Wax potting the switch and control cavity!!!

[Artie]

I sure hope my customer doesn't frequent this forum.

In all the years I've been doing guitar repair/mods, I've never, ever, seen this before: wax potting the switch and control cavity on a Les Paul. ('74 LP Custom Shop, to boot.) Then it quit working. Who'da guessed? What would possess someone to do this? What a friggin' mess to clean up. I'm ultrasonic bathing the switch and pots now. He want's to keep all the original controls since it's a '74 CS LP. We'll see. mg:

 

[idsnowdog]

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Someone got the wrong idea.

 

[jeremy]

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wow

 

[Artie]

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The customer is a super nice guy, with little technical savvy. So someone must've put him up to this.

 

[ehdwuld]

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Oh my
Well be nice when you touch base

 

[piblock]

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That's hilarious.

 

[d1dsj]

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To be fair there won’t be any feedback so it did the trick!

 

[Mincer]

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the 70s were a weird time. People came up with all sorts of 'fixes' we'd have to later un-do.

 

[Artie]

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There is that.

 

[ItsaBass]

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'74 LP "Custom Shop?" What is that? A reissue? Or do you just mean a '74 LP Custom?

 

[Artie]

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'74 LP "Custom Shop?" What is that? A reissue? Or do you just mean a '74 LP Custom?

I'm not exactly sure. My luthier friend knows better than me. I know it's a genuine '74 because the pot codes are correct. But I do need to tread lightly with a customers guitar. (I smeared the serial number.)

 

[ItsaBass]

Re: Wax potting the switch and control cavity!!!

I'm not exactly sure. My luthier friend knows better than me. I know it's a genuine '74 because the pot codes are correct. But I do need to tread lightly with a customers guitar. (I smeared the serial number.)

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It's a 1974 LP Custom – no "Shop," just LP Custom, the name of the model. There was no Custom Shop in 1974. There is, however, a recent Historic '74 reissue. Many people erroneously call Historics "Custom Shop" guitars, so I thought it might be one of those.

 

[StoRMiE]

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It takes all kinds man, that's... something alright.

 

[Chris Pile]

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Holy crap.

 

[VinceT]

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Made my heart hurt a little to see this, Artie.

PS: thanks for the Demud mod - my 335 and LP both received it on their neck pickups recently, and the 335 is especially grateful!


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[Artie]

Re: Wax potting the switch and control cavity!!!

It's a 1974 LP Custom – no "Shop," just LP Custom, the name of the model. There was no Custom Shop in 1974. There is, however, a recent Historic '74 reissue. Many people erroneously call Historics "Custom Shop" guitars, so I thought it might be one of those.

I probably got caught up in Duncan speak.

PS: thanks for the Demud mod - my 335 and LP both received it on their neck pickups recently, and the 335 is especially grateful!

Cool. Glad that worked out.

 

[hamerfan]

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I always thought, the double zero prefix indicates the 1976 production year??

 

[Securb]

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I just pour the wax directly in the amp head, which seems to do a much better job at killing microphonics.

 

[ErikH]

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Talk about doing it wrong. Yeesh.

 

[Artie]

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It did make it quiet. Real quiet.