In the last post (http://diystrat.blogspot.com/2011/11/hofner-colorama-ii-restoration-project.html), we stripped down and scraped the paint off the body of our vintage Hofner Colorama II guitar. Before we even consider repainting it, there are quite a few issues that need our attention. These are mentioned in the previous post, so if you haven’t already read it, please feel free to do so now. First of all, one of the screws holding the front tremolo/vibrato cover on was not gripping very well. This turned to be a result of the screw hole being too close to an edge, causing the hole to fall through that edge and making it impossible for the screw to get any sort of grip. We can’t just fill this hole, but rather, need to rebuild the surrounding wood so that it doesn’t happen again. Additionally, the lack of wooden support is the most likely explanation for the split in the tremolo cover, which was discussed here: http://diystrat.blogspot.com/2011/09/hofner-colorama-ii-restoration-project...