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Went on a binge again! !  That Agile is especially nice now that you got it in shape again. Nice work as usual 

A bit like the song. Put together a partscaster and  was never quite satisfied . 

After trading some gear I ended up with a Little 59 Strat neck Pup so why not give it a try  . It has promise but the bridge didn’t blend well so it now has a GFS oversized pole price wound to 10 k
Maybe this time it’ll be done 

bonus

It seemsI don’t know how to post a video so here’s a link to the song 

https://youtu.be/leJPJ764Bxs

If I understand it you have EMG pickups.

Have you considered the 18 volt mod ? 

Are you certain the cable is the problem and not the jack ? A volt/ ohm meter can check cable continuity 

I swapped out the pickups on this Tele type. .GFS FatBody pickups with an overwound bridge.. It’s better than it’s supposed to be and is becoming my favorite The original pups weren’t bad so they found a home in another T type

On 4/15/2023 at 4:20 PM, mikesr1963 said:

Covid took a lot of us.  Time to rebuild.  Stronger! Faster!  Better than before!  

It’s not the China Virus that that hurt this place but rather poor management over several years .

It’s a rocker for sure a good grab

HNGD

She’s a wild one

you must know every shop in town. It seems like nothing gets away from you 

HNGD

3 hours ago, mikesr1963 said:

 

Got these tow Xavier’s on the double coupon sale thing GF.  Both had crazy fret sprout that I spent about an hour each on.  Other than that both sound and now feel great.  Blonde is a ash body black is an alder body 

 

I also have two of their Teles, the first one had fret sprouts everywhere. Once I smoothed them the neck actually felt so good that I got the second one which came with a perfect neck. I still prefer the maple fretboard though.

On 3/5/2023 at 3:47 AM, Sir Knowsalotnot said:

Hi guys, first time here. I'm not a Guitarist per se, I'm mostly a keyboards man. I procured my Crate KX 160 in a trade...(2 JBL PA cabinets. This was back in 1989 I used it for club gigs, and it didn't fail me. I used it with a "Voce" mini B and a midi setup with a Roland G800 keyboard, It has 160 watts of power and features a 15" Crate Custom woofer and a Foster bullet tweeter housed in a ported tuned enclosure. It really kicks ass!

 Well, when it is working any way....

I'm 78 now, retired,  and don't get out to play much anymore.

 But aside from that the KX160 has developed a little quirk!

The sound output goes dead after mebbe 7 -10 minutes. I'd like to find a tech that would fix it, but the unit is so old the schematics are difficult to find.

 So... I bought myself a "Line 6 Spyder IV" with 2 "Celestion" 12's

 it's an amp emulator, and really amazing!!

 Recemtly built a Fender strat clone,

and a Gretsch Country Gentleman clone. I have almost completed a

"Bruno Ventura" 12 string Acoustic restoration.

Not a well known brand and worth mebbe 300 bucks.

 It had sat in someone's attic, no case, for 10 years or more I'm told.

Looking at the guitar I'd agree!!!

 the neck was over trussed into a bowed position and the truss rod

nut was stripped, So a new dual action rod was replacing the old single rod.   There was also a slight radial twist in the neck.

 

Long story short, it required a neck reset, got a new fretboard and Nickle frets, a new pick guard Peizo under saddle pickup with a pre-amp and integral tuner. Tuner keys were reusable,But it got a new (bone) nut and saddle.

 Now this was done out of pity for the poor guitar being in a Houston attic for ten years, unloved unplayed, just gathering dust, dirt

and humidity Lots of humidity. Most of the time the humidity is in the 80% plus!  range and summer temps in the last six years have been in the triple digits here.

 So before I bore y'all to death I'll end this here

I'll stop back with an update, in the future.

 

 

 

 

Welcome to the forum. I can’t help you out with the amp problem but I would love to see the restoration work on that 12 string 

Maybe you can even start a thread on the acoustic section. I’m sure you’ll get a lot of interest 

Good to see your name again

People are out there somewhere and come around on occasion but …. 

I just don’t like white pickgaurds

also I hit the fretboard with some Old English to darken and enhance to grain 

5 hours ago, 1001gear said:

None there. No such colors in the wild. Maybe boards.

I’m just making random posts to try to get some traffik 

I bought this one because of the neck. It’s a little chunkier than my Mexican Strat but not like a baseball bat either. The body is 3 piece ash. I found it on the clearance page at GuitarFetish. There is a small scuff on the back of the neck near the heel ,it’s barely visible and in an area I would never feel it. No problem. It was discounted $10 for the scuff but 20% off for a sale meaning it was delivered to my door for under $200.

it was very playable after tuning. The neck feels great , frets are good and the pickups are fine. I did go over it later. The truss rod got an adjustment and the action on the bass strings was a little higher than I prefer but overall it was pretty good. I normally change strings right away but it sounds pretty good already so the 9’s will stay for a while. I do plan to darken the fretboard whenever the strings get changed.

Here’s a close up of the damage 

59 minutes ago, 1001gear said:

Seems this one got past over. I like the teal one.

Nobody likes the word pastel , I should have asked for surf colors 

12 minutes ago, daddymack said:

Sounds to me like the tuner is having an issue? What kind of tuner is it? If it is a 'simple' tuner, or one with multiple instrument settings, it may be having difficulty locking on the low D note, as it is an octave lower than the D note it usually reads....I have a Fender tuner that is 'finicky' like that.

That just may be. I know the cheapest tuner I have works better than the others for intonation. 

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On 1/21/2023 at 8:17 AM, BeeLectro said:

The Humidy pack probably works well. I cut holes in a Ziploc bag and put a small wet spong inside. Tuck it in by the headstock in the case. No problems so far, and the sponge doesn't get moldy. Have been using this method for years.

That’s just what I ended up doing too, simple and effective 

Good looking Tele 

Talk about the perfect storm. I thought it would be easier to see what’s not wrong with this thing ,but I haven’t found anything not wrong 

Nothing is ever easy when  bureaucrats get involved. Hope you get this mess resolved soon 

11 hours ago, 1001gear said:

Looks to have porcupine or razorback genes.

She’s just going through a punk faze 

1 hour ago, badpenguin said:

Made cheesesteaks from left over prime rib, and planning to hit the hot tub. Afterwards, give my Ibanez GB10 a workout. (And my cats a headache!)

Our cat loves my playin

1 hour ago, daddymack said:

but you will be hungry again in an hour...come by and hang out, I'm going to grill up some Andouille sausage...plenty to go around, got a spare room you can crash in...

Sounds good but it’s a long drive. Even with the difference in time zones I won’t be able to make it maybe next year 

Having dinner at the local Chinese buffet then heading home. I’ll warm up the amp and play for an audience of one.