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Noise generator
Oh boy is this a noise generator.
Whoever was clever enough to paint the tail piece with the black paint which effectively serves as insulator (so grounding is ineffective) should be fired all together with the whole QC team since NOBODY catched it.
Few minutes with sandpaper did the trick (I have removed the paint from the screw and tail piece on the not so visible place) and now the noise is tolerable.
Anyway, for the price it's really good instrument (if I ignore the noise issue).
The fret ends were finished quite good, no hand cutting so far.
Fretboard is quite dry so conditioning was needed.
To everyone who is considering this guitar:
Buy only if you are looking for project guitar to upgrade...This is not "open and play" instrument...not with the grounding issues.
Whoever was clever enough to paint the tail piece with the black paint which effectively serves as insulator (so grounding is ineffective) should be fired all together with the whole QC team since NOBODY catched it.
Few minutes with sandpaper did the trick (I have removed the paint from the screw and tail piece on the not so visible place) and now the noise is tolerable.
Anyway, for the price it's really good instrument (if I ignore the noise issue).
The fret ends were finished quite good, no hand cutting so far.
Fretboard is quite dry so conditioning was needed.
To everyone who is considering this guitar:
Buy only if you are looking for project guitar to upgrade...This is not "open and play" instrument...not with the grounding issues.
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Bought it as a project guitar
I knew about the problems when I bought it. I can't say the humming problem was an easy fix, but polishing the screw on the bridge did the trick (it was pretty hard to remove the paint, but after that everything was fixed).
After that, I observed that the battery was discharging in fewer than a month (the cable wasn't plugged in), so I have disassembled the output jack to find out the DISASTER: only two cables were present, no grounding. The black cable from the battery was directly connected to the sleeve of the jack, no wonder that the battery was discharging. Also, no ground is present on the guitar.
For a learning (to solder and repair guitars) is a good guitar, if you set it up correctly it sounds great. If you buy it, you will have some work until you make it "perfect". Good that I haven't found problems with the frets.
After that, I observed that the battery was discharging in fewer than a month (the cable wasn't plugged in), so I have disassembled the output jack to find out the DISASTER: only two cables were present, no grounding. The black cable from the battery was directly connected to the sleeve of the jack, no wonder that the battery was discharging. Also, no ground is present on the guitar.
For a learning (to solder and repair guitars) is a good guitar, if you set it up correctly it sounds great. If you buy it, you will have some work until you make it "perfect". Good that I haven't found problems with the frets.
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