taabru45
Enlightened Member
I tucked an old nut that I had hanging around into its place, perfect fit...the truss rod nut is loosened right off...positioned the rosewood bridge and tuned her up....played for a while, it has an unwound G string, and too light for my liking ...the strings are a bit rusty...I don't know the make of them, or the year...really...there are some minor divots in the 1st 2 or 3 positions and it looks almost scalloped, like the were really deep and they evened out the wood and the frets are almost on a Ridge......hmmmm I mean ridge...I don't think the plug was making a good contact, it sometimes buzzed . but settled in a bit, same as the switch for the pickups...which are the Mickey mouse ones...so a bit of glue here and there binding issues, tuner spray new strings and I'm flyin' high. I love the feel of this lightweight, and the old style chesterfield...metal truss rod cover, probably 1 5/8 nut....and If you close your eyes and see with your hands you might not actually realize the head was once broken...everything on it is original...except maybe the strings, those I'm not sure of, but unless someone wants to buy some really vintage strings, I think they are not long for this world....now to start wiping some of this vintage grime or dirt or atmosphere from years of club atmosphere.....clean up time to start, I'm delighted that everything is at least intact....more later....this thing is going to be amazing, I can tell....Steffan
