Meteor project 2

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The eagerly awaited package from Kevin Bacon (...not THAT Kevin Bacon) arrived containing parts for both my Meteor and Silvertone projects.

 

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It's essential to have contact with other Harmony/Silvertone enthusiasts if you want to restore these guitars. They're not like Gibsons and Fenders which have a whole spare part industry ready to sell you anything you need.

Here are the modern Schaller tuners that the Meteor had installed:

 

 

 

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Replaced by Grover Sta-Tites which are pretty close to the original tuners:

 

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The front of the headstock (before & after). Meteor repro badge by Banana Guitars

 

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