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So, I was the guy that got that damaged black SLX off of ebay. It arrived in a timely manner. As far as the damage goes, its all cosmetic. It has the one chip right on the edge of the arm contour, the stress crack down by the heel of the neck and another stress crack closer to the headstock. Ive pushed and wiggled everything and nothing moves at all. Its all stable. So, why was it listed as unplayable for parts only? First off, the nut is drilled crooked (I hate that!) and someone had shimmed the bass side with some oddball looking scrap of something. So, the nut hangs over toward the high E about 1 mm. Someone must have been blind when they installed the nut. So, as far as the shim deal. I removed the nut to make sure there was no crack or separation of the fretboard and it all looked good. The way it was shimmed, the wound strings had perfect action but the last 2 unwound ones fretted out on the 1st fret when played open. So, Ive had this metal floyd rose nut shim in my parts box for like 20+ years. It looks like a razor blade. I installed the nut with this shim and all the strings play perfectly open. That was easy. 
The action seems fine for me and the frets are nice too. Theres the usual filler in the sharkies thing but Im not bothered too much by that. The electronics all work perfectly and it sounds decent with the DD pickups. I dont know If I will get around to redrilling the nut screw holes as it does not really affect my playing, its just annoying. And I could possibly do more harm than good. Thanks to member Lepard for the heads up.
The action seems fine for me and the frets are nice too. Theres the usual filler in the sharkies thing but Im not bothered too much by that. The electronics all work perfectly and it sounds decent with the DD pickups. I dont know If I will get around to redrilling the nut screw holes as it does not really affect my playing, its just annoying. And I could possibly do more harm than good. Thanks to member Lepard for the heads up.
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