NGDs: Chibsunday (well, Saturday) and Tanglewood Thing

HarrySeven

Continuing with the “H7 in Normal Guitars Shock” theme, I tripped over these...

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Usual Chibson foibles aside, the SG is a corker and plays brilliantly. The LP Standard plays really well and the triple-pickup Custom needs a full setup. Cost for the three was about the same as a cheap SH Epiphone Dot.

I’m already working out some drastic woodwork and hardware options for them...

...along with a £20 Tanglewood TSB94MT GBK. As you can see, it’s had a hard life. I’m not sure what added value, quality-wise is bestowed by the Entwhistle pickups.

The strings are as responsive as rubber bands and sound like someone hitting a plastic washing-up bowl with a saveloy.

Also, it weighs the same as a 1981 Vauxhall Carlton.

The Tipp-ex is a nice touch. Nice bit of damage to one of the locking machine heads, too...

Saying that, the guitar feels like a decent-quality instrument, even in its current state.

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These are the “before” pics - I gave the Tanglewood a quick polish last night and it’s come up well.

I’ll remove the strings and get the Tipp-Ex dots off the neck, then see what’s what later today. That locking machine head looks f*cked, though.

merciful-evans

That's a whole bunch of projects right there. The Tanglewood looks sweet. Given its overall condition, would an odd tuner be wrong?

Funkfingers

If I'd known you fancied a Chinese SG, I would have traded you my "Tokai" instead of a Japanese Stratocaster. :-p

Tanglewood Tippexocaster would probably be fine with non-locking machineheads and its excuse for a vibrato blocked off. 

HarrySeven said:

I’m not sure what added value, quality-wise is bestowed by the Entwhistle pickups.

In the words of Douglas Adams, none at all. Remove them and deploy them (separately) on your other projects. 

I would be tempted to partially dismantle the Entwistle humbuckers to arrive at one with bar poles and one with Allen hex screws. Any imbalance between the coils would actually make the pickups more interesting. (Kinda like a Seymour Duncan '59/Custom Hybrid or a P-Rails.) Get your official wiring schematics here.

HarrySeven said:

a 1981 Vauxhall Carlton.

Is the Rover 75 not "retro" enough for yez?

tony99

HarrySeven said:

The strings are as responsive as rubber bands and sound like someone hitting a plastic washing-up bowl with a saveloy.

My signature sound right there

HarrySeven

Locking machine head repaired.

Just started on the neck...

HarrySeven

So...

*As above, knackered locking machine head fixed. However, on restringing, B and E string locking mech seem ineffective. I’ll look at that another day.

*Can’t get all of the Tipp-ex out of the fretboard. Have cleaned and oiled it, but will need to do some research on that.

*Restrung, tweaked the truss rod and set it up. Plays great.

*Electrics need fannying about with, so that’s next.

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Modellista

It never fails to amaze me how some people display such talent and dedication for ruining guitars.

HarrySeven

Modellista said:

It never fails to amaze me how some people display such talent and dedication for ruining guitars.

Yup. They'd had a damn good go at this...

Funkfingers

HarrySeven said:

Can’t get all of the Tipp-ex out of the fretboard. Have cleaned and oiled it but will need to do some research on that.

Acetone and cotton buds.

Abuse the authority of your job to “borrow” both from work.

HarrySeven

Funkfingers said:

HarrySeven said:

Can’t get all of the Tipp-ex out of the fretboard. Have cleaned and oiled it but will need to do some research on that.

Acetone and cotton buds.

Abuse the authority of your job to “borrow” both from work.

Hmmmm...actually, I have both in the workshop...

Sassafras

Funkfingers said:

HarrySeven said:

Can’t get all of the Tipp-ex out of the fretboard. Have cleaned and oiled it but will need to do some research on that.

Acetone and cotton buds.

Abuse the authority of your job to “borrow” both from work.

What, does Harry work in a nail bar?

Funkfingers

You may think that. I couldn’t possibly comment. 

King85

That Tanglewood looks really nice, I never even knew they made electrics though.

Funkfingers

The Tanglewood name appears on acoustic, electro-acoustic, electric and bass guitars - not to mention mandolins and banjos.

Oops. I mentioned banjos! Sorry.

A while back, Tanglewood manufactured a range of budget bass guitars, co-designed by Overwater.