Chubbuck Guitars / Kevin Chubbuck, making & repairing guitars in an old building just north of Boston, Massachusetts.
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The player wanted to try a new set of strings on his 5 string bass. He decided to go with a set of Ken Smith Slick Round [44-62-84-106-130]. These strings are similar to flat wounds but still retain more of the brightness found with regular round wound strings. These strings are also known as half rounds. Check them out, they're a really cool mix between flats and rounds.
This Schecter dropped by with a broken mini switch that turns the Sustainiac circuit on and off. This switch is mounted direct to a circuit board and was rather stubborn to remove (as seen in the video below).
I was playing around with the circuit and stumbled across this rather cryptic message. The screwdriver became an antenna and picked up a random local radio station.
A video posted by Kevin Chubbuck (@chubbuckguitars) on
Tweak :: Schecter Stiletto Studio 5 [9.2 lbs]
A player dropped by with his 5 string bass for a truss rod tweak to add relief. He was getting buzzes on the low frets because of the overly straight neck.
Schecter Stiletto Studio 5 [9.2 lbs] :: setup & tuner tweak
This neck-though 5 string bass came in for a setup with Rotosound Stainless roundwound strings. Upon inspecting the bass I found the D tuner had some play to it. I removed the tuner to find that the mounting screw was bent and ready to break (pain to remove when they break) and the screw hole stripped out. I plugged and re-drilled the hole and replaced the screw.
Note that the tuners on the end of the headstocks tend to receive the most abuse due to their exposure. Gig bags can sometimes be rough on these tuners as well.
2011 Schecter Hellraiser Special [8.6 lbs] :: unbleached bone nut & C tuning.
A new unbleached bone nut was cut and the guitar set up for low C tuning [CFA#D#GC] with D'Addario EXL148 strings [0.012"-0.060"].
![Half round setup :: Schecter Stiletto Studio 5 [9.2 lbs]](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53dfcee2e4b0c0da377c65c7/1455562378792-HYB67V099RBE6N06V5XH/image-asset.jpeg)
![Broken mini switch :: 2014 Schecter Synyster Custom-S [7.9 lbs]](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53dfcee2e4b0c0da377c65c7/1453268329729-6I8JBQQ86BNMVH7G35VC/image-asset.jpeg)
![Tweak :: Schecter Stiletto Studio 5 [9.2 lbs]](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53dfcee2e4b0c0da377c65c7/1434334926196-YEE8NU89UN4O3LWQAKFR/image-asset.jpeg)
![Schecter Stiletto Studio 5 [9.2 lbs] :: setup & tuner tweak](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53dfcee2e4b0c0da377c65c7/1430980588718-OR1K14C6AC83WT0YOC9P/image-asset.jpeg)