Regal part II

So last night I started on Lou's Regal.  Taking the strings off proved to be a project in itself.  Several of the tuning pegs appear to be made of JB weld, and the strings themself appear to be as old as the guitar.  To make matters worse, whatever idiot strung it up before tied the strings to the tuners like a classical guitar and were rusted together.  Took me an hour to get them off, and once the last string came out, the bridge block/brace fell off.  heh.  So after I got all of those off and pulled out the braces that were loose and bouncing around inside, I started by securing the top down so the whole thing wouldn't implode while removing the back.  It went pretty well, there are 2 spots that are slightly uneven, but its sturdy as shit now.