A nice old guitar but in need of a little TLC…
The frets and fretboard are rather worn for one.
The bridge pickup is loose, and the pickup switch is rather intermittent.
With the strings off the reason for the loose pickup is clear, the brass threaded end has pulled out. A fairly easy fix.
The frets are very worn so I’ll need to take quite a bit off the level them.
Once they were all done I re-shaped the tops. This is the first one almost done.
With the tops rounded each one need polishing again.
With the frets done I had a go at the fretboard. It’s rather pitted so there isn’t much I can do about that without pulling the frets but I gave a good clean.
A little bit of lemon oil to bring it back to life.
I also fitted a new Bone nut which should improve the tone. Just finishing off the slots.
The neck was a little flat….
so I added a twist to the truss-rod.
Finally the action at 12th fret….
and the intonation.
Back to the electrics, first the pickup switch, take it out and give the contacts a clean.
and just to make sure some switch cleaner in the pots.
Job done.