garrettb
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I was in the mood for a little project and found this 2007 Tremonti SE. No pickup rings, mounting screws, switch tip or bridge. It has USA pickups and an immaculate SE gig bag, so that's pretty cool. I happened to have an extra SE bridge and some pickup mounting screws/springs laying around, so I figure for about $10 and a little bit of time I can make this baby a player again.
It photographs well, but man this thing was dirty! Doesn't anyone take care of their stuff? The nut on the output jack was missing, so I used spare parts to put it back in. The washer on the switch was corroded, so I replaced it. My first thought was "rode hard and put away wet" because it also has quite a lot of small scratches and dings, but after polishing, the frets are immaculate! There's hardly a divot. I now think it got knocked around more than it got played.
I haven't seen chrome plating wear this way before:
Looks like it took a pretty good knock. I'm already working on filling the chip. I'm thinking of maybe using a silver paint pen to color it?
The for sale ad said the logo had faded. That didn't sound right, since I know the logos are under the finish and it looked more like Sharpie to me.
Well, that was easy. A little bit of rubbing with a blue shop towel and voila!
I had a cream metric switch tip laying around, so I put it on for kicks. I actually like the look of the cream tip, as it matches the binding. Thinking of going for cream mounting rings instead of black like you usually see on Platinum Metallic. Any opinions?
It photographs well, but man this thing was dirty! Doesn't anyone take care of their stuff? The nut on the output jack was missing, so I used spare parts to put it back in. The washer on the switch was corroded, so I replaced it. My first thought was "rode hard and put away wet" because it also has quite a lot of small scratches and dings, but after polishing, the frets are immaculate! There's hardly a divot. I now think it got knocked around more than it got played.
I haven't seen chrome plating wear this way before:
Looks like it took a pretty good knock. I'm already working on filling the chip. I'm thinking of maybe using a silver paint pen to color it?
The for sale ad said the logo had faded. That didn't sound right, since I know the logos are under the finish and it looked more like Sharpie to me.
Well, that was easy. A little bit of rubbing with a blue shop towel and voila!
I had a cream metric switch tip laying around, so I put it on for kicks. I actually like the look of the cream tip, as it matches the binding. Thinking of going for cream mounting rings instead of black like you usually see on Platinum Metallic. Any opinions?
