I'm not sure that brand new Egmonds were ever in playable condition. My first guitar was an Egmond Rosetti Solid Seven, a hollow electric despite it's name. It was dreadful. Lacking a truss rod, the action was nearly 1/2" at the 20th fret. A flat, unradiused fretboard. Feeble pickups, it was the same model that Paul McCartney and Rory Gallagher once had, and it is a miracle that it did not deter them from guitar playing forever. An abomination of a guitar.
I know what you mean! My first guitar was an Egmond by Rosetti Airstream 2. Pretty dreadful really, but you have to start somewhere. A friend of mine who knew a lot more about guitars than me (I knew nothing at all) did some work on the action and fitted a micromatic bridge, because the intonation was awful, and it became bearable. I saved up some money, got rid of it and bought a Burns Split Sonic, sold that and bought a 1958 Strat, which obviously I should have kept, but sold it in 1974 for £135 to raise some money towards a house deposit!
You could of used a 90 degree handle with a large flathead bit for the truss rod, not that clunky screwdriver. And the way you use that sharpening stone is NOT what someone would call fret leveling. You don't even bother masking the fretboard while doing the so-called "crowning". Yeah, it's a crap guitar, but do it properly if you're going to do it at all. That's guitar rape, not restoration. Thumbs down
They do make angled flat head and phillips . Every hardware store sells them.
Great work. 👍 Hope the owner gives it a good clean!
Thank you very much. I'm afraid that a good cleaning might end up removing most of the remaining finish!
Sounds like the fine side of your stone isn't as flat as the coarse side.
I'm not sure that brand new Egmonds were ever in playable condition. My first guitar was an Egmond Rosetti Solid Seven, a hollow electric despite it's name. It was dreadful. Lacking a truss rod, the action was nearly 1/2" at the 20th fret. A flat, unradiused fretboard. Feeble pickups, it was the same model that Paul McCartney and Rory Gallagher once had, and it is a miracle that it did not deter them from guitar playing forever. An abomination of a guitar.
@donerskine7935 😀 not a fan, huh? The one I worked on definitely seemed to have been built with lowest possible cost as a priority.
@@zimnickiguitars311 My guitar was not so much a guitar, more a crime against humanity.
I know what you mean! My first guitar was an Egmond by Rosetti Airstream 2. Pretty dreadful really, but you have to start somewhere. A friend of mine who knew a lot more about guitars than me (I knew nothing at all) did some work on the action and fitted a micromatic bridge, because the intonation was awful, and it became bearable. I saved up some money, got rid of it and bought a Burns Split Sonic, sold that and bought a 1958 Strat, which obviously I should have kept, but sold it in 1974 for £135 to raise some money towards a house deposit!
Personally I would have binned it but, good job rescuing this guitar.
@@NotExpatJoe thank you.
You could of used a 90 degree handle with a large flathead bit for the truss rod, not that clunky screwdriver. And the way you use that sharpening stone is NOT what someone would call fret leveling. You don't even bother masking the fretboard while doing the so-called "crowning". Yeah, it's a crap guitar, but do it properly if you're going to do it at all. That's guitar rape, not restoration. Thumbs down
You wasted your time mate