for looking and sharing. VM