The bottom of the bridge is absolutely flat and in good condition, but when I tried to dry fit it to the soundboard, I realized that the sound board was buldging up just a bit, and the bridge wan't flush to the soundboard.the edges are floating up just a half-millimeter or so.You can't really tell by the picture, but. I cleaned up the soundboard area around the bridge, and cleaned all the paint and glue off of the bottom of the bridge as well. I'm wondering if the soldered quarter inch output was soldered in later? Or.if it came stock this way with an output jack on the PCB and an output cable soldered in.what was the purpose of the output jack on the PCB? Hmmm.īased on my often rather misguided observations, the biggest repair issue is going to be the bridge. The preamp is configured a bit curiously.there is the usual quarter inch output soldered into the preamp PCB, but there is also an output jack assembly that is mounted onto the PCB.
Fortunately, the preamp is still working! One of the Kramer Forum threads suggested that the preamp was made by TC Electronics. The preamp is marked "Active Tone Booster" with an apparent part number of CE852. I'll obviously need to make my own preamp case as parts are no longer available. The batteries explosion spattered acid inside of the soundboard, and began a serious corrosive process. However, in its heyday, this beauty was actually professionally re-worked by Electric Sound Products (ESP ) into a fretless configuration, and I have a feeling it will be well-worth repairing if repairing is indeed possible.Īfter finding the bass in the case with the bridge torn off, the previous owner tried to place the bridge on the soundboard with some wood screws! Ouch!
The bridge lifted off of the soundboard, and the 9V battery exploded. It was severely neglected through a few cold winters and hot/humid Japanese summers. After an hour or so of preliminary work, I had some general questions about the condition of the bass that I wanted to throw out there, so please bear with me.Ī friend gave me this Ferrington. It happens to be a non-O project, so I went to the Kramer Forum, and posted a thread and pics, but there is very little interest/knowledge regarding these pre-Gibson acoustic electric Ferringtons so I thought I'd start a thread here. Inspired by seesquares' "Another Matrix Rehab - Replace Your Divots, please!" I thought I'd start work on my easiest project sitting on the shelf. October 2012 Posts: 992 Location: Yokohama, Japan Posted 10:34 PM (#508863) Subject: Help on a '87 Kramer Ferrington KFB-1. Member Communities -> Bottom Feeding Luthiery Guild Random quote: "One good thing about music, when it hits you, you feel no pain." - Bob Marley
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