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Fender Professional II Stratocaster Fretwork & Electronics

Instrument: Fender Professional II Stratocaster

Fret Level, Crown & Mirror Fret Polish with Tailored Setup & Fret-End Dressing, Custom Fit & Handmade Bone Nut, Full Electronics Re-Wire and pickup upgrade.

Fender Professional II Stratocaster: Levelling the frets and removing a slight kick in the neck with the fret height.
Levelling the frets and removing a slight kick in the neck with the fret height.
Fender Professional II Stratocaster: Re-profiling the now flat-topped frets to a rounded shape.
Re-profiling the now flat-topped frets to a rounded shape.
Fender Professional II Stratocaster: Fret polish in progress, ready for the final stage.
Fret polish in progress, ready for the final stage.
Fender Professional II Stratocaster: Mirror-finish fretwork after the final stage of fret polishing.
Mirror-finish fretwork after the final stage of fret polishing.
Fender Professional II Stratocaster: The new bone nut blank ready for rough shaping.
The new bone nut blank ready for rough shaping.
Fender Professional II Stratocaster: The new nut rough cut and in place, halfway through slot cutting.
The new nut rough cut and in place, halfway through slot cutting.
Fender Professional II Stratocaster: The final nut: slots cut and final shaping complete.
The final nut: slots cut and final shaping complete.
Fender Professional II Stratocaster: The body stripped of all electronics.
The body stripped of all electronics.
Fender Professional II Stratocaster: First coat of Noise Reduction Shielding Treatment Upgrade applied to the cavities.
First coat of Noise Reduction Shielding Treatment Upgrade applied to the cavities.
Fender Professional II Stratocaster: Conductive shielding paint dry after multiple coats.
Conductive shielding paint dry after multiple coats.
Fender Professional II Stratocaster: New electronics and Radio Shop pickup set ready for installation.
New electronics and Radio Shop pickup set ready for installation.
Fender Professional II Stratocaster: Electronics mounted to the scratchplate.
Electronics mounted to the scratchplate.
Fender Professional II Stratocaster: All wired up and ready for re-assembly.
All wired up and ready for re-assembly.
Fender Professional II Stratocaster: All wired up and ready for re-assembly.
All wired up and ready for re-assembly.
Fender Professional II Stratocaster: Pure Tone output jack installed and wired in.
Pure Tone output jack installed and wired in.
Fender Professional II Stratocaster: Output and earth wires attached.
Output and earth wires attached.
Fender Professional II Stratocaster: Fretwork final result.
Fretwork final result.
Fender Professional II Stratocaster: Re-assembled final result.
Re-assembled final result.