Can someone identify this fretboard?

Soundstorm said:
Are the pots and pickups soldered in? Will I need to readjust the bridge after putting it back on? Pickup height? How easy is it to strip the wood when screwing the bridge back down?

These are my concerns.
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If you have some basic soldering skills it is a doddle.

The bridge comes off with a couple of turns on a DECENT screwdriver as will the neck and they go back on just as easily. The control knobs on the front have a couple of grub screws holding them on so a smaller DECENT screwdriver whips them off then you use a box or ring spanner (do I need to emphasise the quality of tools again :lol:) to take the collars off the pots. Inside the control cavity you will have to unsolder a couple of wires coming from the pups.

To give yourself the best chance re. the wiring take a close up pic with a digital camera so that you can see where it all goes back together and label the wires with little bits of masking tape so that you know what goes where. I'd also unscrew the control cavity liners and remove them, a 2 minute job and they go back on easy.

Honestly the worst that can happen is that you forget where the wires came from (but you have your digi photo to refer to so it shouldn't) and you have to take it to a loacl tech to solder the wires back and any luthier tech worth his salt should find that a 10 min job and just charge you a couple of bucks.

Good luck. ;)
 
Great info, thanks!

I have good soldering skills and good hand tools because I use them every day. The only thing I don't have is a "box or ring spanner", and tbh I have no idea what that is....I'll search around. Thanks again!
 
It'll just be my UK terminology. A box spanner is a bit like a 'socket' (probably clouding the issue further :lol:) and fits over the pot shaft so that you can remove the nut holding the pot in place. A ring spanner is just a type of spanner that again fits over the pot shaft and it's in the shape of a... ring (as opposed to an open ended spanner).
 
Soundstorm said:
Ok, that makes sense.

Do you tape the cavities up?
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Not if you've removed everything and all you have is the block of wood that is the body. When you are finished you can simply wipe down and use a vacuum cleaner to get the dust out.
 
Box spanner= box end wrench (shouldve caught that one)
ring spanner= socket wrench

Limeys. lol.

Seriously, thanks for the advice man.
 
Also you can use a paper tape, and put markers on the wires, and pots, like 1-2-3-4 to remember the position.

Another good idea is that you don't unsolder the wires, but cut them, and leave about 1 mm of colored plastic shielding, so it will be obvious where to solder them back ;-)
 
Good idea Florin, thanks, though I think I'm going to leave the electronics in and just remove the bridge, strings and tailpiece. I'll tape the rest up real well, and see how that goes.
 
Your call but you may as well do it once and do it properly rather than do a mediocre job, as it'll always bug you that you didn't do it properly! ;) :d
 
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