NGD & Restoration - Peavey T25

RVA

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@eSGEe finally got me...and I got a Peavey T25. I got it cheap ($200) with some issues, but playable. Since it is old and needs some cleaning in addition to the usual stuff, I figured I would call this a restoration thread. I will attempt to whiten the plastic PG with peroxide and a blacklight, just for fun (see below video). So far I have cleaned the bridge and knobs. I noticed a split in the FB at the last frets, likely from the micro tilt. It was covered by the strings in the sale pics. I used this to get a $ 100 refund (bringing the price from $ 300 to $200). Sale pics below..and here we go!!

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Careful with those knobs Ray...they’re your possibilities of cost recoup :wink:
Congrats! I’m betting that the pickups may surprise, and please you...once dialed in, and set up.
The shim is probably a good call...the microtilt is...an interesting concept...but...well you can see...
The neck should have a metal plate in that circular hole...for disbursement Of pressure from the microtilt bolt...
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Thatbastarddon said:
The neck should have a metal plate in that circular hole...for disbursement Of pressure from the microtilt bolt...
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Thinking the same thing. I wonder if somebody previously removed the neck and lost that round metal plate. Then, it was reinstalled without it and the micro tilt was cranked hard to compensate. The guitar might not need a shim if you can locate or replicate the missing round plate... :unsure:
 
syscokid said:
Thinking the same thing. I wonder if somebody previously removed the neck and lost that round metal plate. Then, it was reinstalled without it and the micro tilt was cranked hard to compensate. The guitar might not need a shim if you can locate or replicate the missing round plate... :unsure:
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Yes, that was a good catch by @Thatbastarddon and your thorough eyes

I would never use a micro tilt. IMHO, it is a good 'quick fix" for a player, but a poor solution long term. That said, maybe I will fabricate one to be complete.
 
syscokid said:
Thinking the same thing. I wonder if somebody previously removed the neck and lost that round metal plate. Then, it was reinstalled without it and the micro tilt was cranked hard to compensate. The guitar might not need a shim if you can locate or replicate the missing round plate... :unsure:
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I’m betting that it is the reason for the split across fret 21-22. It looks as though the microtilt bolt had been pressed into the wood by a couple mm.

RVA said:
Yes, that was a good catch by @Thatbastarddon and your thorough eyes

I would never use a micro tilt. IMHO, it is a good 'quick fix" for a player, but a poor solution long term. That said, maybe I will fabricate one to be complete.
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My(our) experience with the Beantown Boomstick leads me to agree. The microtilt mechanism is, at best, a quick fix that can help diagnose the need for a proper shim.
The microtilt usage is probably responsible for the initial sanding pattern(pictured in Ray’s post #16- above) where the first, and heaviest hit spot, is the area above the mechanism....it becomes a ski jump because of the leverage of the system over time. I feel that a shim, that keeps full heel contact, is a better “long term” solution.
 
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