Already mentioned this in that thread about orientating the control labels of guitars that have too many controls, but thought I'd post a few pics of the project now it's pretty much done.
So I got this Musima Eterna for £110 on the bay. That may sound a little steep, but I already had this project planned-out in my head the moment I saw it.
I wanted to add some active electronics to a guitar, and this seemed basket-casey enough that I wouldn't feel too bad about routing it for a battery box.
Here's the Thumbcutter preamp/fuzz based on a Germanium boost with a Germanium clipping circuit for the fuzz.
Joined: 20 Apr 2006 Posts: 4612 Location: London, UK
Posted: Fri Jun 16, 2017 1:59 pm Post subject:
I'm a guess it'd been stored somewhere damp, then allowed to dry out. It was in an absolutely decrepit gig bag, that I had to cut away from the guitar. The pickguards on these decay horrifically, oxidising and fucking-up any metal hardware near them. There was a fair bit of oxidation under the chrome(?) plating on the pickups and tailpiece, so a bit of the plating came off in cleaning. It wasn't actually too arduous a job. Fortunately all the pickups still worked, I just chose to only have two for those out-of-phase sounds.
The neck is perfectly straight and the action is great - as low as you'd need, with no buzzing or owt. The neck is a bit fat up the high notes though. _________________ The Sailplanes - London band Fredric Effects - pedals
cool! i have one of these here as a wall-hanger only, since the switches won't move and it doesn't make a sound. should fix it, cuz it looks pretty damn hot.
those pickguards seem to be responsible for the oxidation - they have something toxic in them, seriously. _________________ my name is Pat.
I'm a guess it'd been stored somewhere damp, then allowed to dry out. It was in an absolutely decrepit gig bag, that I had to cut away from the guitar. The pickguards on these decay horrifically, oxidising and fucking-up any metal hardware near them. There was a fair bit of oxidation under the chrome(?) plating on the pickups and tailpiece, so a bit of the plating came off in cleaning. It wasn't actually too arduous a job. Fortunately all the pickups still worked, I just chose to only have two for those out-of-phase sounds.
The neck is perfectly straight and the action is great - as low as you'd need, with no buzzing or owt. The neck is a bit fat up the high notes though.
When are homeland security gonna get on this "2-piece King Size Snickers" horseshit that showed up a couple years ago? I've started dropping one of them on the floor of my car every time.
Joined: 20 Apr 2006 Posts: 4612 Location: London, UK
Posted: Sun Jun 18, 2017 11:14 am Post subject:
Nick wrote:
Did you need to do anything to the neck? Did you know if it was straight when you saved it?
In any case, beautiful resto-mod....love everything about it.
I didn't know the neck was straight until it arrived, but I've got the original neck from the Elgita as a spare. Oddly the headstock has a slight warp. I don't know how you'd deal with something like that - claps and steam? Anyway it's not too noticeable. I'll get a decent photo of the neck and action though. Was really surprised how playable it is.
Joined: 09 Oct 2008 Posts: 3194 Location: Glasgow, UK
Posted: Mon Jun 19, 2017 3:28 pm Post subject:
timhulio wrote:
I didn't know the neck was straight until it arrived, but I've got the original neck from the Elgita as a spare. Oddly the headstock has a slight warp. I don't know how you'd deal with something like that - claps and steam? Anyway it's not too noticeable. I'll get a decent photo of the neck and action though. Was really surprised how playable it is.
The rust kinda looks worse than it was, and it came off quickly with the scotchbrite / WD40 method.
If the warp on the headstock isn't messing with anything I'd just leave it as-is.
Kim Gordon used one of those as her main guitar after she switched over from bass due to arthritis.
First time I ever saw one was back in 96 or 97 when they were touring Washing Machine.
I'd love to find one someday.
You're lucky to have two. _________________ Det er mig der holder trĉerne sammen
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