70's El-Degas fix up part 1

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mikedem
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Re: 70's El-Degas fix up part 1

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When I bought the humbucker I forgot to order the pot so IO just picked one up locally at Steve's music. It was a 500K WD same as this one here
http://www.surfcitymusic.com/product/WD ... DT_SW.html

From GFS it was $8.95 US and I think I paid $14.95 CND at Steves - didn't matter really , I wanted it NOW so I paid whatever :lol:
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Re: 70's El-Degas fix up part 1

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Update: my apologies for thread-jacking - I'm way off the topic. my bad!
No apology necessary skunq man!
It's all part of "fixing up" which is what most of us are all about with a lot of these older Japanese instruments. :P

You never know what you're capable of until you try. I'm lucky (?) in that I have collected 21 guitars, most of which are 25+ years old. But that means, de facto, that I have had to do a lot of stuff I have never done before in all my years of playing. I never thought I'd be drop filling, straightening necks, soldering, replacing components, and completely refinishing guitars...but I am! You just need to take a deep breath, take your time, and you end up with a beautiful job like yours!
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