I also repainted the screws. You can see how the frewire had micro scratches and was very tarnished before. Now it shines and feels great
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Thursday, December 20, 2018
G&L Asat Deluxe Tribute Tele (Indonesia) - Setup/Fretwire work
* An Indonesian G&L Asat Deluxe Tribute Tele came in for a setup and some fretwire work(some were sticking out/had to be rehammered/sanded down/repolished).
I also repainted the screws. You can see how the frewire had micro scratches and was very tarnished before. Now it shines and feels great
I also repainted the screws. You can see how the frewire had micro scratches and was very tarnished before. Now it shines and feels great
Fender US Precision Bass - rewiring and intonation
* Rewired a Fender US Precision Bass
Someone for some reason tinkered with it before, and it was STOCK...and they literally forgot to tie Lug1 of the Vol pot to ground...and obviously the volume didn't close. (thanks, hyper tech Janica)
As the wiring looked horrible, I redid everything and also cleaned the back of the pots and the interior and everything (I lik the way you can clean CTS pots down to the very last part).
Put an ERO 0.022uF cap in it.
I redid the intonation only.
Someone for some reason tinkered with it before, and it was STOCK...and they literally forgot to tie Lug1 of the Vol pot to ground...and obviously the volume didn't close. (thanks, hyper tech Janica)
As the wiring looked horrible, I redid everything and also cleaned the back of the pots and the interior and everything (I lik the way you can clean CTS pots down to the very last part).
Put an ERO 0.022uF cap in it.
I redid the intonation only.
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Ovation 1655 Custom Balladeer 12 string USA tinkering
*An Ovation 1655 Custom Balladeer 12 string USA came in with slight issues.
Changed the battery, redid a solder point on the jack Hot lug, and also removed some previous textolite height adjustment things probably put by someone in, but the bridge really did not need it. It is high enough anyway, without those.
Did not do a setup as the owner didn't request it, but I did polish and shine the fretwire, and it plays beautifully and feels much more alive now due to the removed tarnish from over the years.
Cool guitar, loved that I could test this out.
Changed the battery, redid a solder point on the jack Hot lug, and also removed some previous textolite height adjustment things probably put by someone in, but the bridge really did not need it. It is high enough anyway, without those.
Did not do a setup as the owner didn't request it, but I did polish and shine the fretwire, and it plays beautifully and feels much more alive now due to the removed tarnish from over the years.
Cool guitar, loved that I could test this out.
Chevy Strat Wiring Touchup/Partial Rewiring
* A Chevy Strat came in for a wiring touchup/partial rewire.
Great sounding guitar, someone put Fender Fat 50's in it, but the wiring was not the best, and some solder points were cold also, and I redid them. I also took out the ''treble bleed''.
Surprisingly, this is allegedly a Korean guitar, but it has Japan parts in it, haha.
After and before pics below
Great sounding guitar, someone put Fender Fat 50's in it, but the wiring was not the best, and some solder points were cold also, and I redid them. I also took out the ''treble bleed''.
Surprisingly, this is allegedly a Korean guitar, but it has Japan parts in it, haha.
After and before pics below
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Warmoth Stratocaster (lefty) General Maintenance
* A Warmoth lefty strat came in at some point with a lot of wiring issues, and other stuff.
- had to take some of the neck material from under the roller nut because it was slanted upward a lot on the thick strings side and gave a huge action;
- two fretwires were sticking out so I rehammered them, and also removed that grindy feeling on all and polished them;
- had to buy a new left handed trem arm, because the original was missing and the one it had was non original and didn't fit at all(it wobbled greatly);
- one of the saddle adjustment screws was literally replaced with a crap wood screw (pff!), and had to buy that as well (the ones that I had didn't fit the US screw slot in the saddles);
- had to sand down the pickguard a bit on the neck heel side because it couldn't be taken out without either taking off the neck...or the neck pickup ;
- rewired the whole guitar, with new CTS pots and also cleaned the Japanese vintage switch thoroughly (opened it, sanded/polished the copper contacts in it) -> it was a HUGE mess before;
Turned out to be a GREAT guitar once again after all the procedures!
After and before pics:
- had to take some of the neck material from under the roller nut because it was slanted upward a lot on the thick strings side and gave a huge action;
- two fretwires were sticking out so I rehammered them, and also removed that grindy feeling on all and polished them;
- had to buy a new left handed trem arm, because the original was missing and the one it had was non original and didn't fit at all(it wobbled greatly);
- one of the saddle adjustment screws was literally replaced with a crap wood screw (pff!), and had to buy that as well (the ones that I had didn't fit the US screw slot in the saddles);
- had to sand down the pickguard a bit on the neck heel side because it couldn't be taken out without either taking off the neck...or the neck pickup ;
- rewired the whole guitar, with new CTS pots and also cleaned the Japanese vintage switch thoroughly (opened it, sanded/polished the copper contacts in it) -> it was a HUGE mess before;
Turned out to be a GREAT guitar once again after all the procedures!
After and before pics:
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