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Statistics: Posted by cheepaxes — Wed Dec 16, 2009 7:13 am
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It had been stripped of it's strings, tuning keys and bridge. It was missing various screws (including one that holds the pickups), some knobs, etc.
Took it home, cleaned it up. It was covered in stickers, an inch of dust, and somebody obviously spilled a drink on it at some point. The fretboard had a disgusting amount of finger grease and was dry. Some super fine steel wool and Old English lemon oil fixed the fretboard.
I was really surprised that the neck was straight! This thing had lived a hard life. The plywood body had some real battle damage done to it, but it just adds to it's character. I want to thank Lillo's Music () in Edmonton for helping me out with the missing parts for cheap. The people there are simply awesome!
After re-assembly, I plugged it in and discovered it had a ground problem. Re-soldering the wires to the input jack fixed that. Next I found I wasn't getting sound from the neck pickup. Cleaning the contacts on the pickup selector switch with some 400 grit sandpaper and brake cleaner on a q-tip took care of that.
The guitar actually plays real well. The action is decent without fret buzz. The guitar probably weighs a good 7 pounds. My biggest complaint is that the pickups are single coil made to look like humbuckers.
Final Verdict: It's not a high end guitar, but it's certainly better than a lot of cheap electrics that are out there. (It's better than my first electric).
Here it is;
I've named it Oscar.
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I got the picture to display properly.
Statistics: Posted by Ozzman — Wed Dec 16, 2009 12:41 am
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Statistics: Posted by Dwoody01 — Mon Feb 02, 2009 9:42 pm
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http://www.flickr.com/photos/34381862@N03/3199883002/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/34381862@N03/3199037141/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/34381862@N03/3199037101/
... feel free to email me to chat or make an offer on this Canadian beaut.
Kelly
Statistics: Posted by KB — Thu Jan 15, 2009 1:12 pm
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Statistics: Posted by cheepaxes — Thu Aug 07, 2008 2:30 pm
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Statistics: Posted by RapterX — Thu Jul 24, 2008 9:16 pm
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Statistics: Posted by Bob K — Mon Aug 28, 2006 6:15 am
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Thanks for the picture. Although many important elements of the guitar are not shown in the picture, one thing that does stand out to me is that wide, relatively short truss rod cover. I think this cover will be one key element in identifying the origin of you guitar since anyone trying to do an accurate strat copy would not have used a cover like this.
I took a quick look at some later 1970's Japanese catalogs and found only two companies using a truss rod cover like yours: El Degas and Aria (not Aria Pro II). Since you have the guitar in hand, I would start by trying to match your instrument to the Strat copies produced by these two companies in the late 70's. There are probably other companies that used this cover that I'm not aware of, but this would be a start. Good luck, sb
Statistics: Posted by VintAxe — Sun Aug 27, 2006 1:17 pm
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Statistics: Posted by mmonster — Sat Aug 26, 2006 4:12 pm
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I posted instructions for posting images on VintAxe in the Message Board Help and Guidelines section. If these instructions are not working for you please let me know so that I can make them more accurate. Suggestions on how to improve the instructions would be most appreciated. sb
Statistics: Posted by VintAxe — Sat Aug 26, 2006 9:19 am
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