Quote from: andypinboy on April 11, 2015, 05:28:48 PM

I wish my wife was that dirty. Looks like it's been near the beach? How do u tell the bottom mdf is too far gone? (.eg. experience, u can push yr finger through it, other...)?

you can generally see where it has swollen in patches and these are almost impossible to sand out nicely. Some bases also get a bit of a bow in them.  The rear of the headbox was pretty good bit there was one streak where water must have splashed and sat when the headbox was down, so i replaced it.

Got the cab and headbox all bogged, sanded and primed today. Will throw a few pics up later

Thanks - good to know. I often see a game for sale that has at least one drink spill (at the front) - but can never tell how bad the damage is. Sounds like: 1. look for a bow including from underneath;  & 2. run yr hand over it is at least a start.