Hannah must go!

[Mercury]

Picked this up for $30 so as my daughter is learning guitar this year, I thought, I'll give her a gift from Daddy and practice my skills. It will be so much fun sanding off the Hannah thing too. I have some old pickups and other stuff to install. I've ordered a new bridge and knobs, so it's down to the body business.

That's so sweet. I got the High School Musical version, along with the Hannah Montana amp, for my youngest son when he was 7 back in 2013. They were on special for $90 combined at the time. Once set up it was a great little guitar. I'm sure she'll love it.

[ILRGuitars]

Stripped her down today. Why would they use 500k pots with single coils??

Yep, 3/4 size but a good starter for her. I also got the matching amp but needs a new AC adapter. No problems getting one.

As far as shape and colour schemes go, hmmm, still thinking about that. Thinking of a beaten copper look. Always wanted to try one.

The body looks like solid wood with only a couple of small dings and two dings on the neck. Easy fix.

The bridge pickup is routed big enough to fit a humbucker but I'll let her master the basics before playing with the big boys.

[Simon Barden]

Stripped her down today. Why would they use 500k pots with single coils??

No rules saying you can't and it really depends on the tonality of the pickups. If they're a bit on the dull side, then the 500k pots would brighten them up a bit compared to 250k pots. So I'd say it comes down to what it sounds like. Reading some reviews, a lot of people liked the sound from the stock set-up.

[wazkelly]

Hey buddy, Rustoleum has a beaten copper effect rattle can that I was going to use on some outdoor furniture. Here is the link...

http://www.rustoleum.com.au/product-...d-spray-paint/

[stan]

Cool project and always good to have kids interested in music .
Interested to see this sanded back

[ILRGuitars]

Waz...Thanks mate. I also saw some at Bunnings (My second favourite store... next to Dan Murphy's). They have a great range of rattle cans with some interesting effects and colours. And who doesn't like getting hammered?

Simon....Ahhh. The old ones sounded like crap, then fell apart in my hand as I removed them. I will have to try the new ones and see how it sounds. Could it have something too do with it's a small size and short scale length too?

Just waiting for the weather to change so I can start sanding. Living in a 2 bedroom unit, the missus get a bit upset if I sand inside. Strange that?!?

[AxeMurderer]

...Bunnings (My second favourite store... next to Dan Murphy's).

Your Bunnings is next to Dan Murphy's??! I'm moving. We're do you live?

[ILRGuitars]

I could do a Cronulla Sharks design too. She loves the Sharkies.

[wazkelly]

I could do a Cronulla Sharks design too. She loves the Sharkies.

She might be a Grandmother by the time their next premiership rolls around given how long it took to get their 1st haha.

By the way, has anyone seen Harold Holt around the Shire lately as I believe they no longer need to leave the porch light on waiting for him.

[Simon Barden]

Scale length wouldn't have much to do with pot value selection, especially at 3/4 scale, where you are only talking about a three semitone increase in pitch. Maybe for a full octave increase you'd want to loose less of the top end as some of the highest notes may start to sound a bit dull. It may be more to do with the body wood used. If that was taking away some of the treble (in comparison to the same pickups in a standard Tele) then making the pickups brighter to compensate would make some sense. But that's all conjecture, and I doubt we'll ever really know why.