Hi
When we were enjoying a good old-fashioned verbal lynching of our esteemed e-bay friend (ie, 'He's at it again)
@Megii and I both said we had bought the same Shine thinline models that said friend had butchered in his own inimitable fashion.
I bought mine as an experiment. That is, can it be sorted to sound as good as it looks and then sell it for at least the total it has cost?
OK - so it is ready to go on ebay. I'm going to put it on an opening bid of the total cost price (including ebay fee) with the possibility of bidding creating a small compensation for the time and effort. Don't worry, I'm not naive - I'm well aware it probably won't sell...
Here it is, complete with Iron Gear pickups, new pots and a less blingy truss rod cover...
It really is a smart bit of kit for £95! To that, the other bits have cost a further £91...still a smart bit of kit!
The upside for such a cheap guitar, apart from the looks, was that the fretwork was great - haven't had to do ANY tweaking at all. The 'eagle' inlays were a bit rough at the dust- end but easily sanded smooth with some 600 grit. I didn't replace the nut but did use my nut files to smooth them out a little.
The pups and strings, on the other hand were DREADFUL.
Attached is the web page. It includes 2 sound files:
The first clip is the BEFORE and AFTER for each of the switch settings
The second clip is differing styles, all with the modded electrics
I fitted a push pull with split coil but, to be honest, the volume drop is so great, you couldn't use it mid number. Still - you sort of get it for free :-)
Andy
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Studio: https://www.voltperoctave.com
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@Andyjr1515 - some rather pretty looking guitars on your site too - very nice poshification
Are you going to do a comedy, talk down to the audience, Mark d Phillips description?