Members Wilbo26 Posted September 21, 2006 Members Share Posted September 21, 2006 Did you do anything for the neck or is that how it came? Looks pretty darn good, at least from the pics, if thats stock. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members animl Posted September 21, 2006 Members Share Posted September 21, 2006 Originally posted by luke978 Well I already aquired the pickups about a year and a half ago from a friend so they have been collecting dust since then. I installed the pickups with the original electronics while waiting on parts and while they were more articulate and cut down on noise they were a bit more mellow and bassy. Also the original tone pot started working at about 4 instead of the full range. While I agree that it was a shotgun approach, my goals were to reduce humm, smooth the frets and use the the duncans. Goals met. Nothing left to do but enjoy it now! PS - I gave the frets the steel wool polish treatment, helped feel alot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members guitarcapo Posted September 21, 2006 Members Share Posted September 21, 2006 You forgot the most critical thing. You need to replace that sloppy bridge that has posts too small for the holes. It will never stay in tune. Buy a roller bridge and mount the sleeves that the posts go into with epoxy.Then it wil stay in tune and not slop around on you when you hit the whammy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members GiveItAway Posted September 21, 2006 Members Share Posted September 21, 2006 will they bring back that model/color? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members angus_old Posted September 21, 2006 Members Share Posted September 21, 2006 Originally posted by guitarcapo You forgot the most critical thing. You need to replace that sloppy bridge that has posts too small for the holes. It will never stay in tune. Buy a roller bridge and mount the sleeves that the posts go into with epoxy. Then it wil stay in tune and not slop around on you when you hit the whammy. it's supposed to slop around so it moves and returns to tune when you use the trem. you can just wrap the posts with tape or put wax in there Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members angus_old Posted September 21, 2006 Members Share Posted September 21, 2006 Originally posted by GiveItAway will they bring back that model/color? shrug, probably Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members cfgsteak Posted September 21, 2006 Members Share Posted September 21, 2006 Originally posted by GiveItAway will they bring back that model/color? no, never. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members ExtraGum Posted September 21, 2006 Members Share Posted September 21, 2006 Originally posted by onbongos it's supposed to slop around so it moves and returns to tune when you use the trem. you can just wrap the posts with tape or put wax in there It's also supposed to be on a coupla hardened steel, fine pointed pivot-points. My guess is that detail may have been missed... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members jjpistols Posted September 21, 2006 Members Share Posted September 21, 2006 Originally posted by ExtraGum It's also supposed to be on a coupla hardened steel, fine pointed pivot-points.My guess is that detail may have been missed... bad guess Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members ExtraGum Posted September 21, 2006 Members Share Posted September 21, 2006 Originally posted by jjpistols bad guess I've never seen yours with a whammy bar in place... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members wedgehed II Posted September 21, 2006 Members Share Posted September 21, 2006 Guys! I thought I heard something! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members luke978 Posted September 21, 2006 Author Members Share Posted September 21, 2006 Originally posted by Wilbo26 Did you do anything for the neck or is that how it came? Looks pretty darn good, at least from the pics, if thats stock. The only thing I did was ues a Dremmel and some polishing rouge for the frets. The tint and finish is stock. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members jjpistols Posted September 21, 2006 Members Share Posted September 21, 2006 Originally posted by ExtraGum I've never seen yours with a whammy bar in place... I've never seen yours Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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