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Controls and pickup

Posted by Dave Lynas on March 13, 2015 at 5:37pm
I raised the pickup with a scrap of cherry (from our backyard). The Teisco single coil really rocks! Note my string ground. A brass tube peened at the ends and drilled for screws. On the right side is the wire lead for the ground. The jack plate is a scrap of buckeye burl with nice grain. The big knob is the cutout for the sound hole with ebony and mahogany laminated below the cutout. The tone knob is black metal with a set screw. Mahogany home made bridge and old mahogany scrap tailpiece with cloud inlay. Two of my strings are vintage Black Diamonds from the way back machine. I got a big bag of mandolin and guitar strings of ebay. They are pre tarnished, but sound great. I've use two on each of my last 3 builds.
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  • the anonymous pick March 14, 2015 at 8:22pm

    good stuff

  • Dave Lynas March 14, 2015 at 8:06pm
    Thanks Pick. It is playing really great. I fixed the fret problem today. Super glued each fret. They were all a little loose in the middle, almost like a radius fret,they were bowed. I pressed each fret as I glued them. It worked. I dressed off the whole board with a flat file. Now she plays like a dream!
  • the anonymous pick March 14, 2015 at 7:25pm

    NICE !   my  teisco  porn  fix  for the  day  ;-)

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