Shoot, that's not water damage, I lost about 8 guitars in Hurricane Katrina every peice of wood separated, warped and delaminated. They looked like a pile of warped 2x4's with some rusty pickups thrown on top.
Sorry to hear that. Thankfully you made it out to be here with us. Guitars can be replaced. This one was not directly under water, but a very damp attic space.
@@promognome I understand that, and I guess another way to say it would be that's cool that the damage was minimal and there was a snowballs chance in hell that it could be restored. Everything I had went in the trash. Yes, you can buy a new guitar but guitars you have had for decades and played onstage 100's of times and bonded with as well as killer scores of nice guitars you got great deals through the years that have appreciated 10 fold + as well as amps that also appreciated to the same degree but you just don't have them anymore because they were under 12 feet of water for weeks it is very sad and virtually impossible to replace. Not trying to be a crybaby but it was extremely hard to go through. Maybe you have been through something similar and can relate. But the fact remains I would have much nicer and more valuable guitars and amps now if that had not happened 19 years ago, just saying. I don't know how old you are, but the internet has caused mass guitar/amp inflation, Stuff I bought for a couple hundred dollars is now worth thousands and it basically all of it evaporated into the ether one day along with every photo, stich of clothing, books, gifts, keepsakes. I am not sure if more than a handful of musicians can appreciate just how life changing that was. But positive changes came too and for that I am truly thankful.
I watched it all the way until you did the pickguard shielding, and then I said “I can’t watch anymore. 🥹 because you said it yourself “I came all this way, I might as well go the extra mile.” And then proceeded to jack it up so bad and say that looks pretty good but I don’t even know if you finished the body cavity shielding to actually make it work right. 🥲 good job on the restoration though. I’ve done about a half dozen of them and it’s always nice to bring them back from the dead.
Thanks for watching. I probably could have shielded the cavity, but there was not any there originally. I normally only put one piece in the pot area, but tried to replicate what they had on the Amazon pickguard. I once shielded the entire cavity on a strat but I had a lot of feedback. Maybe I was doing it wrong. What is your rule of practice on the shielding tape? Thanks again!
@@promognome I’m not an expert as I’ve only shielded about 30 guitars, but I spend about 5 hours painstakingly cutting out the proper shapes for the bottom of the cavity first, making sure I leave about 1/4” extra for tabs to go up the walls, then I do the wall lining, and then I go to the next level of “floor, and do the tabs for all of it. I usually will do about 1/8”-1/4” of overlap for each piece, and basically lay it out like a printer would print so the whole cavity looks uniform. I do this for the pickguard as well but I only cut back about 1-/16” so the shielding is covering as much as possible. I usually start with lining the hole that connects the input jack and the main cavity. I have to use a tiny screwdriver to install those pieces. Then I do the output jack area, and then go to the main cavity. The end result looks professional, and a vast majority of the noise is gone. They don’t do that from the factory because it would cost them a whole lot more money to produce the guitar, but squires are sold to be the cheapest guitar you can get from fender. Doing the upgrades makes them fender level performance. But like I said, I’m not an expert, just a dude that nitpicked it. 😵😂🤷♂️ you did a good job restoring it though.
@@promognome I forgot to add that I also connect the spring claw ground wire to the body cavity shielding with a small screw and wire connector, to ground the bridge to the body. The pickguard will contact the body cavity, around the edges of the cavity, which continues the ground to the pickguard, and the electronics will make contact with the pickguard shielding, and ground out the electronics. The electronics ground out to the input jack, completing the ground loop, and canceling out most outside noise. I hope I was able to explain my thought process on it a little for you.
