Entry Gear

(返却)FERNANDES/REGULUS

owner: Shin

2020.11.20: I am sure that this is the one that he used because the location of the dents match with his tweet image and the image of the advertisement at the time of release, and the tremolo spring back panel is not original specification.
He said it was in unusable condition without repair, but I think it will be usable as long as the bridge itself is available, except that the metal parts on the body side are probably rusted.
I thought for a long time that the color was pitch black, but I think it is a lame grayish black, almost like Mercedes blue.
2020.12.2: I took it apart for cleaning.
The neck pocket had a single shim in the shape of a pocket that raises the bottom of the pocket by about 1mm, and Andy 2007.7.19 was written on the body in black magic marker pen.
When I opened the panel, I found that the PU was not the one in the catalog, the capacitor was an orange drop, CTS pots and CRL selectors were also used, and conductive paint was applied to each counterbore, so maybe the wiring itself was redone elsewhere?
I have not seen this kind of work done by this manufacturer...
Also, in the large zigzag space, there was a mark where the boat-shaped jack plate was originally supposed to be embedded in the back.
I'm wondering a lot about whether this was really his idea, made just for him...
The bridge is built up with VS100N and the selector is wired the same as Suhr's 2H5way.
I adjusted the octave and the 6th string went to the limit of what the saddle can pull, so it doesn't seem to fit the design except for the regular.
I set it at 10-46, but the string groove on the nut looks like it was made for 09-42, so I'll have to change it on my next reupholstering...
I managed to get rid of the blue mold on the PU cover, but only the rust seems to have eroded it a lot, so I gave up.
The guitar design itself is from an old Neurotec Guitar, so I think I used the wood I had in stock for that.
2025.5: I was considering selling this guitar because I hadn't used it for a long time.