Lyle SG-Clone just arrived...

Started by Pilgrim, February 10, 2009, 11:51:44 PM

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March 01, 2009, 10:26:08 PM
It turned out to be a nice opportunity - I also ordered tuner mounting screws, pickguard screws and a couple of other odds and ends.  Allparts charges $7 for domestic shipping. Might as well get the best bang for my buck. I also ordered new nut blanks and a string adjustment gauge from Stew-Mac.  I will order strings for the Lyle tomorrow...getting late tonight.
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March 04, 2009, 07:31:24 PM Last Edit: March 05, 2009, 09:02:33 AM by Pilgrim
The parts are here!  I guessed wrong on the tuner bushings, but I found that could rob them off my Kay KB-2 bass with the warped neck. I also grabbed the strings off it, since it's not a player at this point, and installed them on the Lyle.

After some meatball setup, I can tell that both pickups work, and I've managed to get it playing OK except for fret buzz on the third fret of the G string.  But I'm going to leave it strung up for a couple of days to see what shape the neck takes. Between gluing the fertboard back on and whatever odd forces the truss rod may have generated, I think it deserves some time to settle in.

It sounds decent, but I still have a lot of cleanup to do before I know what it's capable of.
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