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Location: Los Angeles, California, United States

I have been a Los Angeles City firefighter for 20 years. I work in the Glassell Park section of Los Angeles. In 1985-1986 I worked for Charvel/Jackson in Glendora, California. It was a great experience, regardless of it being just a $5.00 an hour job. I worked in the wood shop and did the inlaying and fretting. I did get to see Neal Schon, from Journey, in one of his videos use a guitar I worked on and fretted. That was over 23 years ago. I was watching MTV with my cousin when I saw the guitar. I said, "Jim, look, I made that guitar." "And how much did they pay you...?" he asked. "Five dollar an hour" I told him. "Five dollars?...that's it?" Then he changed the channel. Making only $5.00 per hour puts things into perspective. But it still was fun. Now, it's just simple tools and equipment. It ain't perfect, but it is fun.

Thursday, April 19, 2007

Ground wire channels.




The hole drilled for the ground wires was going to be via a different route. Once I had the strings on and the rest of the hardware, plans changed. The angle through the bridge stud hole was too sharp so I opted for a side drill. It will require a MOP dot for concealment, but it'll work fine. A 1/8" bit works good for one wire but not two. I had to redrill the pickup-to-jack hole and increase it to a 3/16" bit. The bridge studs are drilled and look well centered. I had to be carful. I didn't want to go through to the back or into the tuner cavity on the back. I just need to test the jack cavity, mount the pickup for testing, and it should be ready for final sanding and pore filling.

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