Had fun with this TL-Rose(wood) today. Played some heavy music with it & those Seymour Duncans took in high levels of distortion really well. They were not conceived to be demure to begin with.
Before actually playing took place, I took this down to Beez's for parts replacements. This was a terribly corroded tone pot that was beyond saving.
The capacitor was also affected. I simply do not understand why this guitar, stored in the same place & under the same conditions, is more susceptible to corrosion than the others. The logical deduction here is that something from inside the control cavity is causing all this to happen. It might just be the case of the body wood harbouring excess, albeit in trace amounts, of moisture & that it's continuing to dry at the expense of the susceptible metal parts.
Finally, a fresh set of Rotosound strings to make things happen. For the record, the Duncans in there are: Hot Stack (B) / Vintage Stack (N). I had to lower the bridge pickup in excess of the recommended settings as its simply too hot for the neck counterpart; the volume difference was very obvious.
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