This bass found it's way into the shop because of a dead pickup. I troubleshooted the circuit and touched up a few questionable solder joints and the pickup came back to life. While in the control cavity I attempted to clean the treble and bass pots but they remained terribly intermittent and needed to be replaced. The bolt-on neck's angle was increased with a shim in the neck pocket in order to lower the action.
Epiphone Sheraton II :: new guts courtesy of Lollar, Emerson & Bourns.
This Sheraton is getting stripped down and refitted with a new wiring harness comprised of Bourns premium series sealed pots, Emerson Custom paper-in-oil caps and Switchcraft 3-way switch and output jack. Lollar Imperial low-wind humbuckers top off this monster upgrade.
Alvarez by Kazuo Yairi MMY1 [5.0 lbs] :: intonation, soundhole break and battery splice.
The player was noticing that some notes played up the neck were more dissonant than usual. Upon checking the intonation, I found the 5th string to be 15 cents sharp at the 12th fret. This bridge saddle is actually comprised of six individual saddles, so the A** saddle's contact point was pushed back and shimmed back up to it's original action.
The 9V battery clip was spliced at one point with an excessive length of lead making the battery compartment difficult to close. The original splice was held together with electrical tape only so it was easy to separate. I shortened, soldered and shrink wrapped the leads. I also used some heat to retention the tired plastic latch on the battery door.
The soundhole had an issue that was repaired here.
**note this guitar is really tuned 1/2 step down, so Ab
Alvarez RD20CU [4.9 lbs] :: loose x-brace and loose output jack
This D cutaway came in for a loose output jack but I found that the lower treble-side x-brace end had sprung loose. You can see it glued up here.
2011 Schecter Hellraiser Special [8.6 lbs] :: unbleached bone nut & C tuning.
A new unbleached bone nut was cut and the guitar set up for low C tuning [CFA#D#GC] with D'Addario EXL148 strings [0.012"-0.060"].