Tuesday, July 16, 2019

Early 80's US Fender Lead I setup

* Had an early 80's US Fender Lead I in for a setup

Although this guitar has fretwire use and will need a refret in some point in the future (the owner just wanted a setup/refresh), I did shine the fretwire and now plays like butter. Had to rehammer in some fretwire , and now it has a pretty decent low action (about 1.5-1.6 mm at the 20th fret for the thinner strings), with no bend choking, minimum possible rattle.
I also cleaned the electronics, and buffed some metal parts a little + added springs to the saddle screws as it had some nuts before, which I didn't care for.

It plays great now!
After and before:



















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