Eric66
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Got these from Amazon:
Grover 18:1 Sta-Tite 3+3 Tuning... https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01HUCKQCM?ref=ppx_pop_mob_ap_share
Picked up the Starfire II from shop this afternoon!
1/ new tuners installed (originals in bag)
2/ fret leveling and crowning (they were pretty good “level” but they mostly had flattened from a fret job I did way back in the 1970’s to smoothen out multiple grooves I had worn into them)
3/ setup bridge for intonation with new strings (10s w/wound G), all electronics are in tip top shape, DeoxIT shots, comments “sounds great”
Before dropping it off, I cleaned up and treated all the bare wood neck and bridge, and kind of detailed all surface and structure crevices (under pick guard etc etc), finished surfaces didn’t need a spray on or whatever application so dusting was fine.
Worked nicely at the shop through a fancy twin reverb model amp, new strings stretching out detuning as I worked out on them.
Turned out to be a very unholy good thing to do. Maybe it’ll sub in for my new used Squier Tele CV ‘60s Custom next week with my old Music Man HD212-130 which I'm probably forced to do because of using small amps that get drowned out in a 16 piece jazz big band crescendo…. Which I got last year to sub in for the Starfire.
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Grover 18:1 Sta-Tite 3+3 Tuning... https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01HUCKQCM?ref=ppx_pop_mob_ap_share
Picked up the Starfire II from shop this afternoon!
1/ new tuners installed (originals in bag)
2/ fret leveling and crowning (they were pretty good “level” but they mostly had flattened from a fret job I did way back in the 1970’s to smoothen out multiple grooves I had worn into them)
3/ setup bridge for intonation with new strings (10s w/wound G), all electronics are in tip top shape, DeoxIT shots, comments “sounds great”
Before dropping it off, I cleaned up and treated all the bare wood neck and bridge, and kind of detailed all surface and structure crevices (under pick guard etc etc), finished surfaces didn’t need a spray on or whatever application so dusting was fine.
Worked nicely at the shop through a fancy twin reverb model amp, new strings stretching out detuning as I worked out on them.
Turned out to be a very unholy good thing to do. Maybe it’ll sub in for my new used Squier Tele CV ‘60s Custom next week with my old Music Man HD212-130 which I'm probably forced to do because of using small amps that get drowned out in a 16 piece jazz big band crescendo…. Which I got last year to sub in for the Starfire.
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