Inherited this mess. - eviltoast

Was planning to list it for sale somewhere, but no idea what to price it at. Any idea? Is it even worth someone’s time fixing it up?

  • over_clox@lemmy.worldEnglish
    24·
    1 year ago

    Good for you, awesome! Have you stress tested your circuits with corrosion to see what may or may not fail first?

    http://repairfaq.org/

    Nobody asked you what you could build from fresh scratch, I’m asking you what you’d do with electronics that have 15+ years of salt water vapor damage…?

    • slackassassin@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      5·
      1 year ago

      Yes, I have experience with old electronics as well, and guitars, repair work, the whole lot. And I have an bs in EE.

      But none of that matters because what is really happening here is that you are wrong, and instead of learning and moving on with a better understanding, you are tripling down and pulling the wool over your own eyes.

      • over_clox@lemmy.worldEnglish
        15·
        1 year ago

        And you and all of your friends are dismissing safety. Fuck all that, I respect safety and always have. You’ve got mains going into the amp, the cable going into the guitar, and metal wires on the fingers. Oh, don’t forget about the metal whammy bar…

        Although the risk of electrocution is minimal, it still exists. My folks had a rule to not fuck around with sketchy equipment. What the fuck is your deal with cleaning and maintaining a goddamn guitar?

        • slackassassin@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
          51·
          1 year ago

          Lol. Nobody is saying to not maintain a guitar, wtf. What a wild stretch. You must be defensive.

          They are just saying that you are wrong that a rusty/shorted pickup is some serious safety risk. Because it is not, and you are acting self-righteous, ill-informed, and paranoid.

          • over_clox@lemmy.worldEnglish
            16·
            1 year ago

            Yeah, and the guitar only has 5 of 6 strings, and some nitwit asked how it sounds…

            Get real, lemme ask you how a 6 cylinder engine would sound with a dead cylinder. Lemme ask you how a motorcycle would drive with a broken spoke or two…

            Nothing that relies on timing is gonna sound right without proper maintenance. I mean goddamn, at least WD-40 the existing strings and tune them first, how TF anyone gonna judge the sound of a corroded guitar without a basic checkup and cleanup?

              • over_clox@lemmy.worldEnglish
                12·
                1 year ago

                No, I did not forget my point. I’m referring back to the start of my points, which all basically add up to inspect, clean, and repair the thing before hooking it up to any device connected to mains electricity.