Thursday, October 15, 2020

1981 Ibanez Blazer BL-400: Part Three

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In this third instalment on a droolicious Ibanez BL-400, let's take a look at what was done electronics-wise. Now, as the guitar was unshielded save for some foil underneath the pickguard; a full shielding was installed utilizing conductive shielding paint, aluminium foil and a grounding tab.

The wires emanating from the Super 6 pickups themselves looked a tad iffy. Seems like someone had taken a soldering iron to them somewhere along the line and left a sloppy mess of solder blobs, loosely-hanging leads and burnt insulation. The only remedy, then; would be to desolder, clean up the leads, and resolder them to the flatwork.

All the control cavity components were replaced, save for the Switchcraft #11 jack which was in immaculate shape. Nothing out of the ordinary: Alpha A500K pots, Gotoh DM-50 selector switch, NKK DPDT toggle switch; and Russian K40Y-7 0.033uF tone cap.





















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