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Several weeks ago, during a ''basement" visit with a local player I'd recently met (Jimi) after buying a killer GMW python from him, I broke the high E string on my San Dimas "Varoom" Jackson strat, serial# 5105..
Having wanted to tear down this guitar to just the wood for years and take a crack at my first Kahler, it seemed like a perfect time to do it. Jimi was game, plus he not only let me use his bench and tools, he gave me the strings too. Thanks Jimi.
So I started taking her apart... It was my first strip down of a Kahler equipped guitar. "This is going to be fun!"
The broken high E string..
Interesting locking screws on the nut..
Checking out the pu cavity and pu model (a Jackson j-50). (That cavity had some serious accumulation of sanded material!)
Large cavity for just one control.
I was having noise issues with the input jack; all seemed fine after pulling it so I tweaked the ground tab to make better contact. (It worked after all was complete).
For the enthusiasts out there; the neck and neck pocket details. Recognize anything?
Some matching #'s inside the bridge cavity? Cool! I would tend to believe that's possibly a wo#?
After cleaning the body thoroughly, both pu and bridge cavities, the bridge and any neck pocket dirt, I started putting things back together. I was having a great time with Jimi cheering me on...
Now for the neck; damn are those frets dirty! I guess some steel wool is in order!
Let, the scrubbing, begin!
Ahhhhh, what shiny frets you have?
Now for the strings.
Almost ready.
The Varoom strat is back in business! And in some great company I might add!
I was pleasantly surprised at how easy it was to tear it all down and put it back together, including the Kahler bridge. It was only the locking nut that gave me a bit of a workout; an extremely strange mounting configuration.
It was a cool learning experience.
Fish
Having wanted to tear down this guitar to just the wood for years and take a crack at my first Kahler, it seemed like a perfect time to do it. Jimi was game, plus he not only let me use his bench and tools, he gave me the strings too. Thanks Jimi.
So I started taking her apart... It was my first strip down of a Kahler equipped guitar. "This is going to be fun!"
The broken high E string..
Interesting locking screws on the nut..
Checking out the pu cavity and pu model (a Jackson j-50). (That cavity had some serious accumulation of sanded material!)
Large cavity for just one control.
I was having noise issues with the input jack; all seemed fine after pulling it so I tweaked the ground tab to make better contact. (It worked after all was complete).
For the enthusiasts out there; the neck and neck pocket details. Recognize anything?
Some matching #'s inside the bridge cavity? Cool! I would tend to believe that's possibly a wo#?
After cleaning the body thoroughly, both pu and bridge cavities, the bridge and any neck pocket dirt, I started putting things back together. I was having a great time with Jimi cheering me on...
Now for the neck; damn are those frets dirty! I guess some steel wool is in order!
Let, the scrubbing, begin!
Ahhhhh, what shiny frets you have?
Now for the strings.
Almost ready.
The Varoom strat is back in business! And in some great company I might add!
I was pleasantly surprised at how easy it was to tear it all down and put it back together, including the Kahler bridge. It was only the locking nut that gave me a bit of a workout; an extremely strange mounting configuration.
It was a cool learning experience.
Fish
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