Spector attacked me at the pawn shop

[Al Nico]

Fixed now, cleaned up, and setup.

 

Flattened the neck and socket.

 

While the neck is off it got a wash in antibaterial hand soap and a fret polish using a kit that came with some D'addario strings.

It's a very simple solution. Here's the before:

 

Now a quick rub - behave.

 

Nice.

 

So now it is back together. It fitted together in a slightly different place. A few more tweaks of truss rod and saddles brought it into shape a little better than before.

That's about as good as it gets, and it's not bad.

Ready to go from my bedroom woodwork workshop and polishing area, to my bedroom electronics department for new pots.

 

 

[cetera]

Nice. Sounds great on your vid too, really cuts through with a lovely throaty lo-mid growl.

 

Just so you know, those inlays on the neck are aftermarket stickers, but nicely done. There will be dots underneath them....

Always preferred the full inlays myself so looks great!

[Al Nico]

18 hours ago, cetera said:

Nice. Sounds great on your vid too, really cuts through with a lovely throaty lo-mid growl.

 

Just so you know, those inlays on the neck are aftermarket stickers, but nicely done. There will be dots underneath them....

Always preferred the full inlays myself so looks great!

Thank you. Yes, the bridge pickup is so close to the bridge it makes wild mid range sounds, and without a preamp. I like that. No battery.

 

Here's the plan. I've ordered a 'Custom Series - Crafted in America' headstock label from the web to replace the old 'Made in China' sticker. It will validate the inlays, and increase the instruments value to around £9,500.00. Cunning eh?