Si600 Posted January 3 Author Posted January 3 What sort of temperature is that hot, cherry red or just until the finish bubbles? 😉 Quote
SpondonBassed Posted January 3 Posted January 3 39 minutes ago, Andyjr1515 said: Sorry I'm a bit late to the party. Great to see you Andy. You finally managed to claw your way out from under a pile of wriggly grandchildren. Are any of them old enough to sweep out your basement yet? 1 Quote
Andyjr1515 Posted January 3 Posted January 3 2 hours ago, Si600 said: What sort of temperature is that hot, cherry red or just until the finish bubbles? 😉 As the saying goes, 'until it's just hot enough'. Hot soldering iron tip to broken end of screw, try 30 seconds. You can go a bit longer but you don't really want to char the threads in the wood if you want to use the same hole for the replacement screw 1 1 Quote
Si600 Posted Tuesday at 10:24 Author Posted Tuesday at 10:24 Screw is out, and now I have a little circle around the hole where the pliers wore the finish away. In other news, the electronics still don't work but I weighed it and it's going to be around the 5kg mark. I also hung it on a strap. The headstock gently drifts downward, but that was a cheap nylon strap, leather will probably hold it. 2 Quote
Andyjr1515 Posted Tuesday at 12:57 Posted Tuesday at 12:57 2 hours ago, Si600 said: and now I have a little circle around the hole where the pliers wore the finish away Ah - should have added, 'pop a strip of masking tape over the area with the screw sticking through, and then...' Quote
Si600 Posted Tuesday at 13:56 Author Posted Tuesday at 13:56 TBH Andy, there was so little screw poking out any amount of masking tape wasn't going to save the finish. I need a new screw now though. 1 Quote
Si600 Posted Thursday at 21:28 Author Posted Thursday at 21:28 (edited) It lives! With many thanks to @KiOgon for troubleshooting the wiring loom, The Spondz and @Andyjr1515 for advice during the process and @AngelDeVille for sorting getting the body to me in the first place. I present the Peavybird It's not quite finished, I've left the knobs off for a moment because I have a suspicion I've got one of the pickups out of phase, certainly the volume drops right off in certain coil combinations. I'll detail the not quite right bits if you want me to 😉 Edited Thursday at 21:29 by Si600 Spelling. Obvs. 13 1 Quote
Paul S Posted 9 hours ago Posted 9 hours ago Headstock looks 'right' somehow, unlike the Fenderbirds (IMO etc etc) 1 Quote
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