Re: 1967 Chet Atkins "Tennessean" Gretsch Repair Question

On Mon, 06 Mar 2006 18:25:16 +0100, Mattia Valente <mae.valente@xxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

Art Robb wrote:
Hello,

I have a 1967 Chet Atkins "Tennessean" Gretsch in the workshop
as the electronics are a little bit erratic. I'd like to check
out all the connections etc.

There are no soundholes. As I see it, either the back has to come off
or all components have to come out through pickup holes.

Anyone done this before? What's the most sensible approach?

I've built a few guitars where the electronics were all fed in through
the bridge pickup cavity/hole, but that's about the extend of my
expperience. Tie some fishing line or similar (stiff is best, that
doesn't tangle too much), and tie the other ends together (so you don't
loose the string going through the holes), and go finshing.

Wot Matt sed.

I use surgical rubber tubing or model aircraft fuel hose and push it over the
control shafts but it all amounts to the same idea of being able to pull the
components back from whence they came.

Does your Tennessean have a circular press-studded plastic pad on the back? If
so, this may be concealing an access panel.

Nick
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real e-mail is themusicworkshop at ntlworld dot com
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