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Post by richl on Nov 21, 2017 1:32:46 GMT
I received my guitar from Thomann on Saturday. Overall fit and finish were surprisingly good, and the guitar is beautiful, but the strings were badly corroded. As a precaution I checked the wiring caviites for any evidence of corrosion, but everything there looked OK, although the quality of the soldering left a lot to be desired. Pre-shipment quality control must be non-existent if badly corroded strings can make it out the door.
I put on some new strings, adjusted the action and sat down to play. Within 20 minutes, the volume pot/coil split switch for the bridge pickup failed completely. No sound whatsoever from the bridge pickup. Pretty disappointing to say the least! I contacted Thomann about sending it back for a refund, but I'm having second thoughts since I was planning to mod it anyway. Putting in a new switch is not a big deal if I'm changing out the pickups.
I'm just venting a little, but it would be interesting to know if these are common problems with HB guitars.
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Post by salteedog on Nov 21, 2017 14:23:48 GMT
The strings seems to be ridiculously common and not something I have ever found before...not even on my first acoustic which I discovered stored in my parents' attic after 25 years of disuse. I'm surprised any soldering is squiffy. The folks who are doing it have had one heck of a lot more practice than most of us. The switch is a very simple mechanical device and should still function no matter how cheap unless the soldering's come away there too. Yup. Rusty or tarnished strings are very common these days. Electric problems not so much. But if the neck and body are good I'd strongly recommend keeping it especially if you're able to solder.
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