Here we've got a beautiful 1950's Sherwood Deluxe archtop guitar. Sherwood was a house brand of Montgomery Wards and were made by the Kay company. This model is similar to one played,for a time,by Arther "Big Boy" Crudup. Models were
typically designated either "standard" or
"deluxe',depending on the amount of ornamentation. Note the unique fingerboard inlay,reminiscent of a sailboat. The gorgeous headstock is complemented by tortoise shell binding both on the neck and body. This guy just came in for a cleaning and setup,along with needing a new pickguard. You can see the dirt outline of the old pickguard on the "before" pictures,so I had a really good idea of what the old one might have looked like! I went with tortoise,to match the binding. I was able to keep the original parts,including the pickguard bracket and screws. After a bit of cleaning,I think this guy turned out nice.
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