Removed my SG's neck pickup

BlackSG91 said:
What does the Chinese writing on your guitar say in English Rockin' Robby?:hmmm:


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Nobody knows!!!! LOL!!!

We saw a guy on TV with japanese writing on his guitar...and this was even before George Lynch...so I wanted to be all hip and modern, so me and a buddy started sketching out images we found in a book that looks "cool" and painted them in by hand with a brush.

The black area with a red spot was cover a mistake we made while painting the lettering. The red/blue spot on the headstock was supposed to be a 'Yin-Yang' but didn't come out quite right.

The idea for the stripped pattern was supposed to be a cross between EVH and Mathias Jab's guitars...and the two tone green colors were from the paint job I put on my 1969 Dodge Charger....

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Robert Herndon said:
Not long ago, i had an original 1959 Strat that was brought to me for setup after years of storage and neglect.

I could not set the intonation. The strobe just went crazy no matter what I did. I ended up dropping the neck pickup nearly flush with the pickguard to circumvent the magnetic pull.
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I always lower the pickups before intonating any guitar. Humbuckers not so far but especially so with single coils. I count the number of screw turns I lower them so I can return them to their original position. Its how I was first shown how to intonate, along with an explanation of why to lower pickups so have done it that way ever since (decades). Cheers
 
Robert was the 1959 Strat maple or early rosewood ???
I have owned many strats in my life did you check if the neck was twisted. My 1965 SG Standard was so twisted I had to pull the frets and sand the fingerboard down 1/8"

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67plexi said:
Robert was the 1959 Strat maple or early rosewood ???
I have owned many strats in my life did you check if the neck was twisted. My 1965 SG Standard was so twisted I had to pull the frets and sand the fingerboard down 1/8"

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Plexi,

We figured the Stratocaster to be made in mid to late 1959 by the serial and the slab rosewood fretboard. I did not notice any twist in the neck. In fact, I was almost shocked by its condition. I was told it was purchased for $200 at a local family-run estate sale.

What do you think caused the twist in the SG????
 
Most every guitar neck is subject to twisting and the high spot will be on the upper register high E side. I did not see it until I pulled the frets and sanded the fingerboard.
I'm no expert but I know a few and they say all necks are twisted to some degree. Heck of a deal $200.00 for a slab board Strat
 
67plexi said:
Most every guitar neck is subject to twisting and the high spot will be on the upper register high E side. I did not see it until I pulled the frets and sanded the fingerboard.
I'm no expert but I know a few and they say all necks are twisted to some degree. Heck of a deal $200.00 for a slab board Strat
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I know guys who make it a point to scour estate sales for guitars...I am surprised my razor-thin 1987 Stratocaster neck isn't twisted!!!
 
Robert Herndon said:
I know guys who make it a point to scour estate sales for guitars...I am surprised my razor-thin 1987 Stratocaster neck isn't twisted!!!
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Seems the days of scoring cool gear at the sales are over, at least around LA. I have a buddy that makes a pretty good living picking up mid-century furniture at estate sales, restoring it and flipping it for profit. I've asked him to always let me know when music gear in general and guitars and amps specifically are up for sale, and every time they are asking the going price for what they have. It's just too easy these days to go on the internet and find out the value of something, so I think the days of the once-in-a-lifetime score are either gone or the life support plug is already pulled and we're just waiting for the last breath.
 
gball said:
Seems the days of scoring cool gear at the sales are over, at least around LA. I have a buddy that makes a pretty good living picking up mid-century furniture at estate sales, restoring it and flipping it for profit. I've asked him to always let me know when music gear in general and guitars and amps specifically are up for sale, and every time they are asking the going price for what they have. It's just too easy these days to go on the internet and find out the value of something, so I think the days of the once-in-a-lifetime score are either gone or the life support plug is already pulled and we're just waiting for the last breath.
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I agree. I actually doubt about 75% of what I am told in general....
 
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