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The Scotch Brite pads are clean n easy to use - No mess - Take a bit off - Check it out and repeat as necessary
Have just finished trying to improve it. I used a mixture of couple of different grades of scotchbright, some very fine w n' d on the neck. Then brasso all over, then some silver polishing cloth I found in local hrdwre shop, which is used wet then dry. Then gave it a good buff up with beeswax.
Has worked well. Looks much better, and more importantly feels lush!
Broke the electrics when I took them out right enough. Don't know what I've done. Might just find a schematic and start again.
It's a Gibson 'THE Paul'...should be same kind of setup as an SG?
But I asked my brother who is a decorator and he said 400 might be a bit rough so I went with 600 and it worked.
I wonder if there may be potential benefit of using as fine a grit that does the job.
If so, I didn't know that. I'm considering a MM bass as my next purchase. Will definitely need to play one first if the neck is different to anything I've played.
Does it apply to the Sterling line too?
Incidentally I really wish there was some kind of guitar library where I could rent an instrument for a week to see if I like it. I don't find 20 minutes in a shop very useful.
A 1200 grit will just take the stick off.
Imo 400 or 600 could dig in to the lacquer and actually effect the finish but also depends how much lacquer you want to remove.
One thing I might change is the caps, the tone controls don't really do a hell of a lot.
If you do swap the caps, keep the old ones as there is always a completist that will want them
Are the pickups the original T-Tops?
I've certainly been playing it more already!
I trimmed the leg of the broken one and soldered a new leg on Don't see me selling it anyway
Yours seems to be a slightly later Firebrand "The Paul' Deluxe, all mahogany, so I'm not sure what the finish would be on those (probably nitro?).
Glad you got sorted though, enjoy