Some of you may have seen the original post i posted where some idiot sent me this just in a cardboard box & sure enough it got smashed. I was pretty pissed & about to send it back but thankfully some of yall on here talked me into trying to get some money back & fixing it... THANK YOU!! 
cuz this thing sounds MEAN... i mean it sounds like crap, nobody should buy any of these 
So i basically ended up paying $20(& a couple cans of paint) after my partial refund, the rest i had.
heres a refreshed of what i was working with
sorry i didnt get a good "before photo" cuz i was so pissed & just started ripping this thing apart to see if i could even find all the pieces... but here is some of the many pieces i found. there were a couple pieces i couldnt find & had to fill w/ epoxy.
thing was layered in vintage toppings...
now the fun part, making the puzzle fit. the hard part is before this kind of plastic snaps its bend/morphs at some point of the break. so i had to find these tiny little areas & cut or grind them off. because if one piece is slightly off the last couple pieces you glue wont fit right.
i used this plastic bonding super glue to assemble the puzzle & then a layer of 2 part epoxy over it & to fill the gaps. then sanded & painted away. i masked off the tope area that has the "M-X650K" cuz i didnt wanna lose that & the slight two tone looks real nice. & this is how it turned out.
thanks again to all of you who talked me into doing this. i really love the way this box sounds, get one if you ever have the chance, & if you know anyone that has one of these for parts i still need those little function lever/knobs.
cuz this thing sounds MEAN... i mean it sounds like crap, nobody should buy any of these So i basically ended up paying $20(& a couple cans of paint) after my partial refund, the rest i had. heres a refreshed of what i was working with
sorry i didnt get a good "before photo" cuz i was so pissed & just started ripping this thing apart to see if i could even find all the pieces... but here is some of the many pieces i found. there were a couple pieces i couldnt find & had to fill w/ epoxy.
thing was layered in vintage toppings...
now the fun part, making the puzzle fit. the hard part is before this kind of plastic snaps its bend/morphs at some point of the break. so i had to find these tiny little areas & cut or grind them off. because if one piece is slightly off the last couple pieces you glue wont fit right.
i used this plastic bonding super glue to assemble the puzzle & then a layer of 2 part epoxy over it & to fill the gaps. then sanded & painted away. i masked off the tope area that has the "M-X650K" cuz i didnt wanna lose that & the slight two tone looks real nice. & this is how it turned out.
thanks again to all of you who talked me into doing this. i really love the way this box sounds, get one if you ever have the chance, & if you know anyone that has one of these for parts i still need those little function lever/knobs.
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