Got a Bit Creative Lately - Neck Replacement and Finish

I decided that it was time to replace the neck on my 60's Raven which I've owned for 43 years.

Here's the guitar with the stock neck:

https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-dwetya8ImBE/Tx_YL5q3p6I/AAAAAAAAEkk/6BxxZt_ia18/s400/Raven%252520Front.jpg

https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-LSAPZNEYzH0/Tx_YK2Dz9mI/AAAAAAAAEkk/VcY3tkPk4Ak/s400/Raven%252520Back.jpg

https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-O3i2l7waMAY/TyVZRQ8A93I/AAAAAAAAEl0/R9ZW_zrJuJQ/s400/Raven%2520Headstock.jpg

Inspired by various guitars from both the past and present, I decided to go with a different headstock shape. The neck is from GFS:

https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-YCEt5jWuj1M/Tx_BiGaJaZI/AAAAAAAAEkA/DpLRjJCJJPU/s400/IMG_20120125_030025.jpg

https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-LlJ-6KbxKBk/Tx_BjgpbtcI/AAAAAAAAEkA/UkrZQaEfPnU/s400/IMG_20120125_030056.jpg

https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-YSdC2QJZA6Y/Tx_BpBXEFPI/AAAAAAAAEkA/qcQztltjnoo/s400/IMG_20120125_030128.jpg

After close to a month of work (mostly redoing mistakes I made along the way), here is the result:

https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-IIr4hR0Uejs/T0aNoTCq74I/AAAAAAAAEss/RVSOm1RMuWU/s800/IMG_20120223_124526.jpg

https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-SfxL186zKjo/T0aNpwR7lwI/AAAAAAAAEsw/DnNa6YMlIpQ/s800/IMG_20120223_124541.jpg

https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-ofzwfLljoWs/T0aNqk2Mn1I/AAAAAAAAEs0/JASPYcmDBhk/s800/IMG_20120223_124637.jpg

https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-211JhgFA8kM/T0aNsWcOtvI/AAAAAAAAEs4/la6-43HfqCA/s800/IMG_20120223_131228.jpg

https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-fEahdy0WE18/T0aNuFpfE0I/AAAAAAAAEs8/6kd0YoBnMR4/s800/IMG_20120223_131240.jpg

I learned quite a bit while doing this. Detailed step by step pics with descriptions can me seen here:

Raven Neck Replacement (https://picasaweb.google.com/105434046556215539982/RavenRestorationPart5?authuser=0&feat=directlink)

Awesome soooo much better than the original. Makes it look like a totally different guitar

Awesome soooo much better than the original. Makes it look like a totally different guitar

Thanks. Feels like a different guitar and plays great. I started to revive it in 2007. It was a wall hanging for the longest time and in addition to that, it's also my first electric guitar which my parents bought as a gift. It has allot of sentimental value.

https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-uusoT1dFzbA/TuyJhsk1r5I/AAAAAAAAEcY/rbA19D3St_8/s640/Hanging%25252520on%25252520the%25252520wall.JPG