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  • IanShawIanShaw Frets: 19
    edited April 2020
    OK, I'll expect the QI klaxon/alert here... but despite @IanShaw having a fantastic attitude toward helping people out, aren't we getting close to reinventing Dan Erlewine's ' How to Make Your Electric Guitar Play Great" ?


    The experience of sharing information and learning ideas from other guys is so pleasant!...you can't get it from a book, and therein lies the difference. 
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  • tone1tone1 Frets: 5199
    Retrieving a pick from inside your Acoustic....
    http://www.thefretboard.co.uk/discussion/59137/tone1#latest
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  • ICBMICBM Frets: 72960
    IanShaw said:

    5. Grounding electronics and shielding the cavities (control and tremolo).
    Just to point out because I saw it in another thread, that shielding the tremolo cavity is completely unnecessary. Everything inside it is already grounded.

    "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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  • daisie_guitardaisie_guitar Frets: 135
    Shaving the neck to the original radius (in most cases there will be a slight twist in the neck, a good luthier will take the opportunity and correct that) or a different one (which entails adjusting the pole pieces in pickups and action of individualstrings..) while refretting.
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  • IanShawIanShaw Frets: 19
    ICBM said:
    IanShaw said:

    5. Grounding electronics and shielding the cavities (control and tremolo).
    Just to point out because I saw it in another thread, that shielding the tremolo cavity is completely unnecessary. Everything inside it is already grounded.
    Thanks for the note.
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  • octatonicoctatonic Frets: 33905
    Undo Bodge.
    James Richmond
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  • IanShawIanShaw Frets: 19
    Update# 2 (revised):
    1. Complete rewiring including the soldering work.
    2. Routing for additional pickup.
    3. Filling unneeded spaces made during earlier upgrades.
    4. Testing, upgrading, and replacing electronic components (pickups, pots, capacitors, and switches).
    5. Grounding electronics and shielding the control cavity.
    6. Fixing scratchy knobs and switches.
    7. Setting up the height of pickups (single coil and humbuckers).
    8. Setting up action (truss rod, bridge, and height of saddles).
    9. Shimming for a forward/positive neck-angle (bolt on necks).
    10. Setting up intonation.
    11. Setting up the tremolo (vintage, 2-point, and Floyd Rose).
    12. Re-fretting.
    13. Levelling, crowning, and polishing frets.
    14. Smoothing sharp fret ends with dressing file.
    15. Fretboard scalloping.
    16. Fretboard rolling.
    17. Cleaning and polishing fretboard.
    18. Replacing the nut (graphite or roller nut).
    19. Replacing the neck.
    20. Replacing, upgrading, and installing bridges and tremolo blocks.
    21. Replacing saddles.
    22. Upgrading the tuning keys.
    23. Fixing Jack sockets.
    24. Finishing and minor finish repairing.
    25. Fixing faulty strap screws.
    26. Photographing earlier setup and gear status.
    27. Noting serial numbers and documenting modifications.
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