BRENTrocks
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I picked up this 66 SG Custom this week. It had a crack in the body across the control cavity area. I glued and clamped the body crack yesterday. I was able to inject wood glue deep into the cracks. Clamped it and let it set for about 18 hours.
I finally got a chance to see what this guitar is really all about! The repair on the cracks by the control cavity was a success! So this morning, I started to put it all back together and get it set up and ready to play again.
I thought about going back to the original three pick up configuration, but in the end, it would just be for looks. I would never use the middle pick up and it actually kind of gets in the way when you’re playing also. So I decided to leave the two pick up Pick guard on there like the previous owner had done.
This guitar has been refinished in Alpine white. According to the previous owner, the refinish was done sometime in the 80s. It’s starting to show its age a little bit and has started to turn a little bit creamy, but not like it would had if it was originally white.
When I got the guitar, it had a set of WOLFTONE Marshal head pick ups in it. They were a little microphonic, and really wanted to squeal like a pig! They probably were not potted? And the tone was a little bright for my liking. So I installed a set of REDROCK TOPHAP PICKUPS. Made in Michigan.
They had the sound I was looking for! Nice and warm. Very articulate.
The neck is a nice rounded D shape. It’s not as small as I thought it was going to be. It actually is a very comfortable neck.
The only other modification that I made, was that I swapped out the ABR bridge for a locking roller bridge. I figured this would help with tuning stability when using the vibrato.
I thought that I was going to have to get this Guitar re-fretted, because the frets are so small and low, but it actually plays a lot better than I thought it was going to with these old Frets!
For a 57-year-old Guitar, she plays, and sounds fabulous! I am very pleased with the end result, especially after repairing the body crack by the control cavity. I really didn’t know what I was getting into when I bought this guitar, I knew the body crack was there, but I didn’t know how difficult it was going to be, or how easy it was going to be to fix.
This guitar is definitely a rock ‘n’ roll machine!
I finally got a chance to see what this guitar is really all about! The repair on the cracks by the control cavity was a success! So this morning, I started to put it all back together and get it set up and ready to play again.
I thought about going back to the original three pick up configuration, but in the end, it would just be for looks. I would never use the middle pick up and it actually kind of gets in the way when you’re playing also. So I decided to leave the two pick up Pick guard on there like the previous owner had done.
This guitar has been refinished in Alpine white. According to the previous owner, the refinish was done sometime in the 80s. It’s starting to show its age a little bit and has started to turn a little bit creamy, but not like it would had if it was originally white.
When I got the guitar, it had a set of WOLFTONE Marshal head pick ups in it. They were a little microphonic, and really wanted to squeal like a pig! They probably were not potted? And the tone was a little bright for my liking. So I installed a set of REDROCK TOPHAP PICKUPS. Made in Michigan.
They had the sound I was looking for! Nice and warm. Very articulate.
The neck is a nice rounded D shape. It’s not as small as I thought it was going to be. It actually is a very comfortable neck.
The only other modification that I made, was that I swapped out the ABR bridge for a locking roller bridge. I figured this would help with tuning stability when using the vibrato.
I thought that I was going to have to get this Guitar re-fretted, because the frets are so small and low, but it actually plays a lot better than I thought it was going to with these old Frets!
For a 57-year-old Guitar, she plays, and sounds fabulous! I am very pleased with the end result, especially after repairing the body crack by the control cavity. I really didn’t know what I was getting into when I bought this guitar, I knew the body crack was there, but I didn’t know how difficult it was going to be, or how easy it was going to be to fix.
This guitar is definitely a rock ‘n’ roll machine!
