jenrg wrote:Here are a couple of photos of the SC-3.
Welcome jenrg. (I'm going to pronounce your username as though it rhymes with "energy").
Your images are not showing up, though you likely can see them. I suspect you need an account on the site that hosts them in order to see them. Check out the
Tutorial: Posting photos - that'll probably help.
You could try
Pickguard Planet for the missing tremolo cover. I think there are othre places too.
The same pickups that are on the S-500 were used on the SC-3. See
List of pickups used in G&L guitars. You can order them directly from the G&L online store
here.
A snapped truss rod can be replaced, though it typically means melting the glue that holds the fretboard down on the neck with an iron or something similar to get at the truss rod. Not going to sugar coat it - that's a bit more involved than most are willing to attempt as an at hope project - but with diligence and courage it isn't an impossible fix. Most people would just find a replacement neck.
Those old hot pink SC-3s looked slick with the black pickups. I was a teenager in the 80's, but I wasn't into 80's pop. I liked blues influenced rock bands from the late 60's and most of the 70's. So I wasn't progressive enough to even consider buying a neon green or hot pick bodied guitar. To me that was not the instrument to play "when the levee breaks" on.
I hope your able to get that guitar back up to spec. Even though I wouldn't have been caught dead playing a guitar like that in the 80's, I wouldn't hesitate to pick one up today, if I saw one reasonably priced somewhere.