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2014 Fender Troy VanLeeuwen Jazzmaster [8.6 lbs] :: setup

August 25, 2016

Troy VanLeeuwen of Queens of the Stone Age signature Jazzmaster in for a setup. The bridge pickup is a Curtis Novak. I really dig the vibe of this JM. Yet another guitar that was "play tested" quite a bit before it left the shop.

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Lefty 2003/2012 Fender American Deluxe Stratocater [8.0 lbs] :: setup

August 17, 2016

Here's a left handed 2003 Fender Deluxe Strat body with a 2012 Custom Shop neck. This came in with a very high neck set over the body. The Micro Tilt screw in the neck pocket was engaged which allows you to quickly dial in the neck angle if necessary. I am not a fan of the Micro Tilt as it is a single screw that pushes up the rear of the neck and acts as a single-point shim. The better alternative is to use a traditional wood shim with as much contact in the joint as possible. This guitar did not require the neck to be shimmed as I backed off of the Micro Tilt and dropped the bridge down. Lefties are always a trip to play test!

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2014 Fender American Vintage '65 Stratocaster [7.9 lbs] :: setup

August 17, 2016

A 1965 Strat reissue in to address a few high frets along with a setup. Every once in awhile I find that the saddle spring on the low E does not allow enough room to push the saddle back to it's ideal intonation point. To properly intonate these situations, the spring requires a few coils of this spring to be clipped. Sometime the G string saddle spring needs this too.

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Fender Strat body - Tele neck [8.0 lbs] :: document

August 9, 2016

A client wanted his favorite guitar documented so I pulled it apart, took photos and wrote down some notes for him. It's a 2000 Mexi Strat body with a Tele neck that he put together.

The pickguard is loaded with Fender ’57/‘62 pickups measuring 6.42K (neck), 6.45K (middle non-RWRP), 6.45K (bridge). The middle pickup is non-reverse wound / non-reverse polarity so it is not hum cancelling in positions 2 and 4.