I had a thread about changing the pot/caps on this Special.
It's now completed, so I figured that I would start a new thread.
After stripping everything, I touched up the nicks in the finish with black lacquer.
The finish on it is Satin Black, so I lightly sanded the touched up spots to degloss them.
As you probably know, these satin finishes buff to a semi-gloss in the spots where your body contacts the finish.
The neck, back of the body, and where my arm rests had buffed to a semi-gloss.
To even out the finish, I buffed the body until it was fairly even gloss.
I then applied a light coat of wax to further even it out and protect the finish a bit.
The neck was not touched as it is fine.
After the body was done, I installed the 500k CTS pots, Russian .022uf PIO caps, and the pickups.
The pickups are Brandonwound unpotted vintage wind P90s, 8.57k ohm bridge and 8.07k ohm neck.
The neck pickup is RWRP for hum cancelling in the middle position.
I installed ABR conversion studs, and a nickel plated ABR from a 335.
The tailpiece is aluminum, nickel plated, with locking steel studs, also nickel plated.
I am very happy with the results.
The pickups really sound great, and it's nice to have the hum cancelling in the middle position.
It is not too bright or dark, it sounds as I hoped it would.
Some poor quality pictures:
It's now completed, so I figured that I would start a new thread.
After stripping everything, I touched up the nicks in the finish with black lacquer.
The finish on it is Satin Black, so I lightly sanded the touched up spots to degloss them.
As you probably know, these satin finishes buff to a semi-gloss in the spots where your body contacts the finish.
The neck, back of the body, and where my arm rests had buffed to a semi-gloss.
To even out the finish, I buffed the body until it was fairly even gloss.
I then applied a light coat of wax to further even it out and protect the finish a bit.
The neck was not touched as it is fine.
After the body was done, I installed the 500k CTS pots, Russian .022uf PIO caps, and the pickups.
The pickups are Brandonwound unpotted vintage wind P90s, 8.57k ohm bridge and 8.07k ohm neck.
The neck pickup is RWRP for hum cancelling in the middle position.
I installed ABR conversion studs, and a nickel plated ABR from a 335.
The tailpiece is aluminum, nickel plated, with locking steel studs, also nickel plated.
I am very happy with the results.
The pickups really sound great, and it's nice to have the hum cancelling in the middle position.
It is not too bright or dark, it sounds as I hoped it would.
Some poor quality pictures: