Unexpected NGD (like I need another one...)

[treyhaislip]

Re: Unexpected NGD (like I need another one...)

Very unique find, enjoy!

 

[hamerfan]

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the p90 should be mid 50ies to beginning 60ies with black leads and a black grommet. These go 300 bucks a pop on reverb.com
Congrats nice find.

 

[BTMN]

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Nice find!

 

[Artie]

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Sweet! Love the old caps and the way they "drilled" out the control cavity.

Btw, your daughter has that "I dare you to take this from me," look on her face.

 

[daan]

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Thanks guys for the replies. I have some penetrating oil I dropped into the oil holes, that seemed to loosen them up fine. The plan for the wiring is to just put it all back the way I found it. I MIGHT change the input jack, because this one's loose (and I have a whole bag of new ones) but other than that, I'm not changing anything. Just clean and re-assemble.

 

[daan]

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Did you try some steel wool with metal polish to clean the frets ?

Any specific wool? I have some around here somewhere...

 

[jtougas]

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#0000

If you have metal polish, you can also use the rough side of a piece of leather.

 

[daan]

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Ok I got the frets all cleaned up. MAN they were gross!
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I started with metal polish, which wasn't doing anything, and I ended up using one of my wife's Emery Boards (nail file), followed by super fine sandpaper and the metal polish. I think it turned out OK.


I still want to know what the neck came off of. The fret board appears to have some kind of (not well applied) finish on it, I couldn't get it smooth easily, and I don't want to have to sand it all flat... Although I have been thinking about taking the paint off the back of the neck and Tru Oiling it. The paint has those long cracks that old Poly gets. But I didn't want this to turn into a 2-year project...

 

[daan]

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So if I'm reading these pot codes right, what I'm looking at are Centralab 500k jobs from the 33rd week of 1959...
So legitimately old stuff. Cool!