Recent content by AfterGlow

Just finished this upgrade. Gotoh tuners and bridge. Stripped the neck and layered coats of tung oil (my personal preference). Replaced strap buttons and control knobs so all were black.

I threw away everything except the wood. First I sanded the sticky finish off the back of the neck and applied numerous coats of tung oil. It’s quite slick now and feels great. The tuners were replaced with black Schallers. The pickups were replaced with Bartolini P/J active pups which dropped...

I'm reading many responses to this thread from 2008 through 2016. I just received my Sire V7 five-string and you would be hard pressed to find any instrument this refined for twice the price. I plan a few upgrades (bridge and tuners to start), but there is nothing essentially wrong with the...