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Sylvia
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Joined: 12 Jun 2008
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| 1bassleft wrote: | Thanks for the yootoob link, Sylvia. I had a look at it and was mildly disappointed. I didn't mind that he cut out the screwing, even though I can happily watch someone screwing on a yootoob postup for several minutes, but the aim for the spray from his nozzle wasn't all that accurate, either.
Secondly, that demo had the guy gingerly lifting the pickguard like it had live cockroaches in the routs and spraying in the general area of the vol pot. Much better to turn it over properly and have a good look at the little scratchy. All pots have a tiny hole and you should aim the nozzle right into this to do the spraylube job properly. |
Granted the vid wasn't perfect but it was provided as a brief guide, since some folks are visual learners. I think the reason he was lifting the pickguard so gingerly was to protect noobs from yanking and thus breaking the soldered connections and not that he was afraid of cockroaches LOL!!
On that point, I recently replaced the pickguard on my strat and found a Cheeto and a small allen wrench in there. LOL!!  WTF!! I guess you'll never know what you'll find when you open one up.
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Tim
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Joined: 14 Aug 2005
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Location: At the back, behind the guitarist.
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| Posted: Sat Jun 14, 2008 12:31 am Post subject: |
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| 1bassleft wrote: | | even though I can happily watch someone screwing on a yootoob postup for several minutes, but the aim for the spray from his nozzle wasn't all that accurate, either |
ffs man, this is a family forum!
Sylvia, I tend to know exactly what I'll find...dead skin soaked in whiskey and that crusty stuff you get when good red wine dehydrates. And pizza crumbs.
But anyway...welcome to the forum, you'll be in the top posters soon at this rate!
Tim. |
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Sylvia
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| Posted: Sun Jun 15, 2008 11:43 pm Post subject: |
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| Tim wrote: |
Sylvia, I tend to know exactly what I'll find...dead skin soaked in whiskey and that crusty stuff you get when good red wine dehydrates. And pizza crumbs.
But anyway...welcome to the forum, you'll be in the top posters soon at this rate!
Tim. |
Hi Tim.
Thanks for the welcome!! LOL! I worked on a LP Special II a while back... I didn't disassemble it... but boy when I blew it out with canned air... I was surprised at the amount of fluff and junk that blew out from around the pickups.
It was worth my time and effort though I traded it for a Martin 000C-16GTE  |
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1bassleft
Lowdown Cack-hander
Joined: 16 Feb 2005
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Location: "Hit The North"
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| Posted: Mon Jun 16, 2008 10:54 pm Post subject: |
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OK, fair cop, I engineered the "not enough screwing and inaccurate spraying" comment for cheap laughs  . Still, must emphasize that lube spray is best inside pots and non-lube spray is best around sockets.
Also, I do think the Strat and the Precision are complete annoyances for routine maintenance. A right fiddle to remove all the strings and the entire scratchplate to get at the gubbins. Much easier with the Jazz Bass and Mustang Guitar (or the Gibby LP) to get at the pots without open-guts surgery. |
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