1978 Fender Tele Thinline [7.6 lbs] :: neck realignment

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1978 Fender Tele Thinline [7.6 lbs] :: neck realignment.

This Tele has the classic 70's 3-bolt neck joint and the neck was slightly biased to the treble side (the high e string was too close to the edge of the fingerboard).  The bolts were loosened and the neck shifted towards the bass side to correct this.  Tele Thinlines originally come with the wide range humbuckers but this one was modded years ago with Seymour Duncan SH-3 Stag Mag's with push-pull coil taps.

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1987 Fender Strat Plus [7.9 lbs] :: vibrato setup

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1987 Fender Strat Plus [7.9 lbs] :: vibrato setup

The floating bridge on this late 80's Strat was set up along with cleaning of the pots.  The surgical tubing that holds the Lace Sensor pickups at the correct height were compressed and needed to be replaced as well.

Upon researching this guitar I found a great resource on the Fender Strat Plus: http://xhefriguitars.com/page2.html#C10

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Finish work :: Martin-style nitro sunbursts

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Finish work :: Martin-style nitro sunbursts

I occasionally do finish / setup work to help other builders out.  These two Brazilian Martin-style builds were prepped for finish, then sprayed and buffed out in nitrocellulose lacquer.

Schecter Stiletto Studio 5 [9.2 lbs] :: setup & tuner tweak

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Schecter Stiletto Studio 5 [9.2 lbs] :: setup & tuner tweak

This neck-though 5 string bass came in for a setup with Rotosound Stainless roundwound strings.  Upon inspecting the bass I found the D tuner had some play to it.  I removed the tuner to find that the mounting screw was bent and ready to break (pain to remove when they break) and the screw hole stripped out.  I plugged and re-drilled the hole and replaced the screw.

Note that the tuners on the end of the headstocks tend to receive the most abuse due to their exposure.  Gig bags can sometimes be rough on these tuners as well.

2010 Equator Languedoc copy [5.5 lbs] :: new pickup rings & setup

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2010 Equator Languedoc copy [5.5 lbs] :: new pickup rings & setup

The black plastic pickup rings were swapped out for flame maple rings and the 3-way pickup switch was cleaned and sealed.  The bridge was bottomed out, so the bone split saddles were lowered in order to allow more range in the thumb wheel adjustments.