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To re-wire or not to re-wire....
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If the old wires (and their housings) are in decent shape, I leave them.

In the case of a Truetone I've slowly been working on for a couple months, half of the wiring was the old timey cloth covered stuff (which was fine), and half was covered in rubber, which was all crumbling. I replaced the crumbly stuff and left it at that. The old cloth covered stuff seems to last just about forever.

Greg

"We are here to laugh at the odds and live our lives so well that Death will tremble to take us."


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To re-wire or not to re-wire.... - by Greenhorn - 09-08-2017, 01:53 PM
RE: To re-wire or not to re-wire.... - by WallaceRoger - 09-08-2017, 02:15 PM
RE: To re-wire or not to re-wire.... - by morzh - 09-08-2017, 02:18 PM
RE: To re-wire or not to re-wire.... - by morzh - 09-08-2017, 07:39 PM
RE: To re-wire or not to re-wire.... - by Arran - 09-10-2017, 09:38 PM



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