Got the body stripped down and cleaned.  Nothing too severe, just enough to remove the surface dirt.

I’ve also cleaned off the rust from all the tremolo screws.  They all move freely now so I’ll be able to set the bridge height and intonation easily.

I’ve stripped all the electrics from the pick-guard.  I’m going to replace the screws for the pickups so while the old ones are out I gave the pickups a good clean.  The poles were rather rusty.

The jack socket is very dirty and intermittent as is the selector switch so I’m going to replace them both.

The plastic parts have all come up quite nicely as well…

Once the new pickup screws arrive I can put that lot all back together.

Next I turned my attention to the neck.  The frets aren’t that worn but are a little uneven so I’ve given them a dress so it should play nicely now.

The one odd thing I came across is the nut.  The nut slot has a flat bottom…

But the bottom of the nut is rounded which means there was a gap, the nut would only have been supported at its ends and not in the middle.  Since it’s plastic it could lead to it bending and the string action dropping on the middle strings, strange?

It’s got the same radius as the fretboard, it leads me to think it’s been replaced at some time, with the wrong one.

To give the support it needs I’ve added a couple of fine shims…

With the fret dress complete the neck is ready to go back on the body…

To see the beginning of the job click here.