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I found this practice bass amplifier at the swap meet. I took 15 minutes to clean and troubleshoot. I found the replacement for the broken switch at Amazon. I got it working. Not bad for the price of a 12 pack of beer.

Found this cab, not working. Took thirty minutes to troubleshoot and repair. After some soldering and wiring I got it working.

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It took me a while to get the pedal for the peavey renown correct. The original pedal had a bad switch, plus I didn't solder the correct lead to the common on the 3 pin footswitch on the one i made. I figured it out with the help of a friend with more experience.

Here is the final working set up with drawing. I numbered the connection instead of using wire colors. I don't know if all manufacturers use the same color code. Make sure the jumper is soldered to the correct lugs. It makes a big difference.

I decided to get fancy on the red one. I added battery powered led lights with a cut of switch to save battery life.

I used dpdt footswitches and a lot of spare parts I had left around. The cable i found at Amazon

New guitar day, sweet deal. I paid 1000 for a Gibson Les Paul Studio with a headstock repair, but it came with a pedal board, pedalboard case, 10 pedals, and an Engl Thunder 50 amplifier. The headstock repair just needs a little finish work.

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Second repair by me third overall. I hope this works. So far, it's looking good. I put strings on it today.

I decided to try and save the Epiphone Les Paul. After gluing up the second break I inspected the repair. It looked solid enough that it might work if I added some splines to enforce the glue-up. If this doesn't work there's the neck replacement option

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Bad news, I had just finished fixing the Epiphone Les Paul Custom, the god awful JB weld repairs were removed, and some cracks repaired. After the repairs it was painted. . The guitat was great. It was playing, kept in tune with no issues.

A few days ago I was cleaning and accidentally bumped the guitar stand with the Les Paul. It landed right on the headstock and broke it off. The funny thing, it didn't break along my repairs. I glued it back together but now I don't feel comfortable with its structural integrity. After three days of mourning, I removed all the hardware. I hope to use it on a future project.

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I'm happy with how it turned out. Yes, I know the volute is not correct for a Les Paul. The paint is not the same shade but it does hide the imperfections and seams of the repairs. Here are the before and after pictures.

It took a while but I got it done. The repair took a week to complete. I had to remove and replace both the previous JB weld repair and the cracks on the neck. I used the graft method to remove the damaged and weak spots.

Instead of carving the same neck profile, I decided to add a small volute. I did my best to match the paint.

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Latest project on the workbench table. Epiphone Les Paul Custom 2006 made in China. The biggest issue is the neck. It has a few cracks that need attention and there was an attempt to repair a broken headstock with jb weld.

I think I'm going to use the graft method to remove the jb weld repair and splines for the cracks. Wish me luck

I spent a day doing repairs on this Squier Telecaster. It had a deep gauge 3 inches long and was missing some wood. It also had 2 minor chips about 1/4 inch round.

I did a setup and replaced the synthetic bone nut with a buffalo horn nut. I think the black horn looks better

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Custom work for a nice telecaster. Headstock reshape, custom pickguard. I have a template to cut these out.

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I'm officially throwing in the towel. I don't have the equipment to do a proper repair. I decided to put it together and give it to one of my friends as a display for his man cave. I will let him know it's a display only guitar.

I am going to include the hangers for him to mount on his wall

Found a Demusea tele style guitar for 25 dollars. It's perfect as an experiment project. Paulownia body (aka kiri, aka phoenix wood) maple neck, rosewood fretboard.

My first modification is headstock reshape.

This way, I don't get nervous about messing it up.

I got string on the 7 string bass. There's a few issues due to possible neglect and / or environmental change. This guitar was made in Taiwan. That area has extremely high humidity. Moving it to a dry desert environment has caused the neck to bow back. The truss rods are at their max just to get it sorted of straight. It is a neck through there's no way to shim the neck. I'm just going to raise the bridge 1/ 4 of an inch drop the saddle and hope it works.

I completed my modifications, and I'm thinking of adding led lights

This shit was a pain on the ass. First of all, this is my first 7 string bass 2 pickup, with detent pots. While working on it, a few wires came loose. I could figure out where 1 wire came from. It took me almost an hour to figure it out.

I'm glad I picked this bass up. I learned a lot both in setting up and with electrics.

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