Can't Put It Off Any Longer...

[Lucius Paisley]

Parts have been procured or are on their way; Mayhem set, SD pots, Switchcraft toggle, locking tuners...

The output jack looks somewhat new, but I'm thinking it should also be replaced so I know that all the contained parts are the same "age".

 

[nexion218]

Too big or too small? It would be a shame to have to change my knob covers, but needs be as the devil drives or whatever the hell that phrase means, I can probably get some speed knobs that don't look awful.

Ah, sorry, didn't check the thread... But like eclecticsynergy said: they need a rad wider hole. But I had no issues putting back the original import knobs though!

 

[Lucius Paisley]

Ah, sorry, didn't check the thread... But like eclecticsynergy said: they need a rad wider hole. But I had no issues putting back the original import knobs though!

All good. I guess I'll see when they get here.

 

[GuitarDoc]

But, why do you want to spend all the time and money on a guitar that's backwards?

 

[Bill Dennis]

Having never tried Super 70s, what's their thing?

Van Halen Destroyer....

 

[Mincer]

Van Halen Destroyer....

Name me some tunes...I am not up on what guitars EVH used for which song.

 

[Lucius Paisley]

But, why do you want to spend all the time and money on a guitar that's backwards?

It's like the ghost of Yakov Smirnoff is haunting the forum.

 

[Bill Dennis]

Name me some tunes...I am not up on what guitars EVH used for which song.

Jamie's Cryin' and RWTD are 2 examples

 

[Lucius Paisley]

The teardown has commenced. I just realised that this guitar is now 45 years old.

Which makes this rebuild its mid-life crisis.

New parts arriving through next week.

 

[JOLLY]

Name me some tunes...I am not up on what guitars EVH used for which song.

Any of the songs without a whammy on the first album, such as You Really Got Me.

 

[JOLLY]

i eemember playing a bunch of those guitars back in the 80s.

 

[NegativeEase]

Man the youtuber's Ibanez is so dark and hollow from processing - let that damn guitar breathe!

 

[solspirit]

They are thick, with great mid-range, and very articulate. The touch sensitivity is spectacular. They take to gain very well. Here is a track I recorded years back with a Super 70.

Killer

 

[NegativeEase]

They are thick, with great mid-range, and very articulate. The touch sensitivity is spectacular. They take to gain very well. Here is a track I recorded years back with a Super 70.

Thats good stuff.

 

[solspirit]

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[NegativeEase]

Man, that video

To think these nice guys would object and sue REO SpeedDealer.

 

[Mincer]

The teardown has commenced. I just realised that this guitar is now 45 years old.

Which makes this rebuild its mid-life crisis.

New parts arriving through next week.

So why all new parts? Just an upgrade, or was something up with the old parts?

 

[Lucius Paisley]

So why all new parts? Just an upgrade, or was something up with the old parts?

Mostly upgrade along with trying something different, but I'm sure the pots were just gone, scratching from 0-9, and only silence from the pickups unless everything is on 10.

I've taken it in for full setup twice since I've owned it, which is supposed to include an electronics clean, and it's come back the same way. So, unless they're just not doing that part of it...

 

[Mincer]

Well, I look forward to the upgrade report!

 

[Lucius Paisley]

Step one. Locking tuners and toggle switch arrived today.

Very nice.

I never noticed just how crooked the tuners were before, but I can only go by the screw holes.