tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3204188024832829733.post8451115235045591379..comments2023-04-06T03:44:14.981-04:00Comments on Sans Direction: Stop me before I relic again!Dave Jacobhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15052163927020492687noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3204188024832829733.post-67390863117660194812008-03-14T15:21:00.000-04:002008-03-14T15:21:00.000-04:00An ultimate goal is to have a guitar with a B-Bend...An ultimate goal is to have a guitar with a B-Bender.<BR/><BR/>Which means taking a router across half the back.<BR/><BR/>I'm thinking of getting a $100 Rondo to do that to, just so it's not my #1.Dave Jacobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15052163927020492687noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3204188024832829733.post-69317246428413096282008-03-14T11:51:00.000-04:002008-03-14T11:51:00.000-04:00With my previous guitar I didn't have any issue pu...With my previous guitar I didn't have any issue pulling out the factory pups and replacing with Seymour Duncan Pearly Gates. I figured that if I ever got the 'real' Les Paul that I wanted I'd simply yank out the PAFs and substitute... when I got the LP, pardon my french but my balls shrunk to the size of grapes and I haven't dared even take a screwdriver to it to adjust the stock pup heights... maybe one day...Ken Skinnerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02970490152285414561noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3204188024832829733.post-16931108773724985022008-03-14T11:29:00.000-04:002008-03-14T11:29:00.000-04:00Kenski, that so reminds me of a bit from "Zen and ...Kenski, that so reminds me of a bit from "Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance". The author had a friend with a fine German motorcycle (BMW?) which had a slight problem with a slipping brake handle. It could not be tightened enough to keep tight, so the author (too lazy to google) said he should shim it.<BR/><BR/>The friend thought "How much are official BMW shims? Are they in the catalog? Does it take long to import them from Bavaria?"<BR/><BR/>The author took tin snips to a beer can.<BR/><BR/>The friend nearly threw up.<BR/><BR/>A tool is a tool, and they can be modified to more perfectly address the task at hand. A guitar doesn't need to be factory-perfect (or factory-relic'd) to be a good and useful thing.<BR/><BR/>However, I've owned the thing for over 10 years. My first mod was taking off the MOTS pickguard, which was about 6 months ago. My next mod was to reverse the control plate, which can be done without any soldering, and that happened about 5 months ago. About a month ago now, I got a new pickguard and control hardware. I'm clearly more in the "blanche at the idea of mutilating my baby" school of guitar modification, wanting Fender shims for my brakes.Dave Jacobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15052163927020492687noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3204188024832829733.post-39963916221392185042008-03-14T05:32:00.000-04:002008-03-14T05:32:00.000-04:00Years ago when I was shopping for my first 'proper...Years ago when I was shopping for my first 'proper' guitar I was looking at a Strat Plus, which had a very silky smooth, almost matt finish on the neck and a LP which had a thick lacquer. I commented to the sales person that the LP seemed sticky compared with the Strat, to which he replied that it wasn't a problem, he could get some sandpaper and just 'take that lacquer right off'...<BR/><BR/>I nearly threw up right there in the store. <BR/><BR/>These days I 'get it' more, but I think I'd probably only take sandpaper to a real beater (like the one I painted metallic blue with spray can car paint!)Ken Skinnerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02970490152285414561noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3204188024832829733.post-47315292734076594152008-03-12T15:17:00.000-04:002008-03-12T15:17:00.000-04:00I'm entirely sure I haven't gone all the way throu...I'm entirely sure I haven't gone all the way through the finish yet, but if I pull out the sandpaper again, I willDave Jacobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15052163927020492687noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3204188024832829733.post-38947442560380738382008-03-12T11:48:00.000-04:002008-03-12T11:48:00.000-04:00Don't blame me!!!You might try applying some gun s...Don't blame me!!!<BR/><BR/>You might try applying some gun stock oil to those sanded down neck surfaces.Stratoblogsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02122128491666527727noreply@blogger.com