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There are still some that just don't resonate right or sound any good no matter how much work you put in - the same as for new guitars. They're at the outer end of the distribution, just as truly great ones are. The majority in both cases are perfectly good.
"Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski
"Only two things are infinite - the universe, and human stupidity. And I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein
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It was my job to decide what the guitars needed in order to make them playable.
There were about 3000 guitars in all- all sorts- everything from cheap nylon string acoustics, steel string acoustics and every the of electric including some nice archtops.
About 1/3rd of them were utter junk- completely beyond repair in any real sense- they were binned.
There were more than 1000 that needed a new set of string, a clean up and a setup but otherwise fine.
There were a few worth over £500, which I believe were to be sold in order to fund cheaper guitars to be distributed to schools.
The rest needed to things like machine heads, new bridges, saddled, nuts, electronics repairs etc.
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That applies to new as well as old.
The neck wide range humbucker sounds like you are shouting into a bucket and the bridge pickup will strip paint off walls.
It's been to 2 techs and still comes back shite. I refuse to spend anymore money on it.
It's everything that's bad about a CBS Fender and my bench mark of a dog.
However, its shortly going to be in the classifieds with a flowery description of being from the 'CBS Golden Era' for £3k....
(formerly miserneil)
I really need something for turning over the garden what with winter coming and all...
(formerly miserneil)
Not the finest sales pitch I've heard.
(formerly miserneil)
I did more or less that to a '77 Strat once - with a bridge replacement rather than pot replacement since Strats never got the 1M pots but did get crappy alloy bridges - and it turned it into a really nice guitar. It took around a pound and a half off the weight, I think.
It also probably halved its "value".
"Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski
"Only two things are infinite - the universe, and human stupidity. And I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein
What you might think is a dog the next guy might love it.
**EDIT** And yes, before you say it @ICBM, I know Alex played a twin humbucker Deluxe.... ;-)
(formerly miserneil)
You've described the sound of the neck humbucker to a T there @Bridgehouse....
(formerly miserneil)
Or just shoot the bugger.
(formerly miserneil)