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Post by ocarolan on Aug 30, 2022 10:18:32 GMT
Looking good! Keith
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Post by Onechordtrick on Aug 30, 2022 10:29:33 GMT
Looking good! Keith Thanks!
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Post by earwighoney on Aug 30, 2022 11:17:47 GMT
It's looking superb right now. Are you going to reassamble it with the stock wiring and pickups?
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Post by Onechordtrick on Aug 30, 2022 11:42:26 GMT
It's looking superb right now. Are you going to reassamble it with the stock wiring and pickups? Thanks. That ship sailed before I got it as a previous owner replaced the pickups with some Bare Knuckles and changed the bridge and pickguard. But the wiring is stock as best I can tell; the switch positions do neck, bridge both, series/parallel and in/out of phase.
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Post by earwighoney on Aug 30, 2022 14:26:18 GMT
It's looking superb right now. Are you going to reassamble it with the stock wiring and pickups? Thanks. That ship sailed before I got it as a previous owner replaced the pickups with some Bare Knuckles and changed the bridge and pickguard. But the wiring is stock as best I can tell; the switch positions do neck, bridge both, series/parallel and in/out of phase. Bareknuckles are supposed to be superb, so pretty much no reason to upgrade.
The only thing I'd do when soldering them in again is reversing the control plate, but that's something which is an aquired taste!
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Post by Onechordtrick on Aug 31, 2022 12:24:27 GMT
Well Amazon delivered the polish 3 days early so, apart from tweaking the setup, it’s finished Doesn’t really show in the photos but the polish really brings out the grain. I also took the opportunity to fit a more traditional bridge
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Post by garynava on Aug 31, 2022 14:21:43 GMT
You should be pleased, it looks so much better. Cheers Gary
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Post by robmc on Aug 31, 2022 15:55:31 GMT
agree... it looks so much better and much cooler
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Post by ocarolan on Aug 31, 2022 16:01:43 GMT
Lovely job - looks wonderful! Enjoy playing Born to Run.
Keith
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Post by lavaman on Aug 31, 2022 16:39:27 GMT
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Post by earwighoney on Aug 31, 2022 16:39:53 GMT
Superb work.
IMO, 6 saddle bridges do not look right on a Tele. 3 brass saddles all the way!
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Post by Onechordtrick on Aug 31, 2022 16:44:51 GMT
Superb work. IMO, 6 saddle bridges do not look right on a Tele. 3 brass saddles all the way! In my defence a previous owner had put the 6 saddle one on. But I agree they definitely look better
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Post by earwighoney on Aug 31, 2022 17:07:27 GMT
Superb work. IMO, 6 saddle bridges do not look right on a Tele. 3 brass saddles all the way! In my defence a previous owner had put the 6 saddle one on. But I agree they definitely look better Some seem to prefer being able to intonate each string individually, but I find 3 saddles to be quicker for adjusting the string height if I'm tinkering with open tunings (eg going from Open C to Open D). Also with a wound G with the saddles like yours flipped over so they are uncompensated, I've never had any issues with intonation, but I did oddly enough when I used the intonated side of the saddles!
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Post by Vinny on Aug 31, 2022 18:11:26 GMT
That looks really good, quite a transformation. Lovely job.
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