New Tuners Day!
Posted: Tue Mar 11, 2014 4:16 am
You probably will never forget your first guitar. I still have mine. It is a black Peavey Patriot I got from a pawn shop in high school. I had to pay it off over a couple months before I could take it home. Shortly after getting it, the high E tuner broke off. I took it to a guitar shop and it was repaired like this....

IMG_6491 by Hentai No Baka, on Flickr
The repair basically worked, but it looked like crap. I finally got around to ordering replacement Kluson Deluxe tuners for it. (Peavey ones.) They weren't from a Patriot, but they matched up just right.

IMG_6498 by Hentai No Baka, on Flickr
While I had it apart, I went ahead and did some contact cleaner on the pots and toggle to clean up the scratchy noise I had no idea how to fix as a high schooler.

IMG_6490 by Hentai No Baka, on Flickr
All back together! It sounds great. It is no wonder I haven't let it go.

IMG_6492 by Hentai No Baka, on Flickr

IMG_6494 by Hentai No Baka, on Flickr

IMG_6495 by Hentai No Baka, on Flickr
Nifty Peavey pickups.

IMG_6497 by Hentai No Baka, on Flickr

IMG_6491 by Hentai No Baka, on Flickr
The repair basically worked, but it looked like crap. I finally got around to ordering replacement Kluson Deluxe tuners for it. (Peavey ones.) They weren't from a Patriot, but they matched up just right.

IMG_6498 by Hentai No Baka, on Flickr
While I had it apart, I went ahead and did some contact cleaner on the pots and toggle to clean up the scratchy noise I had no idea how to fix as a high schooler.

IMG_6490 by Hentai No Baka, on Flickr
All back together! It sounds great. It is no wonder I haven't let it go.

IMG_6492 by Hentai No Baka, on Flickr

IMG_6494 by Hentai No Baka, on Flickr

IMG_6495 by Hentai No Baka, on Flickr
Nifty Peavey pickups.

IMG_6497 by Hentai No Baka, on Flickr