A beautiful gold top Les Paul Classic in for a good pot cleaning. Scratchiness be gone!
![2006 Gibson Les Paul Classic goldtop [9.4 lbs] :: dirty pots](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53dfcee2e4b0c0da377c65c7/1472577393064-VZWXMYCSRILSC8ZY6PC7/20160725_2006_Gibson_Les_Paul_Classic_body_bench.jpg)
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![Fender American Vintage '52 Telecaster [8.7 lbs] :: electrical check up](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53dfcee2e4b0c0da377c65c7/1472577111085-DG1VTCWS14WUPTMK8N89/20160725_1987-1991_Fender_Telecaster_52_RI_body_bench.jpg)
A reissue '52 Tele in for some noise issues. A few ground solder joints needed to be touched up along with cleaning out the pots with some contact cleaner. Back in business.
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Mid 90's G&L ASAT [7.6 lbs] :: setup
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Late 90's G&L ASAT [8.6 lbs] setup
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2002 Gibson ES-333 [8.4 lbs] :: intermittent pickup & broken tuners
The neck pickup was cutting in and out on this hollowbody so that usually means you have fish the electronics out through the f-hole or pickup rout to clean / repair. To my surprise I found an access cover in the back! This is the first Gibson hollowbody with an access panel to come across my bench. As much as I don't like the idea of them on hollows, it makes resoldering this broken neck pickup lead and cleaning the pots much, much easier. The bass-side tuners were also previously repaired by someone supergluing the covers. This is always a temporary fix and the time had come to replace them. Tuning is now much more stable with a new set of tuners.