my favourite headache generator has given me what I hope to be a last hurrah of headache, taking out the neck pickup.

the fucking two pieces of spring foam for the neck pickup had become a single, rock-solid piece of moldy ex-foam, with a previous owner's Ontario Social Assistance cheque (i dont actually know the full name, this program has been defunct since the 00s and was replaced with ODSP and Ontario Works) being used to shim up one side of the pickup, presumably to wring the last little bit of springiness out of this foam as it was already not expanding anymore when this would've been put in.

I know there's going to be something painworth under the bridge and the bridge pickup but I'm not replacing the bridge pickup for now and the bridge... I hope there's nothing under there. I Really Hope There's Nothing Concerning Under The Bridge.

i took out the amp, not yet knowing the neck pickup was an electromagnet pickup. i spent 4 hours installing its new guts: passive two volume, two tone. plug it in, i had a small problem in the wiring and then... the fucking second wire of the neck pickup wasn't the second coil. it was the power cable. i didnt know this yet. i go and trace where it originally led where it plugged in on the amplifier. please note that this could not be traced before the removal of the amp. it plugged in with the power header, and tracing the wire that went to the pickup on the amp pcb got me to power regulation circuitry instead of amplification.

definitely cruel that my first time seeing an electromagnet pickup irl was actually in november 2019, and i only got to find out through the most annoying and awful method possible, as one of the last "fuck you"s from a broken, shittily-modified low-range bass from a company defunct since the mid 90s. this should've been cool, man, instead i have a migraine from a mix of the solder fumes and the annoyance at this.

I've finished the neck repair. The repair part, not the part where I undo the ugliness incurred by my repair progress. I accidentally made it look like it's haphazardly covered in a sticky white substance typically associated with one's loins, and I accidentally superglued two of the tuners on. Good news, though, I superglued on one of the tuners that's not-at-all in need of replacement, and don't object to the new appearance of the device! It's also playing very well with the tapewounds on it. So, I'll get to the tuners being superglued on later =]

Amp is still screwed but I thought I'd give what it the thing sounds like now, using an audio sample on the next post in thread

I've finished the neck repair. The repair part, not the part where I undo the ugliness incurred by my repair progress. I accidentally made it look like it's haphazardly covered in a sticky white substance typically associated with one's loins, and I accidentally superglued two of the tuners on. Good news, though, I superglued on one of the tuners that's not-at-all in need of replacement, and don't object to the new appearance of the device! It's also playing very well with the tapewounds on it. So, I'll get to the tuners being superglued on later =]

Amp is still screwed but I thought I'd give what it the thing sounds like now, using an audio sample on the next post in thread