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phantasmagorovich wrote:and learning by doing!
Now the second easiest thing. I don't want fancy wiring but I do want to exchange all the electronics. I will get some fancy cap for the tone pot, because it makes me feel good to know there is a fancy cap in there (tin in oil or whatever the crap it is called). I will also get fancy pickups from the creamery. New pots, because the old ones had their shafts broken off years ago and it always annoyed me but never enough to actually do anything about it. While I'm at it - fuck let's change the switch as well. It is missing it's cap anyway and I'm in a mood for change.
Electronics question: Apparently the ground was connected to the bridge in the old layout. It never buzzed or anything, but should I put the ground to something else like the tinfoil that I sometimes see in the cavities?
skullservant wrote:You can like whatever you want so long as it makes you happy
mysteriousj wrote:Buy a blank and cut to size? I brought a blank a few days ago for a project, and just cut it out with a coping saw haha, i'm not sure if that's the correct procedure but it worked for me anyway. You can get them on evilbay and heaps of guitar parts stores. Don't mess with the ground, keep it tied to the bridge that is normal practice. Shielding is good though I want to do it to one of my guitars.
oldangelmidnight wrote:This is the classic ILF I love. Emotional highs and lows. Scooped mids in my heart all day long.
skullservant wrote:You can like whatever you want so long as it makes you happy
phantasmagorovich wrote:and learning by doing!
I've been thinking about this for a while now.
My first and until recently only guitar was this Gretsch Synchromatic that was built in Korea and always was nice enough but never quite what I was longing for. So recently I have built up massive guitar gas for a couple of different axes but for the time being I won't be able to blow out money for instruments. At least not nearly as much as I would want to. So I have decided to do something about the Gretsch.
The easiest thing first. I took the shine off the back of the neck. Used something similar to a Brillo pad to do it, worked like a champ. Instantly more comfortable.:
Ever since I have played a guitar with an oiled neck and it was so much more comfortable I've been meaning to do this.
Now the second easiest thing. I don't want fancy wiring but I do want to exchange all the electronics. I will get some fancy cap for the tone pot, because it makes me feel good to know there is a fancy cap in there (tin in oil or whatever the crap it is called). I will also get fancy pickups from the creamery. New pots, because the old ones had their shafts broken off years ago and it always annoyed me but never enough to actually do anything about it. While I'm at it - fuck let's change the switch as well. It is missing it's cap anyway and I'm in a mood for change.
Electronics question: Apparently the ground was connected to the bridge in the old layout. It never buzzed or anything, but should I put the ground to something else like the tinfoil that I sometimes see in the cavities?
Now here is the hard stuff: the actual make-over.
The body looks like this right now:
I am not sure what I am doing. When I took her apart I discovered the guitar is actually made from laminate. That was sort of a disappointment. Had she been solid I would have stripped her and put some oil on her, maybe tinted the oil. Now I am not too sure about that. I might keep the sides and back in black (i have already brilloed it up, but matte black is très stealth), or I might just strip and oil her up anyway. Other suggestions are welcome. Here is a pic of the neck cavity where I saw the laminate.
More questions:
If I keep the black back & sides what do I do with the blems from my cello bow? fig.a
How much wood is needed to support the neck? I would love to cut some of the upper body off in a right angle, to make her a little more punk rock. fig.
Mudfuzz wrote:You can safely get away with having about a inch/3cm of body against the side of the neck so it doesn't shift...
As for the blems. If REALLY deep mix epoxy with saw dust apply and then sand down to match, or get some car touch-up paint and build it up bit by bit and then sand to match...
skullservant wrote:You can like whatever you want so long as it makes you happy
Heavy_Soul wrote:STAIIIIIIIIIN. that under-stuff will make a killer bursty/contrast! Just mix up some red wine and kool-aid in a huge bucket and leave it in it for like a day or something super weird
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