A slick b-bender tele in for a quick setup and I also ended up replacing the output jack. In the right hands, this thing sound killer. Not so much in my hands :).
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The quality of machining on the B-bender components are incredible on this tele but the player was having difficulties plugging into the jack. The contact on the jack is rather large and was being pushed up against the body when a cable was inserted. I ended up swapping out the budget output jack for a Switchcraft and now the cable inserts with ease. The original jack was metric so I had to change out the electrosocket mount as well.
Fretjob & Bone Nut :: 1994-95 Japanese Fender Tele / Foto Flame [8.3 lbs]
A mid nineties Japanese Tele in for a refret. The fingerboard had a vintage 7.25" fingerboard radius and rise over the body was choking out big bends high up the neck for this player. We decided to flatten the extreme radius down to 10"R and plane down the body hump in the process. The tele cup jack was also swapped out for a more rugged electrosocket jack.
Note that this neck looks like a killer piece of flame maple, but it is some dubious trickery at play. The flame on this neck is actually a piece of film that is wrapped over the neck during the finish process. This technique is branded "Foto Flame" and looks really convincing until you move the guitar in the light. A true flame figure will roll in the light (light areas becomes dark and vice-versa). The dark spots on this stay consistently dark. Check out this link for more info on Fender's fake flame forgery. (There's a conspiracy that a worker placed the Hamburglar's face in the flame!)
Troubleshoot wiring :: 2004 Fender Telecaster [8.2 lbs]
The player was experiencing some microphonic feedback on the neck pickup so he removed and wax potted the pickup. Upon reassembly he had some wiring gremlins and needed the guitar for an upcoming gig, so he brought it by for me to troubleshoot. I rewired a couple components, remounted the electrosocket output jack and setup the guitar. Gig ready!
Duct taped output jack :: 2008 Gretsch G5135 CVT Electromatic [6.7 lbs]
This has an old school Tele cup output jack that was completely floating in the side of the body, to the point that it was duct taped in place. There was no way to resecure the original jack as the mounting hole was enlarged (for some reason). I opted to replace it with an electrosocket, but had to wrap it with a thin mahogany veneer in order to make it fit tightly. Once the jack was squared away, this Bigsby-equipped guitar was then setup.