I did I promise... On the very next post. Sorry Dad *smile*
-----Original Message----- From: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of David Ferrin Sent: Sunday, February 17, 2008 10:09 AM To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] How do you rework an old electric guitar? I think that a subject line change is in order folks. The content is fine naturally. David Ferrin www.jaws-users.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "Larry Stansifer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Saturday, February 16, 2008 9:52 PM Subject: RE: [BlindHandyMan] How do you rework an old electric guitar? > Not me Bro... > I fired that motor and it is one of those that you feel as much as > hear. When it disrupts your heart-beat you know it will be a good one. > She is trailered, the fuel is fresh, the batteries are hot and I have > run every system check I can run without burning some rubber. Will hit > you guys with some times late tomorrow evening. > > -----Original Message----- > From: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > On Behalf Of Rhonda & Steve > Sent: Saturday, February 16, 2008 7:43 PM > To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com > Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] How do you rework an old electric guitar? > > > you sound stress are you having problems good luck tomorrow let me > know i will keep my i on e bay lol > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Larry Stansifer > To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com > Sent: Saturday, February 16, 2008 9:38 PM > Subject: RE: [BlindHandyMan] How do you rework an old electric guitar? > > > Taking the Vette to Los Vegas Raceways tomorrow for some tuning and > testing on my new motor. > If it doesn't run 9.50 you will see it on EBay. > > -----Original Message----- > From: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > On Behalf Of Rhonda & Steve > Sent: Saturday, February 16, 2008 7:23 PM > To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com > Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] How do you rework an old electric guitar? > > hey Larry what's up > not much here > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Larry Stansifer > To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com > Sent: Saturday, February 16, 2008 9:07 PM > Subject: RE: [BlindHandyMan] How do you rework an old electric guitar? > > Maybe you guys can help me out. > > I have sitting in the closet a 1964 Fender Sunburst Strat. I bought > it in 1966 along with a Fender Duel Showman Amp for $700.00. The > guitar has been fitted with "Hum bucker pickups, Shailer tuning pegs > and a Bicsby Bad-ass bridge. All of this work was done in the early > 70's and I still have all of the original parts. > 1. What is this ax worth? > > 2. Is it worth me refitting it with the original parts? > > 3. Is this something that an old burned out hot-rodder can do? > > I was offered $10,000.00 for the guitar and amp, is this close? BTW. > The other night I took it down to the shop and put my straight edge on > the > neck and it is still within .005 of absolutely flat. > The guitar hasn't seen strings since Elvis died. > I look foreword to your comments. > > Larry > > -----Original Message----- > From: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > On Behalf Of Scott Howell > Sent: Saturday, February 16, 2008 6:47 PM > To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com > Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] How do you rework an old electric guitar? > > Nice, I played one of the nobody Steinberger and it was pretty neat. > I also have a Fender American Jazz and a U.S Masters which is made in > Wisconsin. I figured if I could get what I wanted, then I'd be happy. > The only other bass I'd love to have is a good fretless. I tried a > couple, but just haven't found the one I want. I wanted to take a bass > and convert it to fretless, but I decided I wasn't going to do the job > well enough. Of course I'm not quite good enough yet in my opinion to > really play a fretless and sound good at it. grin I do love playing > and maybe one day I'll even consider making a bass. That would be > fun, but of course I haven't the equipment to do that task and you'd > need some good tools to pull that off. Well pull it off and end up > with a playable instrument. > > On Feb 16, 2008, at 9:52 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > sweet, and in a league beyond me. > > My bass is a full bodied blue Steinberger, up from a Rick. > > > On Sat, 16 Feb 2008, Scott Howell wrote: > > > > > Isn't it amazing the stuff they've come up with? I just picked up a > > > Brubaker that this gent paid somewhere between $5,000 and $7,000 > > since > > > I don't know if he got it from the Brubaker shop directly which > > means > > > he probably paid MSRP or what. In any event, I paid much less than > > > either price and this bass uses the Bartolini pickups and preamp > > with > > > a bypass ability for incredible range of sounds. You can even take a > > > fairly inexpensive instrument and provided the neck, bridge, are in > > > good shape and just change the pickups, you can get a nice > > instrument > > > out of the deal. > > > Of course quality of wood etc. does play a role in producing a nice > > > instrument and even whatever they seal the wood with can have some > > > effect as well. > > > > > > On Feb 15, 2008, at 9:16 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > > > >> if the frets are good, the neck is right, the bridge and the nut > > are > > >> right; you can buy better pickups than come standard. > > >> Ask at your local guitar shop, maybe not guitar Center, about new > > >> pickups by > > >> Demarzio, Duncan (my favorites) and so on. > > >> I put a ?59B? in front, a humbucker classic strat in middle, and > > a hot > > >> Duncan with a tapped pole to reduce the output in the tail > > position. > > >> But, they had to do routingfor depth and put these nice frames > > >> around the so it was way beyond me. > > >> That guitar is gone. > > >> But I've had new nickle alloy pickups put on my Yamaha Les Paul > > copy > > >> and > > >> they also sound better than the original. > > >> My above guitar was an alder wood Fender Strat. > > >> This is a yamaha copy, as I said. But there are some primo > > pickups out > > >> there. > > >> Ask you guys at the shop what they think is required for the > > sound you > > >> want. > > >> > > >> On Fri, 15 Feb 2008, Matt wrote: > > >> > > >>> Mine is not an old guitar in my opinion. > > >>> It's a Japanese knock off of the fender stradacaster which I > > >> bought when I was 16 or so and I am now 37, so it's old, but not > > pre > > >> plastic or anything ya know? > > >>> hahaha, > > >>> My question is, could I possibley rework it myself? Replace wiring > > >>> and such if necessary, or should I just finally > > >> invest in a new guitar? > > >>> > > >>> Thanks, > > >>> > > >>> Matt > > >>> > > >>> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > >>> > > >>> > > >> > > >> > > > > > > Scott Howell > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > > > > > > > > > Scott Howell > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > To listen to the show archives go to link > http://acbradio.org/handyman.html or > ftp://ftp.acbradio.org/acbradio-archives/handyman/ > > The Pod Cast address for the Blind Handy Man Show is. > http://www.acbradio.org/news/xml/podcast.php?pgm=saturday > > Visit The Blind Handy Man Files Page To Review Contributions From > Various List Members At The Following address: > http://www.jaws-users.com/JAWS/handyman/ > > Visit the archives page at the following address > http://www.mail-archive.com/blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com/ > > If you would like to join the JAWS Users List, then visit the > following address for more information: http://www.jaws-users.com/ > For a complete list of email commands pertaining to the Blind Handy > Man list just send a blank > message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Yahoo! 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