djcmusician
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I hade my Historic R8 refretted with Jescar 57110 SS wire (the horror). Love it.
They’re for mounting the P90s.Man, this thing is looking great!
Btw, what are those metallic circular pieces in the neck joint and bridge pu routing? Do all Historics have them?
Cool video Cream Fan, I'm a SS fret convert as well, nothing beats it IMHOI absolutely LOVE 6100! I've been playing on those frets for over thirty years. Bob Gjika, the luthier/amp designer, refretted my '61 SG/Les Paul back in '86 and they are still going strong. That said, the wire back then was way harder than the fretwire offered today. I think they realized that making it slightly softer would result in more sales of fretwire. Who knows. But I recently had Bob refret my Historic Makeover '03 R9 with Jescar stainless and, boy, was it worth it. Here's a video that shows the results:
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They’re for mounting the P90s.
the maple top has been recarved...
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...now we have authentic vintage topcarve contours with a prominent recurve and a deep dish!
How was this done?
ununtrium: Interesting updates, keep them coming! I thought the Bigsby was cool as hell, but if you want to try the stoptail (it seems you do), then why not? The Bigsby can be added later if you want to :salude
Now it is time to put the tailpiece in its historically accurate position...
...this is the status quo (which is about to change...):
...on the right you can see the stock insert (short and made of zinc) for the tailpiece studs. On the left is the one Florian is going to put in instead: Vintage-spec steel, made by a trusted blacksmith from Northern Germany which is actually my neck of the woods.
...this is the sandwich plug (mahogany/maple) that will remedy the modern positioning of the stud hole...
...the plug now glued in...
...behold the plug with a talent of not being seen...Florian matched its grain pattern with the top exactly. :wow
...the new hole for the stud insert...
...the groundwire gets a new access hole and is duly installed once more...
...and here is the finished result: right through the middle between the volume pots...and it is almost parallel to the ABR-1, as well!
I know that the position varied in the original 50's instruments, but this position makes the most sense to me...and it just looks right!
Impressive, are you filling the Bigsby holes?