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Audiovox Strat-style Guitar

Audiovox Gibson-style Guitar

Audiovox Mandolin

Audiovox 12-string Guitar

Danelectro Silvertone U-1 Guitar

Danelectro "Super-63" Guitar

Danelectro Silvertone 1457 Rescue Guitar

Danelectro Longhorn Guitar

Danelectro Companion Guitar

Fender Stratocaster 12-string Guitar

Rickenbacker 325 Guitar

Samick SG450 Guitar

Danelectro Pro-1 Guitar

Harmony H617 Bobkat

Danelectro Silvertone 1450 Guitar

Danelectro '67 Hornet Guitar

Instruments with standard guitar tuning - EADGBE.

August 28, 2020

Freakenbacker Back Together

August 28, 2020

The new A500 pots came today USPS a day early - so never say bad things about them. I pulled up the diagram above, heated up the soldering iron, and Presto-Change-o !!! Then I tried to put the pickguard back, and it didn't fit, because, of course. The old mini pots barely cleared the body wall, and the new full-sized ones didn't. So I had to delve back into woodwork and make clearance for them. I had to razor and dremel away about a quarter of an inch, without messing up the 'finish'.

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