1985 Philip Kubicki X Factor [8.6 lbs] :: setup

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A wild Kubicki bass in for a setup.  A few high frets up the neck needed to be tapped back down and the output jack rewired to improve the connections.

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How about this bridge?  It's not the best for fine tuning the action as you can olnly rotate the saddles in 180° increments.  But the "water wheel" tuners are pretty unique.  I always have to think a little harder when the tuners aren't up on the headstock.

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Oh and check out the built in drop D capo!  #slickness

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Intonation out of whack :: 2011 Fender Pawn Shop '51 [7.6 lbs]

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Yikes! The intonation on this Fender Pawn Shop 51 is way out of whack. In the photo above I adjusted the high e to it's proper location. Note that the high e is set roughly at the scale length (25.5"). The rest of the saddles all need to fall behind this one. The player is into jazz so no wonder his chords sounded so out of tune, even for jazz!

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The main reason this ended up on my bench though was for a missing output jack nut.  Since this guitar was made in Japan, the threads on the jack are metric.  I could not find a metric nut in my parts cabinet so we decided to install a much more robust Switchcraft jack along with a serrated washer to help keep it tightly mounted.

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Rough pawn shop find :: 2002 American Fender Stratocaster [7.9 lbs]

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Here's the rough pawn shop Strat ready to head back out.  The major issues was that the posts holding the bridge were blown out and wrecking the action.  Once the bridge area was repaired (along with the neck pocket), I went through with the setup.  The bridge was fairly rusty, to the point I needed to use vise grips to remove the saddle height adjustment screws before replacing them with new ones.  A new output jack finished it off (check the video from the daily vlog below).

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Replace jack :: Alvarez Kazuo Yairi MMY1 [5.0 lbs]

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A Monte Montgomery signature model Kazou Yairi Alvarez back in the shop with some output jack issues.  At a recent gig this player was experiencing his signal dropping out which is never a good thing.  I opted to replace the corroded jack since it was worn out and the solder joints were sub par.

Jack too big :: Forrest b-bender tele

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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.