And doweled and glued up. I got squeeze out from the crack when I clamped it up so I’m optimistic about getting a good joint.
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Going down to clamp town!!! Good luck man!
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I’m trying to make up with quantity for my being too lazy to cut a tapered shim piece for parallel clamp faces 
A song and an album cover image for your endeavors.
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Nice! Well done.
Only tip I have is you missed the chance to dowel the other holes. Here’s my similar project, if you expand the image you can see the repair (and the big scratch I added 
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Something to consider the next time it’s maintenance day for it. Works better if you drill them out a little first so the toothpick is a good fit.
For mine if I had OCD it would be screaming about the one tuner hole Yamaha had drilled about a half mm low for some reason. Not nearly motivated enough to fix that though. This is the absolute low end Pacifica (about $80) so no surprise it wasn’t perfect.
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Well I didn’t think they would bother me. I’m changing my mind since they’re all a different distance from the edge of the headstock and from the new tuners. I’ll probably do it at some point, but my thinking coming in is that I wasn’t going to spend a whole lot of time and money on this guitar. Then I promptly bought $70 tuners and replaced them
That retails for $220 in the states btw, since I looked at them when I was definitely not guitar shopping
They are more here too, new. Mine was $80 used. New it’s closer to $180.
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Sound test time!
I kept it simple with the recording setup so it’s just an iPhone recording both the video and sound. I will have to experiment with micing this amp in the future.
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The different pickups positions are interesting, the neck pickups sounds quite like a single coil actually. Maybe the two coils are wired in parallel or something ? The output level seems very low.
Also, very nice amp ! And a lot of nice tones overall 
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Yeah I wonder if they are wired split.
That amp is incredible
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Should also say you’ve kept up the skills, at least with the chords there. Better than me anyway, I am still in the “let yourself suck” phase
It is kind of cool how far you can get with just bass skills + power chords though. Enough to start making very cool sounds, and that’s enough to hook you. Or at least was for me.
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That’s worth exploring! The wires are pretty messy in the cavity but would be worth checking out before doing an outright replacement. I have been looking at a Seymour Duncan 59 for the replacement option for something that can offer bass response and not be too high output. I won’t move on that for a couple weeks though as I have some other projects coming up.
Thanks man! Apparently this thing sat in a church closet for a couple decades here in the Atlanta area. When I picked it up from Sam Ash it still had some of the original papers in the cabinet including a Warranty card with a May 1985 date of sale handwritten on it.
I’m starting to think I’ve found the perfect guitar for this amp! 
I’ve forgotten how much I knew! I spent many hours trying to emulate James Hetfield in my teens… My scales and lead guitar still need a lot of work!
With that said, I still have 3 more Mayer Hawthorne songs to finish from the album I’ve been working on before I dive too far into Metal territory. 
This is an excellent pickup. I had a SH-1n '59 and liked it a lot.
Currently playing around with a Nazgul/Sentient, @terb likes them and listening online I liked the pair a lot, once I get it installed I’ll let you know. If Laurent recommended them I assume they are good.
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The SD 59 is a very good pickup, but my advice in this case would be to keep the current pickups. They sound good and interesting, and it’s a part of the personnality of your guitar.
If you really want to change the neck pickup for a SD, you might want to know that my absolute favorite humbucker of all times is the SD Sentient.
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You can get a plugin with ToneX models of four metal giants, including a 5150 and a SLO-100, for free right now (time limited).
If you own Amplitube you have these or equivalents already but nice for those who do not.
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I’ve been wanting to play guitar for a while. Yesterday I ordered a 2002 Tom Delong Squier.
Another long learning journey ahead of me. I’ll let you know how it goes
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I am about to betray bass and buy another guitar…
I have recently got a bit more interested in learning guitar and in particular a bit of Blues.
So naturally I want a large body semi-hollow.
I can’t afford an Epiphone or a Gibson but I have got a couple of Artist guitars and they seem to do the job so here is what I am looking at:
Artist Cherry58DLX Semi-Hollow Electric Guitar w/ Bullbucker PickupsCHERRY58DLX (artistguitars.com.au)
I’ll get it with a hard case because it will be going in the car.
Best part is I just sold another guitar to a mate which will partly fund it
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My cherry hollow body should arrive today or tomorrow.
I feel bad, I have been trying to play guitar for the last week or so and my basses are being neglected.
I have a Jam on Saturday so I need to go through the list over the next coupla nights.
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