Transformed into a MONSTER!

Apollo / Kay Guitar Restoration This 1960's Apollo Burns Bison copy made by Kay in Japan and distributed by St. Louis Music Supply. It's getting a refret, new nut and electronics repaired/ restored!

[@philipthomas8440]

Its not about making the best guitars rock again, it's about making all of them rock again! Great job!👍👍👍🎸

[@dougmaccormack9485]

You got that right!

[@brettsmith7245]

I love it. You got the camera right in there good so we could see the fret ends , good job.

[@dougmaccormack9485]

Thanks!

[@danielgriffith7694]

Awesome amount of love and knowledge you put into a beautiful instrument

[@dougmaccormack9485]

Thank you kindly! I did have a soft spot for the poor thing.

[@randallhaney7909]

Cool.. Love that guitar.. thanks for sharing Boss,

[@dougmaccormack9485]

Thanks for watching!

[@brettbunke9096]

I love how you can tell it’s going to be a great player when it doesn’t even have strings on it nice to see so much care put into a guitar like that

[@dougmaccormack9485]

It's all about the neck. It's where the rubber hits the road.

[@PGMR30]

Wow, turned out really well. Nice little jam at the end, too.

[@dougmaccormack9485]

Thank you! Cheers!

[@picksalot1]

I like the look of that guitar and the body shape is sweet.

[@dougmaccormack9485]

It's got that Burn's Bison vibe, doesn't it?

[@brettbunke9096]

Yes love it ! Give it the magic touch!😅

[@dougmaccormack9485]

The pickups are a bit wimpy. I'd love to rewind them HOT!

[@RobMods]

Nice work as usual. R is "rhythm", and I believe S is "solo". I have seen a few of these old Japanese guitars, and IIRC, the pickups will be wired in series, (but won't hum cancel), and the switches simply short the coils to switch them off. The R/S switch will have a cap wired in series when set to R, and shorted in S position. IOW, the R is basically a passive bass cut.

[@dougmaccormack9485]

You are right!

[@RobMods]

@@dougmaccormack9485 the rhythm setting is pretty useless IMO. I've got a diagram to have that s/r switch rewired as series parallel. Although that is for master vol and tone. Not sure how you'd do it with VTVT... I love these quirky old "pre lawsuit" (I made that up) Japanese models. They can be a challenge to fettle tho.

[@Goomer]

I love the old weirdo's, the guitar that is, not you Doug.

[@dougmaccormack9485]

I'm old?

[@lindsaythompson726]

Please turn off the music when you're talking. It's hard to hear what you're saying.

[@dougmaccormack9485]

I'll be doing a remix for sure!