Tuesday, November 26, 2019

Fender Stratocaster Custom Shop (Relic 60's) work

* Finished working on this Fender Stratocaster Custom Shop Relic 60's

Levelling/recrown/final polish + setup.
Worked on the nut a bit and raised some slots + shined the top as it was scratched.
Owner gave me a mint green pickguard to use so I did the swap (made some gutshots as well ). Tried to get as low as possible with the action,with medium rattling when fretting, about 2 mm at the E's on the last fret (quite good for a 7.25", with no big bends choking out).

A great guitar!!

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PRS SE Tremonti overhaul

A PRS SE Tremonti came in and it needed some work:

- the tuners were quite loose and I had to re-tighten them
- the nut was somehow (owner says stock), cut strangely in an angle on the slots( B stock maybe and they didn't say? heh...), but I didn't see this as an issue , and adjusted the current slots as they were, just a bit as needed
- the fretwire had random usage especially in the middle section so I did a general fretwire levelling and recrown + sanding and final polishing
- fretboard was cleaned and hydrated properly
- the switch had some mechanical issues so I re-bended the inner contacts and also cleaned them(will see if they get loose again in the future)
- had a strange trem cavity situation in which the trem base was actually preventing normal trem use because it was resting and snagging on the body side in the trem cavity,so I fixed this by doing a small routing there,works great now
- contact cleaner on the pots
- setup after all the tinkering and whatnot, with a fairly low action, and proper intonation

Plays great!

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