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At 7:35am on November 10, 2009, Frank Ford said…: I'm sorry to be of no help, but my work is 100% acoustic, and I've never worked on such a rig.

At 2:24pm on September 18, 2009, William F.Eden said…: Thanks Paul for the help. I am going to try and get a damaged Poly finshed Guitar and see if I can come up with some other ways of repairing the finish on them .P.S if i find a better way I will let you know Thanks for now Bill.""""""""

At 7:58am on September 9, 2009, Russell Vance said…: No, but I googled them and had a look at their website....so what do you wish to know that they don't already tell on the site? I don't mix with the smaller shops much but they seem to enjoy what they do. Russ.

At 7:41am on September 2, 2009, Frank Ford said…: The Takamine model C-134S is a good Japanese guitar, with LAMINATED rosewood back and sides, and a solid top ("S" stands for solid top). We sold them in the late 1970s, I don't have a serial number guide to check its date, but it's possible the date is rubber-stamped inside the top of the guitar near the soundhole.

At 8:27pm on August 2, 2009, David Nelson said…: Thanks for that. Yeah let me know. I'm open to all possibilities at present. I will probably make enquiries locally as well. I'm in the UK. I live on the Wirral. "What's a Wirral?" you may well ask. Well, it's a relatively small peninsula just to the west of Liverpool. In fact, if I lean backwards on my chair in a precarious fashion, I can see both of Liverpool's cathedrals at the same time about 2-3 miles away across the river. Oh well! That's the end of the geography lesson for tonight! I'm goin' to sleep....It's 4:25am as I write this! See ya later, alligator!

Best regards,

David.

At 4:25pm on June 2, 2009, Russell Vance said…: you will get a small output without the batteries installed as the system is basically and amplified low impedance passive pickup - take one pickup out of the system, hook up a 9 vt battery as per the wiring diagram and check its output via soldering a jack direct to the output wires - then tap the front of the pickup with a screwdriver or use a tuning forlk to generate some signal - if it works do the same with the second pickup - if it works as well you have a problem with your 18 Volt wiring or your supporting circuit. Tell me how you go, Rusty.

At 3:50pm on June 1, 2009, Russell Vance said…: Hi Paul, yep that's it, you need to put the two batteries in series starting from earth, through battery, positive, wire positive to negative, through battery, wire positive to hot side of amp. I have not used EMGs with the 18 Volt setup but EMG recommend it and users appear happy with the results.

At 4:27pm on May 13, 2009, Bob Webster said…: Hey, Paul, thanks so much for the invite to be your friend. It will be a pleasure. Keep on keepin' on.

Cheers,
Bob

At 8:18am on May 12, 2009, Russell Vance said…: Paul, Hi, I'm flattered that you would think of us down under and while we are not ready this year to expand our repair side I can say that trained luthiers are in short supply for the major shops and manufacturers down here. Best approach is to Google www.yellowpages.com.au and get the list of contacts for music shops/musical instrument makers and email/mail them a CV - but, the money isn't spectacular and you will definitely need a work visa for the large shops. Good luck and while I can't offer a position at our operation I will help as much as I can to answer your questions on this. Rusty.

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