Vine Bob Weir on the Bay

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Author Message   Chucke99 Username: Chucke99 Registered: 2-2007 Posted on Sunday, June 24, 2007 - 10:25 pm:    Ebay Item #170124291651 When it rains it pours.   Michaelkaufman Username: Michaelkaufman Registered: 11-2002 Posted on Monday, June 25, 2007 - 8:50 am:    Some notes about that Weir: - notice how the pickup rings only have 2 screws? - as the ad says, the added (coil tap?) switch is not wired. Since the Weir Super 80's are not tri-sound Super 80's, at least one pickup must have been swapped out in order to use that switch. That probably explains the chrome Super 80 in the bridge position. - the bridge & tailpiece look to have been replated or possibly replaced - in the wiring cavity, I see three capacitors. There should only be two and they should both be green. - and wtf...looking at the wiring cavity, I swear that one of the pots is missing! mk   Dave_g Username: Dave_g Registered: 1-2002 Posted on Monday, June 25, 2007 - 12:09 pm:    Its a nice guitar but "excellent condition" I don't think so. Looks like a rebuild, none of the parts match. Looks like a new bridge and tail, older cloud and the "matched pickups" arent even the same color ! The seller even states that the silver one is a "reissue"..so how are they matched ? I also see some real lame laquer fills that look Yellow to me. This guitar is far from excellent, but its still in pretty good condition. Bet the seller is looking for BIG bucks to cover the cost of the "NOS" bridge and stop.... Mike, that 4th pot is in there and at least two of those capacitors are aftermarket   Guitarwhisperer Username: Guitarwhisperer Registered: 6-2007 Posted on Monday, June 25, 2007 - 11:27 pm:    That's right, the two caps bridging the volume pot tabs are there to keep the treble frequencies present as the volume is turned down, an after-market mod. A better way to do it is to put a resistor in parallel with the volume tab caps, evens out the response so it doesn't sound like a lo-fi radio at lower volumes. I think by "matched", he's simply refering to the DC resistance, they've been matched for equal output. The bridge pickup is usually a little hotter than the neck pickup, as the tighter string movement near the bridge excites the magnetic flux field less than the wider movement at the neck. Both pickups appear to be single conductor pickups, so that effectively eliminates ANY coil tapping options without replaceing the pickup or modding the current pickup. The guitar has obviously been restored. I think the tailpiece as well as the bridge has been replaced. I wonder why there's a hole drilled in the cover plate for the control cavity?   Michaelkaufman Username: Michaelkaufman Registered: 11-2002 Posted on Tuesday, June 26, 2007 - 8:32 am:    It looks like a piece of plastic was added to the outside of the cover plate, and that's another thing: aren't the cover plates supposed to be gold? mk   Guitarwhisperer Username: Guitarwhisperer Registered: 6-2007 Posted on Tuesday, June 26, 2007 - 9:27 am:    There's burrs around the edges of the circle, indicating it to be an actual hole, the plastic looks like it's glued onto the inside, so that we can't see into the cavity. If the guitar belonged to a Dead Head previously, maybe they had some kind of an active preamp with a mini trim pot? The hole would have provided easy access to the trim pot for on-stage adjustments. Or maybe it came from another guitar entirely, since it SHOULD be gold, according to the rest of the hardware? In any case, the guitar is far from excellent. I would actually call this one a beater. Might be worth getting if the price doesn't go too much higher, as I can't bring myself to play mine. I don't want to wear the gold off.   Guitarwhisperer Username: Guitarwhisperer Registered: 6-2007 Posted on Tuesday, June 26, 2007 - 3:57 pm:    I called the guy, it's a hole. It's not plastic on the inside, it's black tape. He says it's not the original plate either, but he bought the guitar as is a few months ago, so someone had thier grubby hands on it first. Too bad they weren't so careful restoring it.   Strings Username: Strings Registered: 1-2005 Posted on Tuesday, June 26, 2007 - 5:52 pm:    One redeeming quality...take a good look at the frets...this one has not been played much. The binding edges overlaying the fretwire ends either wears off over use or gets removed on a board plane/refret job. As D-g infers, this one could be easily restored to original sans the tap.

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