One of my most recent jobs required me to bring a Jackson Dinky guitar back to life! For quite some time, it seems the guitar had been exposed to dust and damp air – not to mention heavy playing – leaving it in a very sorry condition
Strings had totally rusted, as had some pickup pole pieces, and the electrics were crackling severely when used – if you could even get a signal out of it! The fretboard was also in need of much attention since the frets were pitted from lots of playing, as well as heavy finger residue which had caked on to the fretboard.
What followed was lots of heavy work on all of these areas, cleansing and conditioning the fretboard to a like-new finish, levelling, re-profiling and polishing the fret wire to a high sheen, cleaning the electrics throughout, and then intonation the Floyd Rose tremolo system.
The end result is something I’m very proud of – this guitar is a totally different best to the one that arrived, and it’s ready for many more hours of high-performance playing! The frets are gleaming, the guitar is solidly in tune, and it’s previous guise is now only a memory. I can’t wait for the response of the owner!