The pickup demo Vintage V100 has been getting a lot of play recently ...
I swapped the PAF style Oil City Blitz Spirit in the bridge position
for one of my NightFighter alnico 4s ... and I've been boogieing out on
some 70s classic hard rock. Trouble is, all that vibrato and posing on
one leg has show up the serious crap quality of the 'Wilkinson Delux'
marked tuners ... Delux ... meh ... what a joke! Tuning stability like a
chunk of binder twine attached to a flapping shed door. Of course I
changed the nut out for a bone one before going as far as swapping the
tuners ... but it was a vain hope. There was so much slop and backlash
in the Wilkinsons that they would have to go.
I've been intending to try the 'Luthiers Love' range sold by Axeserus for some while ... and this was a perfect opportunity.
For
£25 a set ... or £28 in gold like I ordered ... they are very well
priced. And I was gobsmacked at the quality of the feel and even the
gold plating when they arrived. They really feel like they cost fifty
quid a set ... and look the business.
I broke out my trusty step
reamer ... it's actually intended for reaming out model aircraft props
... but is perfect for opening out Kluson sized holes to 10mm. I find it
much better than the hand taper reamers that you see people recommend
for this job. There was a tiny bit of chipping of lacquer as the thick
poly on the V100s headstock is very brittle and not actually stuck on
very well.
The whole job only took a half hour and the results are fantastic. absolute stability and a lovely smooth gearing. The whole instrument is a pleasure to play now ... thoroughly recommended
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Form before function.
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