1966 Vox Bobcat [4.9 lbs] :: missing tuners ... and everything else

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1966 Vox Bobcat [4.9 lbs] :: missing tuners ... and everything else

1966 Vox Bobcat [4.9 lbs] :: missing tuners ... and everything else

This 3 pickup 335-style guitar is a "husk-only" project (no parts). The owner was initially looking to restore this guitar but is working out a deal to trade for a Vox Lynx body (same guitar, 2 pickups).   We decided to just install new tuners at this time.  Glad to find that Grover Sta-Tite tuners install with no major modifications required other than slight reaming to fit the press-in bushings on the face and tightening the fit of the mounting screws.  

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1968 Vox Grand Prix [8.5 lbs] :: quick solder fix

1968 Vox Grand Prix [8.5 lbs] :: quick solder fix.

I had this in the shop two years ago for an overhaul.  You can get more details of the Electronic Odyssey project here.

The guitar was in recently due to an intermittent battery issue.  Note this guitar has multiple onboard effects that require 9V power to pass signal, even when bypassed (see above link for details).  One of the battery lead splices was shorting out and had to be stripped back, soldered and shrink wrapped.  Back in business.

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2000 Gibson SG [4.5 lbs] :: broken tuner & setup

2000 Gibson SG [4.5 lbs] :: broken tuner & setup.

The player had been noticing that his G string would not stay in tune.  After talking with him he remembered that he had bumped the headstock, specifically on the G tuner.  It did not look obvious at first, but the rear casing of the tuner had broken loose.  This allowed the gears to float slightly and not mesh tightly.  We ended up just replacing the G tuner so I slightly tarnished the finish to better match the other tuners.

The setup included changing from 11's to 10's, cleaning the electronics, tightening the output jack and deburring the saddle slots.

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2013 Fender Blacktop Strat HH [8.1 lbs] :: setup

2013 Fender Blacktop Strat HH [8.1 lbs] :: setup

A blacked out double-humbucker Mexican Strat on the bench for a setup.  The fit and finish is pretty decent however the factory set the saddles flat with respect to the fingerboard.  The saddles needed to be adjusted to match the 9.5" curvature of the fingerboard.  This guitar is for a young student so the floating bridge was tightened flush against the body to help minimize any possible tuning frustrations.

The 5-way switch offers some really cool options:

  1. full neck pickup
  2. neck forward single coil
  3. both pickups full
  4. both pickups inside single coils
  5. full bridge pickup

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