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Fender Telecaster 1952 Reissue With Vibramate and Bigsby (used) SOLD
Serial Number 32690, stamped on original bridge plate (in the case) Pricing $1458 CND including case, Bigsby B5, Vibramate adapter kit and Spoiler, installed. Neck Maple neck with finished fingerboard. Frets Minor fret wear. Body Alder body in very good shape. Finish Original butterscotch finish in very good shape., Hardware/electronics Original electronics, we’ve added a [...]
The Twelfth Fret Repair Shop: Setting up a Strat Trem, Part 2
Welcome back to The Twelfth Fret’s Repair Shop! We’re taking a tour of a Fender Stratocaster trem setup. In Part 1, we took a general overview of the Strat trem as a system, with a few details about the components. Now we’ll take the strings off our sample guitar, upgrade to a set of locking [...]
The Twelfth Fret Repair Shop: Setting up a Strat Trem, Part 1
Welcome to The Twelfth Fret’s Repair Shop! Today we’re going to look at a common issue and some ways to address it. This is, of course, getting a Fender Stratocaster guitar – with the original style vibrato bridge – to stay pretty much in tune even when using the bar. As well, we’ll look at [...]
National Slimline Resonator Pickup
The National Slimline pickup was designed by National Reso-Phonic Guitars, Inc. and Villex® Electronics. This dual-coil humbucking thinline pickup, measuring .215″ thick, is designed to be affixed to the top of a guitar at the end of the fretboard. You can route the lead wire inside or outside of the guitar body. The first mounting [...]
Kavanjo Banjo Pickups
At last, a banjo pickup that sounds natural and is highly resistant to feedback. A truly elegant solution to all your banjo pickup problems. Last year at the L.A. NAMM show I was chatting with Jens Kruger at the Deering booth. A Goodtime banjo with a new pickup caught my eye and I pointed it [...]
Fralin Split Blade Pickups
The Stratocaster guitar pick-up configuration is one of the most versatile pick-up set ups around. The struggle has always been all about the noise. I know as a pro player on the circuit, the noise that accompanies single coil pick-ups makes stop just short of pulling my hair out. Over the years, many companies have [...]
Locking Tuners
A relatively new development, locking tuners are intended to complement vibrato systems. However, they can also have a benefit for instruments without vibrato systems: faster restringing. Locking tuners resemble and tune the same way that standard tuners do. The difference is that the post has a mechanism to hold the string in place, removing the [...]
Bridges and Saddles
A guitar bridge is the set of parts on the body where the string’s vibrating length ends.
Bigsby Vibrato Units
Bigsby Vibrato Units