Wednesday, August 1, 2018

Fender Precision Bass Setup

* A Fender Precision Bass came in for a setup.

It had a dead straight neck and horrible rattle/buzzing at the first frets.

Now it plays great, and I also cleaned the fretboard + fretwire is cleaned/re-shined.

As you can see, this bass is actually brand new, even having the protective foil on the pickguard and also the tuners haha.






2 x Boss BE5 Multieffect Fix

* Two Boss BE5 Multieffects came in for some general fixing:

- both had the pots cleaned and the jacks as well
- on one I had to redo a pad on the DC in jack, and redo all the solder joints of all the jacks on the pcb (a lot of cracks)
- on the other in addition to redoing all the solder joints on all the jacks, I also had to change all the micro tact switches and also redo the previously lifted or completely destroyed pads, using thin resistor wire; maybe not the most perfect way to redo a pad, but I regularly do it like this with good results, if it is really needed and the pads are totally missing.

They work great now











Dunlop Crybaby Wah maintenance

* Repaired a Dunlop Crybaby Wah. Owner wanted everything stock, so just plain maintenance:

- changed the original Carling switch with an identical one (it was very crackly even if I tried to clean it), and I also adjusted the action of the pedal on the switch, so that it is more easily engaged;
- fixed some cracked solder joints;

Works great now.