Budget instruments like this are loads better made than they were when I was a teenager and these sorts of customisations are easy to do and not prohibitively expensive. I should sign it and make it my signature model
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I put Rotosound short-scale flatwound strings on it when it arrived and I hit the finish with a light scouring pad.
It’s hard to tell in the picture but in front of the bridge is still very high gloss polyurethane and to the right it’s been hit with the scouring pad. It just weathers it a little.
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I’m so pleased with how this turned out. Feels much more my own now, but was still (comparatively) pretty cheap
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Nearly there!
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New pickup (four pole pieces this time!) ready for installation. It’s a hand-wound bronco-specific model from Toltec pickups in Leeds.
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With the pickguard adjusted, it’s time to remove the old pickup and move the volume, tone and output Jack over.
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New pickguard was a bit tight around the end of the neck. I scraped a small amount of material off with a craft knife.
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