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UPDATE: It was the solder on the volume pot that apparently was not making enough contact, but it looked very well attached at a glance. re soldered it and now it is all good!!! thanks all

Hey guys.. All of a sudden the neck on my LP Standard just stopped working. The bridge works fine, but when I switch to the neck I get nothing. I removed covers to see if any cables were fried or diconnected, but everything looks good even behind the 3 way toggle. Can you please help me troubleshoot this to figure out where is the problem? I bought a multimeter in order to do this but I have no idea what I am looking for or how to use it. I know it is simple but I need to know what I'm doing which I don't in this case. I have some experience soldering/swapping pickups but that is all. Anyone savvy here would like to guide me through? I'd greatly appreciate it!! thanks a lot. Guitar is a Standard with Coil Tap for both pups.

thanks Junten, I need to know what colortone dyes to get in order to match the a light see through brownish color.. maybe I should upload a picture for you to see.. otherwise, would acrylic paint work, the trick is to make the mix thin enough to see through the grain of the wood.

you mean.. like you'd do for home paint? To sherwin Williams? I've done that for the house but never thought of it for a finish. So, assuming they can put the guitar neck "safely" on a scanner, then what type of paint do I ask for? acrylic paint water based, oil, etc.. and you mean this to drop fill a little of it on the "wood" then after dry, drop fill some clear nitro? thanks for the quick reply Demonx.

Hey folks.. I am new to fixing guitars and need a little help. I am trying to touch up a a PRS DGT that has a NItro finish. There are several spots that the finish rubbed off and there is exposed mahogany. I would like to know what is the best way to fix these so that it looks the best possible. I don't know what should I get in order to approach this and how to try and match the color of the finish. Any suggestions? The wood does not have any color. I emailed PRS cust service and they said they can't tell me the color they used on the finish because it is a custom made and I won't find it in a can or otherwise. thanks a lot!

so how do you do it? the final 12000 grit one with water or dry and a lot of water or little? I wonder what's the difference since both pads and cloth have the same grits. Have you used Meguiars #1 MEDIUM to polish with a cloth? THat one is more coarse than the Fine Cut #2

Hello, I am trying to touch up a few dings on my PRS and need some advise please. I was able to touch up the ding that was to the wood, with super glue. Now I need to restore the touch up area and bring it to the same mirror gloss of the rest of the guitar. Doing some research I bought the Micro Mesh soft touch Fonishing pads from Stew Mac. They claim that using only these pads in sequence you can get the super gloss. Well, I am finding that this is not working for me as advertised and I am having to use finishing compund to buff it the area to get close to super gloss. Even Dan Erlewine shows a video (on micro mesh cloths) that have the same grits as these ones and he states that he can remove scratches and get the gloss WITHOUT buffing. Well,, I can't get that gloss without buffing. I called stew mac and the rep told me that he had the same experience I had and that he will talk to R&D and let them know that the product is advertising as the only thing needed to get from scratch to gloss finish. He refunded my money. Stew mac cust service is awesome. Anyways, any of you being successful in using any type of micro mesh with grits from 1500, 1800, 2400, 3200, 3600, 4000, 6000, 8000, and 12000 and being able to achieve a Mirror gloss JUST using these pads? These are the pads (reviewers have had success but neither the guy at stew mac or me were able to avoid the finishing compound.) My link If you do, please let me know how you do it, so I can do the same. I am trying to avoid having to bring my drill with a foam pad to get the mirror finish.. and buffing by hand is a pain to me since I had wrist surgery.. so big no for hand buffing. anyways, Thanks a lot !