Since I’ve got a little extra funds I’m going to fix my guitar up… since I’ll never take it in anywhere and pay out the ying yang, I’m going to get the stuff and figure out how to do it myself.
It’s a 91 American Standard that I bought brand new around 1993 for $500 at a music store in Ogallala, Nebraska. I had it setup shortly afterwards by this Gordon guy who had a music store in downtown Grand Junction, Colorado where our bass player’s wife’s family lived. Gordon was a total pro and built pretty nice guitars himself and did a really great job setting it up and didn’t charge me hardly anything for it.
That was long ago though and it has been beat the fuck up since… bridge pieces are totally corroded, the pots are noisy, it might have a short in the jack, lots of nickel plated screws are rusting out everywhere, the chrome is filthy and corroding, intonation is off, neck might need a little adjusting… it needs some love…
So today I ordered.
Feeler gauges for string height
Another action/string height type gauge
Mini screwdriver set
New fender bridge saddles/screws/springs, the base plate is fine, just needs cleaned up.
Pickguard screws
And some strings… Ernie Ball… and I think I’m going to try some .008 extra slinky on it, I have been using the “Hybrid Slinky” which is .09 and a .46 on the low, but I don’t have any callouses on my fingers at the moment… Oh and I only use Ernie Ball and if I can’t get those D’Addario… because shit strings go out of tune on me. Fender strings for instance suck a big one.
and I’m probably going to be getting some more shit for it… I’ve got a little soldering setup with probably most everything I’d need for that shit.
So I don’t know how to do any of this stuff, I’ve seen a couple people do it… but I’m going to figure it out via the internets…