Schlippy

Haha, could have brought it with me when I picked up the looper on Monday lol. If it's not a big job to trace out (one of the boards is loose and the installed one doesn't work so can come out) I can drop it off any time that's convenient for you.

Got this back on Friday (after FIVE MONTHS FFS), and let's just say don't give Ackworth Guitar Setups any of your electronics to repair: Absolute state of it. You can see what it used to look like in the pic above, they've completely butchered the insides making a "reference copy" that doesn't work, and dismantled the original board in doing so: Thanks Tristan, bang up job you've done there. As a little rotten cherry on top of the cake (and testament to their attention to detail), he buggered up the pot replacement, realised he'd made a mistake half way through then just went sod it, that'll do (reds are sposed to be on one side, purple on the other, whites in the middle): Absolute clown show. They've got a poor reputation locally but quoted me a two week turnaround (har har har) and the better places were all busy so I was like, what's the worse that can happen? Ackworth Guitar Setups: avoid like the plague. So, I guess I'm looking for a magician rather than a repair outfit now. Anyone know of an electronics shop that can put a pedal back together from not one but two non-functional boards and no clean reference material? The original pedal builder seems to have stopped making them in 2015, he's got defunct facebook & instagram pages and an eBay profile that he's not responded to in a week or so. Ackworth said they made contact via eBay and he claimed the pedal was basically a Zvex Woolly Mammoth with a clean blend, so that's muddying the waters even more as according to the folks in this thread who'd used the pedal in the past it was a fuzz face clone. Should probly just bin it off at this point, but from what I remember of it (for the two weeks in September I had it before it failed) it was an absolute gem of a fuzzbox. Edit: if it is based off a mammoth that's potentially a good sign as there are a squillion mammoth circuits online to compare against, seems to be a well-known fuzz type (and fits with the kind of noise I remember it making, way more "fuzzy" and distorted than the "crackly"-sounding fuzz face). Having said that, Lucid Audio FX did make a guitar pedal called the "Zombie Mammoth" so it could be the original pedal maker was getting them mixed up after ten years, who knows...

Still got the original screw, yup, and I think you're right about the insides of the hole getting chewed up. My problem at the minute is that I'm not sure the replacement screw is performing it's job of holding the neck in place adequately, given that it's gonna have at least 5mm less exposure to the neck. It looks like the replacement screw is an 8 x 2" (50mm), and it's an 8 x 2 1/4" (55mm) that's needed. Both the ebay links provided there only list 50/60mm screws. Think a 60mm would be in danger of breaching the fretboard, may well have to look at filiing one down then. Cheers folks, the search continues.

Few months back I had a Gibson style strap button mounted on the neck plate of my Fender Jaguar, I prefer the way the guitar & strap sit and the rotational movement allowed by the different orientation: Only problem is it's started working it's way loose now. First time I tightened it back up and thought nothing of it but the second time I ended up taking the screw out to see if there was a problem inside. Seems like the fella that fitted it used a shorter screw than was needed so it's not fully gripping into the neck - the standard Fender neck screws are 4.2mm by 45mm, and the strap button is 10mm proud of the neck plate, but the replacement screw is only 50mm long. Anyone know the kind of screws Fender use, and where a decent replacement could be sourced? From what I can tell the standard neck screws are 45mm long with a 4.2mm diameter and a 3mm shank, but I can't find anyone that sells that spec with a 55mm length. Could just fill the socket with superglue before remounting I guess but I'd like the option of reverting to stock if I ever want to get shot.

Bought a preamp from Paddy, fantastic comms and he sent the pedal out straight away, fantastic bit of kit too, cheers Paddy!

Sold a couple of pedals to Andy, paid promptly and confirmed receipt, super easy transaction, recommended.

Bought a noise gate from Ian, delivered next day with fantastic packaging, great comms throughout, cheers chief

Thanks again for the heads up, these were 100% what I was looking for. They feel great with zero string noise, they've bedded in over the last month but have lost none of the high end articulation and sound absolutely fantastic. Can wholeheartedly recommend to anyone looking for short scale half-rounds (or whatever they're commonly known as).

Jim bought a pedal off me, paid and confirmed receipt promptly. Extra marks for being super helpful about some questions I had and for being a pleasure to deal with in general.

Fully herniated L5/S1, treated it so far by building up legs, core & upper back to take as much load off my spine as possible and I use the lightest bass I can stomach (SG). Even with all that the strap still makes a big difference, a standard 2 inch leather / nylon strap gets uncomfortable within an hour where as a wider, padded one can sit on my shoulder for much longer before the weight becomes an issue. Love playing my Jaguar but I end up paying for it the next day if I carry it for a full two hours, so I've been pretty much short scale only for the last couple of years.

Fantastic stuff, will give them a punt then, thanks again.