Kelly
24 Steel Wheels of Shoegaze
Had a roommate move out under unfortunate but manageable circumstances, and she didn't have room to take this Oscar Schmidt 335-clone with her at the new place. I gave her a partscaster I had no use for a while ago so she, in return, gave me this.
This thing needed a couple hours of TLC. The output jack had fallen into the body (it's edge-mounted), but I was able to fish it out with a bit of string and screw on a new washer that I cannibalized from, of all things, my DD-20, because I cannot see any scenario in which I'll be using that thing's headphone jack. I'm gonna go to the store later and grab some blue loctite to put on it (and my other guitars too, for that matter).
It was filthy and coated in bong resin, vape residue, and all sorts of stuff I'd rather not think about. I took off some of the stickers and may end up taking off more. The fingerboard was super nasty to the point I just said "fuggit" and used some alcohol wipes to clean the crud off. After that I soaked it in lemon oil for about a half hour before wiping the excess off, the results are pleasing.
Replaced the strings that were quite literally flaking rust off with a fresh set of D'Addario XL 13-56s, strung her up, intonated her, and she plays way better than any sub-$200 bolt-on archtop electric has any right to play. I was toying with the idea of rewiring her with some hotter dimarzios but the stock no-names are actually really warm and punchy as-is, so I might put that off. I know rewiring a semihollow is a bitch and three quarters but I love challenges. At least it works perfectly for now. I've never owned a semihollow before but I am in love with this thing.
This thing needed a couple hours of TLC. The output jack had fallen into the body (it's edge-mounted), but I was able to fish it out with a bit of string and screw on a new washer that I cannibalized from, of all things, my DD-20, because I cannot see any scenario in which I'll be using that thing's headphone jack. I'm gonna go to the store later and grab some blue loctite to put on it (and my other guitars too, for that matter).
It was filthy and coated in bong resin, vape residue, and all sorts of stuff I'd rather not think about. I took off some of the stickers and may end up taking off more. The fingerboard was super nasty to the point I just said "fuggit" and used some alcohol wipes to clean the crud off. After that I soaked it in lemon oil for about a half hour before wiping the excess off, the results are pleasing.
Replaced the strings that were quite literally flaking rust off with a fresh set of D'Addario XL 13-56s, strung her up, intonated her, and she plays way better than any sub-$200 bolt-on archtop electric has any right to play. I was toying with the idea of rewiring her with some hotter dimarzios but the stock no-names are actually really warm and punchy as-is, so I might put that off. I know rewiring a semihollow is a bitch and three quarters but I love challenges. At least it works perfectly for now. I've never owned a semihollow before but I am in love with this thing.
