Vintage guitar case restorer?

[PVN]

The hard case for my 1930's jazz guitar is in a bad way. It appears to be made of a sort of fibre board. It has had a piece of wood let in to repair a hole caused when my father was cycling home in the blackout during the war from a gig with the guitar clutched in one hand as he rode his bicycle. The case caught in the spokes of the front wheel sending dad over the handlebars and damaging the case, thankfully not the guitar. In the late 60's the whole case was covered in black fablon which is now peeling off and looks awful. At about the same time my father made a bracket to replace a broken one which attaches trhe handle to the case. It is functional but not pretty! Amazingly the inside of the case is not too bad. Best of all the guitar is in great shape and I regularly enjoy playing it. Its a very different sound to modern day acoustic guitars.

Anyway, I would love to get the case restored. Does anyone know of anyone, preferably in or around Hampshire, who can do this sort of thing?

[C2james]

contact joe white to see if he could help you, if he cant he will know someone who can.

http://www.jwhite-guitarworkshops.co.uk/index.html

[PVN]

Thanks,

I've sent Joe an e-mail. Hopefully he will come up trumps. He's not too far away from me either.

Thanks again,

PVN