So I have resolved to replace all of that with some cheap Epiphone Alnico Pro Classics and a cheap Asian pre-wired Pro harness for the pups with push-pull pots. If I had some spare Deoxit, I'd use it, but given the cost of a can of Deoxit, it's cheaper just to completely replace the pots. The electronics are a TOTAL disaster, too. At least I think so as the thing is noisy AF. The humbuckers in mine are, I believe, actually single coils in disguise, which is a known issue in the 60s models of these guitars. I also think it is less likely to be stolen from a locker in my son's school, whereas a Gibson or Epiphone are more likely to be stolen. It's a craptastic guitar, but it has an undeniable vintage appearance which I liked visually. I believe this to be a "Cameo" SG, but it's clear that we are all talking about essentially the same damned guitar as pictured above, no matter what it says on the headstock. Sorry for the Threadnomancy here, but I recenly picked up a very similar MIJ SG which I believe to be a circa 1970 Kawai (formerly Teisco/ Lyle style copy of an SG with 2 Abalone hummingbirds depicted on the headstock, without any name on it. I think this guitar will sound pretty good once it can be set up like a modern guitar. It could still be taken back to stock if a future owner wanted to, and the screw holes would be hidden under the base of the stock bridge. If I get a $10 Chinese bridge, I could probably modify it to achieve these results.
Some way of matching the neck's curvature would be good too.
Then I could install on top of my adapter a Tuneomatic-style bridge with fore and aft adjustment. I think I will make a bracket that I can screw to the body within the footprint of the lower part of the stock bridge. The other weird thing is how hard it is to turn the tuners. The bridge itself it a thin metal casting that has tiny notches for the strings. There is no adjustment at the bridge, other than vertically for string height. But what I can't figure out is how they ever intonated a guitar like this. The wiring is good, even the pickup selector switches work ok. 2002 | picture | informationĪlvarez acoustic guitar | picture | informationĬopyright © 2000 - 2021 Vintage Guitars All Rights Reserved.I finally restrung this guitar and cleaned it up, fortunately only contact cleaner needed in the pots and on the jack. Teisco del ray tulip et-200 guitar | picture Teisco del ray spectrum et-440 guitar ca. Silvertone 1 cheese grater pickup guitar | picture Silvertone trg-1 with amp guitar | picture Kingston eko rok copy | picture | information Teisco / Teisco del Ray / Decca / Heit Deluxe / Kingston / Silvertoneĭecca hollowbody guitar ca. Norma/tomba red sparkle | picture | information Norma hofner/violin shaped guitar (close-up) | picture | information Norma hofner/violin shaped guitar | picture | information Sekova 6-pickup guitar | picture | information Prestige mosrite copy guitar | picture | information Prestige sd4w4 guitar | picture | information 1967 | picture | informationĭomino californian guitar ca.
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