Dead trio

I was late for an appointment with Beez yesterday to replace a dead volume knob (number 2 in this pic). As it turned out, the push-pull tone knob (1) was dead as well. On top of that, the 3-way selector failed to work (3). A look under the cover revealed the dead trio seen here. The 3-way selector was so corroded, it's beyond saving. 

The volume knob & the 3-way unit were easily removed. Item 1 won't budge, so it received an initial dose of contact spray. No response. A small wrench was used to probe the nut but still no response. Second dose of contact spray plus some gentle taps with the said wrench; finally some movements. Upon a closer look, the nut & washer didn't move, the pot shaft was the one moving. A few turns & snap! The shaft gave way & that's the broken piece you see there in the pic. All this scuffling with dead parts cost me a precious hour & then it poured. So yesterday was an indoor day.

Re-string Sunday

The volume pot of this Strat died after several treatments with penetrants. It was brought to Beez for a quick pot replacement; Gotoh this time as opposed to the default CTS. Whatever the positive reputation is with the latter brand, I prefer Gotoh for fast execution & durability. Also, putting a set of D'Angelico strings in this one. It had been an OK Sunday. 👌

Beez @ work

It's two weeks in a row of being at Beez's to address dead pots. This time it's my Ibanez RGD7421. Three days before this visit, I treated the problematic pot with contact spray & it was working fine. Come Sunday, it was totally unusable. Dead. No amount of spray managed to cure it. Not a problem at all for Beez who did the replacement in about 7min.

So here it is, all good & kickin'. Had been playing Ibanez for the whole of last week. It's the season of  rejecting other neck profiles & it happens to me periodically. 😔