Wednesday, July 18, 2018

PRS Mike Mushok Signature Baritone

* PRS Mike Mushok Signature Baritone 

Setup + Fretwire polish (had a grindy feel to it before), now it's smooth and nice. Adjusted the nut slightly (the thick strings were snagging, and the thinner ones were too high). I also cleaned the electro parts. 

You can go crazy with low action on this, since the gauge is 14-68 😈 (with minimal fret rattle with 1 mm to 1.2 at the last fret!) , but I settled for an almost dead straight neck with 1.25 to 1.5 mm at the last fret. 
The intonation was nowhere near where it should of been before, but now it's good.
 






 

 

Fender Stratocaster US 40th Anniversary setup

*Setup on the same US Fender Stratocaster 40th Anniversary that was in last time.
This time, the gauge is much lighter and the trem has much more float in it
 





 

Blade California tinkering

*Blade California in for some tinkering. Sounds great now!
This guitar came in through a courier from another city.

- redid almost all the wiring; had to clean an older(but good) Alpha pot. Had 250K before, but sounds much better with 500K now. The battery snap was missing, so I added a new one. Bridge pup changed to Duncan Custom Custom, and I needed a lot of autoadhesive foam to get it at normal level haha.

- fretboard cleaning + fretwire mildly cleaned a bit, setup and some nut adjustments. The customer wanted the trem just a little bit above the body, and also to make the saddles parallel (they tend to be hard to stay in place neat, but I got that sorted out). Also made the springs noiseless
 

 
 
 
 

Reghin 1976 3/4 Violin (pending)

*This Reghin 1976 3/4 violin belonged to my gfnd's late grandfather, and is in need of some general maintenance, which I will do in the future:

- so far, I gave it a thorough cleaning (very hard crusted dust from sitting over the years)
- will need a new bow 
- new nut / new bridge / possibly new tuners 
- some black staining on the fingerboard 
- the case needs some work (derust, latch fixing)

Saturday, July 7, 2018

Kramer Baretta

* Did some tinkering on a Kramer Baretta , but unfortunately due to some aftermarket modifications to this guitar I could not do the setup correctly, as the jackson floyd on it is different that the stock ofr floyd,and does not give enough saddle travel to intonate the E and B strings finely on the upper register.
This will come back at some point for a total rewiring(has some issues and the solder spots are really cold), and a new trem. Would need the fretwire sides sanded and smoothed out also. Cool guitar nonetheless! Also waxed the neck back and made the springs noiseless






















Flame Acoustic (neck fix and setup)

* Fixed a cracked neck(did not refinish) and did a setup on an entry level Flame guitar(nut and saddle adjusted).
It really plays decent now