| Author | Message | ||
| 52spoiler
New Username: 52spoiler Post Number: 6 Registered: 7-2007 |
Hi I've had this Spoiler 5 string for a while I believe it has a walnut top. It seems to have a quicker attack as compared to koa. Any info would be greatly appreciated. Thank you | ||
| 52spoiler
New Username: 52spoiler Post Number: 7 Registered: 7-2007 |
 Here's a photo of SN# 87S4501 | ||
| artswork99
Moderator Username: artswork99 Post Number: 1556 Registered: 7-2007 |
Very nice bass Paul, I believe it's the first time I've seen triple Purpleheart laminates on a Spoiler. What a beautiful top too. Play it Healthy! Art | ||
| mica
Moderator Username: mica Post Number: 8740 Registered: 6-2000 |
Hi Paul, Here's the details from the instrument file: serial number: 87S4501 model name: Spoiler model number: SMB5 top: Walnut body: Mahogany neck: 7-piece Maple and Purpleheart scale: 32" medium fingerboard: Ebony inlays: Pearloid (plastic) ovals pickups: AXY45 controls: "SBII" volume, pickup selector, filter, Q-switch, mono output originally made for: not recorded birthday: August 13, 1987 The electronics were repaired in 2001. I'll transcribe my dad's repair note, since he doesn't usually get this wordy: "replaced volume control and jack. (actually replaced customer's harness since it was pretty badly mangled with another good harness that also had a bad volume control). "what wasn't expected was on the circuit board. the selector switch had either be replaced or at least removed and re-installed. the solder was not electronic grade and the traces were mangled so the circuit was intermittent. the switch itself was in perfect shape, however, so i removed spongy solder from each terminal and added small buss wire for reliability. also has to remove corrosion probably due to non-electronic grade flux being used on the board, but strangely this corrosion was at the opposite side from the switch, and was causing intermittent connection on the 5-way connector. fortunately the gold could not be attacked by the green corrosion so cleaning the contacts made that work reliably and got all the corrosive material off the traces at that end of the board as well. "so the effort was approx 2 hours although i hadn't expected it to be so long what i was just looking at the description to replace the pot and jack." It must have been horrible to make my dad write all that out. The only previously registered owner was in North Dakota. | ||
| mica
Moderator Username: mica Post Number: 8741 Registered: 6-2000 |
And yes, my observations comparing Koa to Walnut are in line with yours, that Walnut has a quicker attack. |
