{"id":254,"date":"2024-11-15T20:16:41","date_gmt":"2024-11-15T20:16:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/divergentfocus.co.uk\/?page_id=254"},"modified":"2026-06-20T22:30:33","modified_gmt":"2026-06-20T21:30:33","slug":"10-guitar-repair-mod-ruin","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.divergentfocus.co.uk\/?page_id=254","title":{"rendered":"\u00a310 Guitar repair \/ mod \/ ruin"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ok! So I&#8217;m struggling a bit to get back into practising, probably because I&#8217;m a bit crap and I&#8217;m a bit embarassed and there&#8217;s no privacy. Daft huh? anything, my thinking is that by turning it into a bit of a project and trying to make it something half (a third?) good I&#8217;ll be more keen to scales and things.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">So here&#8217;s the start point. A \u00a310 C Giant (whodey?) Strat replica from Facebook Marketplace. It was in grim condition on pick up and this is after quite a lot of care. From what I can tell online you get two opinions 1) Its absolute poop or 2) Its so cheap its incredible, you used to have to mortgage your house for a Strat, so STFU you bearded guitar goons. I have no opinion, as frankly, I&#8217;m not good enough to say more than&#8230; strings? Check. Looks like Blackie? Check. Do I wish it was a BC Rich Warlock and I was 14? Check. Here&#8217;s the start picture.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.divergentfocus.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/git1-771x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-258\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Things to do:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Replace le knobs<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Replace le white bit<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Check pickup selector does what it should <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=vaqWlCP_qIs\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=vaqWlCP_qIs<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Fender wiring mod<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Replace pickups<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Replace le dodgy connecting jack. <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Step 1. Replace Le Knobs<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I started by using this careful and sensible technique involving using an old rag you have lying around (?) but soon got bored and went for a plectrum wedge and door forcer. <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/IVRUMuEjBzk\">https:\/\/youtu.be\/IVRUMuEjBzk<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-2 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-id=\"257\" src=\"https:\/\/www.divergentfocus.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/git2-771x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-257\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-id=\"256\" src=\"https:\/\/www.divergentfocus.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/git3-654x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-256\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Yes there&#8217;s grease on the body&#8230; jeez. Investment to date 77 new pence and 23 minutes. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ok! So I&#8217;m struggling a bit to get back into practising, probably because I&#8217;m a bit crap and I&#8217;m a bit embarassed and there&#8217;s no privacy. Daft huh? anything, my thinking is that by turning it into a bit of a project and trying to make it something half (a third?) good I&#8217;ll be more [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-254","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.divergentfocus.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/254","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.divergentfocus.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.divergentfocus.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.divergentfocus.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.divergentfocus.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=254"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.divergentfocus.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/254\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":586,"href":"https:\/\/www.divergentfocus.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/254\/revisions\/586"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.divergentfocus.co.uk\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=254"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}