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Views from the Workbench!

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		Mini Fix... Tremolo optional.


These are images of a Gibson ES 330 Dave rebuilt. The electronics harness was replaced with quality components; CTS pots and Belden cable, Switchcraft jack and switch. Original pickips were saved. Finish was in very bad shape, it was covered with years of schmutz and neglect. Actually could have a hazmat team it was so gross. The finished guitar had the missing binding replaced, a refret and vintage style functional keys were installed to replace the wrong model. Now she's a real player again. This model differs from the 335 as it has no center block, it has a warm sweet tone. It's excellent for soft to medium volume gigs and studio work where a nice note blossom with a slightly darker tone is desired. The P90s help keep clarity.



		This interior screen shot shows the old pots and wire covered in schmutz and dust.












A refretted and restored 1937 Gibson L-12

		*New wiring harness for a Gibson 347 with Seymour Duncan '59 classic cover pickups.*

These are images of a brass nut replacement on a vintage left handed Les Paul

1 We start with raw stock; brass, aluminum, magnesium, plastic or bone.	2 Size it for a good fit
3 Milling and hand shaping	4 Hand sanding and polishing
5 Marking and cutting the basic string slots	6 After the string slots are cut there is a lot of rubbing and polishing
7 Final fit and setup, test play for proper tone and feel

These images show a bone nut installation after a complete refret.


These 5 photos are a Fender Strat Plus with an ebony board getting a refret with jumbo 150 wire. We gloss the fingerboard out to 1000 grit and final frets are polished out with jewelers rouge.





	*From the "You Gotta See It" file:* This is what sweat and grime do to an on board preamp. The sliders are shot and the unit will have to be replaced



The preceding five shots are of a 1980 Les Paul Custom Dave modified to accommodate the RMC Piezo/synth driver pickup system. The inner control cavity and side out-put area required extensive routing. This system gives the player the stock pickup output through the 1/4" jack with a master volume and master tone, and blend control for panning between the mag pickups and the piezo saddles, as well as a synth volume for the Roland VG8 or GR guitar series synth units. Also in the control set is a guitar/mix/synth 3 way switch and a program up/down switch. Installation on this type of guitar runs around $375.00 plus parts.
See http://www.rmcpickup.com/products.html for part info.