I love the worn pebbled body and neck of the Ibby SR's but... just want a plain passive P. So after years of going on about it, I decided to do something about.
Ebay ad by Gear4Music for a SR300 with faulty electrics, Spares or Repair.
Body/Neck/Bridge/Tuners Sorted... Pots Ordered and some Adagio Flats.
Scratches on the body, with a few cracks.
I was hoping this was just on the finish, but after a few hours of heat gun stripping (more to come tommorow...
Unexpected Weight Loss...
Weighed up the OE PowerSpan Pickups, Pre Amp, Pots, (prior to posting out) and factoring in for the Knobs... 700g - Monster Heavy Pickups!...
Just weighed the Vol Pot, Artec Tone, 2 Knobs, and the Maida Vale P and Kent Armstrong P (100g each)... 150g
Thats a MASSIVE saving of 550g... Half a Kilo!.. now with a bit more weight saving with all the filler 'n finish gone... and my other SR300 weighing 3.8kg...
This could be dow