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Yes!! Bought a pair of Grover Wavy tuners, they look mint!! Will post a picture tonight!

Bram wrote:Yes!! Bought a pair of Grover Wavy tuners, they look mint!! Will post a picture tonight!

Cool! Glad you got them!! It must be good karma based on your clean living!!!

Recieved a picture of the luthier today. New binding and the frets removed, fretboard laquered!
I am excited!

looking good Bram. Hey I didn't see this in the thread but do you have the red dots or black dots on the edge of the fretboard?

Black ones! I read that from august 74, the dots were black again. I have got a NL-serial, which means it's from december 74!

yeah mine is a June '74 last of the reds... BTW - loving this thread!

ram wrote:yeah mine is a June '74 last of the reds... BTW - loving this thread!

+1. May '74 for one of mine. Glad you found some Grover's. Looking forward to the burgundy.

The luthier really made my day by sending these two pictures!! Love it!!

Bram wrote:The luthier really made my day by sending these two pictures!! Love it!!

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Great color, burgundy!

I bet you'll have that baby back real soon!

That's looking great, Bram!

May I also apologise for not sending you the bridge height adjustment Allen key, as I promised I would do. To be honest, I completely forgot about it and only remembered when I read your post saying that you'd managed to obtain one with your new replacement bridge height screws.

Ash

Hey Ash,
Doesn't matters at all!!

front shot with the binding looks great! can't wait to see it with the hardware on!!!!

Thanks for all the fantastic response and support! I am really looking forward to the first tone that monster will produce!!
Today I received some small parts, not all of them. Waiting for 2 more Bourns potentiometers. Here the promised picture of the Grovers! Love them!!


Now another thing... As being a poor student.. I first wanted to use the original bridge pickup assembly... Now the bass looks stunning with that new nitro-laquer, the shiny Grovers and the new control knobs, I really cannot use that old and rusted pickup assembly. The cover is in good shape, but the ring is rusted..
That's why I am looking for an other pickup surround. I have got the covers myself.
So this is the old rusted thing:
I know they are for sale on eBay, unused. If I can't find a second handed one, I will buy it. But they aren't cheap (80 dollars) and I hope to find one second handed for less!!
I someone has got the screws and springs with hold the pickup within the surround.. Please let me know!!!

Bram,

Rub the rusted area with a piece of aluminium foil and a bit of water. The rusted spots should disapear. Or at least be less visible.