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Scott 16 - Restoration Begun
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If the wire feels stiff, if you can hear or feel it break/crack when you bend it, replace the wire. IF not it would pretty much be for looks and longevity, but that is ok too. Old Philco cloth insulated wire seems particularly prone to hardening.

You know that original push-back wire was probably unrated and would never be rated for 600V today (as seen in the strat pic). In the old days I used to turn the chassis over in a dark room and look for aura/arcs. Haven done that for years.

Trying to find a picture of the replacements hanging below the original - -

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Scott 16 - Restoration Begun - by rfeenstra - 12-28-2017, 12:48 AM
RE: Scott 16 - Restoration Begun - by Brad Winder - 12-28-2017, 02:16 AM
RE: Scott 16 - Restoration Begun - by Eliot Ness - 12-28-2017, 11:03 AM
RE: Scott 16 - Restoration Begun - by Phlogiston - 12-28-2017, 12:24 PM
RE: Scott 16 - Restoration Begun - by rfeenstra - 12-28-2017, 03:37 PM
RE: Scott 16 - Restoration Begun - by Phlogiston - 12-28-2017, 06:50 PM
RE: Scott 16 - Restoration Begun - by rfeenstra - 12-28-2017, 10:01 PM
RE: Scott 16 - Restoration Begun - by Phlogiston - 12-28-2017, 10:42 PM
RE: Scott 16 - Restoration Begun - by tasar - 02-27-2018, 09:59 AM
RE: Scott 16 - Restoration Begun - by rfeenstra - 02-27-2018, 10:51 AM
RE: Scott 16 - Restoration Begun - by KCMike - 02-27-2018, 11:22 AM
RE: Scott 16 - Restoration Begun - by rfeenstra - 02-27-2018, 11:34 AM
RE: Scott 16 - Restoration Begun - by Arran - 03-02-2018, 02:24 AM
RE: Scott 16 - Restoration Begun - by rfeenstra - 03-24-2018, 10:52 PM
RE: Scott 16 - Restoration Begun - by rfeenstra - 04-18-2018, 08:39 PM
RE: Scott 16 - Restoration Begun - by morzh - 04-18-2018, 09:54 PM
RE: Scott 16 - Restoration Begun - by Arran - 04-19-2018, 11:48 PM
RE: Scott 16 - Restoration Begun - by rfeenstra - 04-20-2018, 12:10 AM
RE: Scott 16 - Restoration Begun - by Phlogiston - 04-20-2018, 09:55 AM
RE: Scott 16 - Restoration Begun - by rfeenstra - 04-20-2018, 10:21 AM
RE: Scott 16 - Restoration Begun - by Phlogiston - 04-20-2018, 11:03 AM
RE: Scott 16 - Restoration Begun - by rfeenstra - 04-22-2018, 01:15 AM
RE: Scott 16 - Restoration Begun - by Phlogiston - 04-22-2018, 10:36 AM
RE: Scott 16 - Restoration Begun - by rfeenstra - 04-22-2018, 12:30 PM
RE: Scott 16 - Restoration Begun - by Phlogiston - 04-22-2018, 12:39 PM
RE: Scott 16 - Restoration Begun - by rfeenstra - 04-22-2018, 09:25 PM
RE: Scott 16 - Restoration Begun - by Arran - 04-23-2018, 02:45 AM
RE: Scott 16 - Restoration Begun - by Arran - 04-23-2018, 02:54 AM
RE: Scott 16 - Restoration Begun - by Phlogiston - 04-23-2018, 08:28 AM
RE: Scott 16 - Restoration Begun - by rfeenstra - 04-23-2018, 09:12 AM
RE: Scott 16 - Restoration Begun - by Phlogiston - 04-23-2018, 10:16 AM
RE: Scott 16 - Restoration Begun - by rfeenstra - 04-23-2018, 12:04 PM
RE: Scott 16 - Restoration Begun - by Phlogiston - 04-23-2018, 01:02 PM
RE: Scott 16 - Restoration Begun - by rfeenstra - 04-26-2018, 08:39 PM
RE: Scott 16 - Restoration Begun - by Phlogiston - 04-26-2018, 10:30 PM
RE: Scott 16 - Restoration Begun - by rfeenstra - 04-27-2018, 10:03 AM
RE: Scott 16 - Restoration Begun - by Phlogiston - 04-27-2018, 10:20 AM
RE: Scott 16 - Restoration Begun - by rfeenstra - 06-22-2018, 10:30 AM
RE: Scott 16 - Restoration Begun - by rfeenstra - 06-22-2018, 11:32 AM
RE: Scott 16 - Restoration Begun - by Phlogiston - 06-22-2018, 02:47 PM
RE: Scott 16 - Restoration Begun - by Brad Winder - 06-22-2018, 04:56 PM
RE: Scott 16 - Restoration Begun - by rfeenstra - 06-22-2018, 05:57 PM
RE: Scott 16 - Restoration Begun - by rfeenstra - 06-23-2018, 12:22 AM
RE: Scott 16 - Restoration Begun - by Phlogiston - 06-23-2018, 01:37 PM
RE: Scott 16 - Restoration Begun - by rfeenstra - 07-03-2018, 04:45 PM
RE: Scott 16 - Restoration Begun - by rfeenstra - 09-28-2018, 08:10 PM
RE: Scott 16 - Restoration Begun - by KCMike - 09-28-2018, 09:10 PM
RE: Scott 16 - Restoration Begun - by rfeenstra - 09-28-2018, 09:16 PM
RE: Scott 16 - Restoration Begun - by rfeenstra - 09-29-2018, 11:12 PM
RE: Scott 16 - Restoration Begun - by KCMike - 09-30-2018, 07:11 AM
RE: Scott 16 - Restoration Begun - by rfeenstra - 10-03-2018, 11:04 PM
RE: Scott 16 - Restoration Begun - by rfeenstra - 10-12-2018, 09:17 PM
RE: Scott 16 - Restoration Begun - by rfeenstra - 12-30-2019, 06:53 PM
RE: Scott 16 - Restoration Begun - by Scott D - 04-25-2020, 07:27 PM
RE: Scott 16 - Restoration Begun - by rfeenstra - 04-26-2020, 12:16 AM



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