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Brown's Guitar Factory bridge plate tool modification

Have you ever had a really stubborn bridge plate to remove? I had one not too long ago that seemed to resist wetting with a damp cloth, and subsequently all the heat I could get from my silicone heating pads. After much effort I got about 80% of it out cleanly. The remaining 20% required hours of work with a finger plane. That experience made me think about the Brown's Guitar Factory bridge plate removal tool I had purchased years ago,…

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This is great. Thanks for sharing! The thermocouple link takes me to the thermocouple outlets? Might be a caching issue for me? Joe
Private member DiscussionElectric Repair

3 way rotary switch, volume & tone

Any electronic wizards know how this switch would be wired for a simple volume / tone circuit for two single coil pups? I cannot find a good answer using the internet search so far. A diagram for dummies would be amazing.

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Quick and dirty sketch. Think this'll work. You only need two of the three poles and you can think of those like the two sides of a standard Tele-style three way lever switch — there's a common lug an…
Private member DiscussionFinish Repair

Paint chip out matte finish

Hey everyone, Well I had a bit of a day today. The issue is a paint chip out on a matte finish 3 month old Ibanez RG 421. I was in the middle of a pup install and was backing out the screw holding the 5 way switch. As you can see from the pics there must have been some paint sitting above the screw and well viola! I thought it best to try to glue the chips back in but I used accelerator (BSI) because well I’m a dumb ass and it looks like…

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Thanks Ian. No sadly no local source for gluboost products here in New Zealand so won’t be the quick fix my customer was hoping for, but at least I’m not flailing around in the dark anymore. Cheers I’…