What’s on *YOUR* workbench?

It's been a productive day. Maybe because I didn't show up at my day job? You know what they say: I'm so busy at the office that I don't have time to make any money...
Anyhoo, here's a fresh batch of active instrument power-on flashers/low battery indicators. Good things come on tiny PCBs:

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My guitars are on my workbench. The expensive CTS volume pot in my Jazzmaster has decided to cut out when all the way up. The pots in my Strat, both dimpleback CTS, are scratchy. The CTS pots in my Coronet also scratch.

What gives, CTS?
 
The long procrastinated beater bari Jericho overhaul. Off to a rough start.
Had a JB/SH-4 with a cover in the bridge that was just too dark and loose in the low end. Great for sludge and doom but terrible everywhere else.
Have a Black Winter going in.
Well, it was. Have I mentioned I hate direct mount pickups? No room for a ring here and damn if (I) didn't strip the upper mounting hole.
***Anyone have any good fixes? Toothpicks and wood glue and redrill is my current guess.
This and the fact that it destroys the threads on the pickups is why I hate direct mount. That and finding the right size foam. I tried using some black esd foam and it was just a hair thicker than the old stuff glued on the JB, which was too low. We'll see how it works.

Also going in is a Freeway 5/10 way switch and a preamp/volume control combo from @JTEX
Once I unshrink my hole that is.

Second bench fail today.
Fist was an old Dinky I was going to loan a friend on hard times. Replaced a bad jack first. Well. It's bridge pickup(emg hz) is dead. Measures at 2 meg😭 and has 10% output.

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jwin615 said:
The long procrastinated beater bari Jericho overhaul. Off to a rough start.
Had a JB/SH-4 with a cover in the bridge that was just too dark and loose in the low end. Great for sludge and doom but terrible everywhere else.
Have a Black Winter going in.
Well, it was. Have I mentioned I hate direct mount pickups? No room for a ring here and damn if (I) didn't strip the upper mounting hole.
***Anyone have any good fixes? Toothpicks and wood glue and redrill is my current guess.
This and the fact that it destroys the threads on the pickups is why I hate direct mount. That and finding the right size foam. I tried using some black esd foam and it was just a hair thicker than the old stuff glued on the JB, which was too low. We'll see how it works.

Also going in is a Freeway 5/10 way switch and a preamp/volume control combo from @JTEX
Once I unshrink my hole that is.

Second bench fail today.
Fist was an old Dinky I was going to loan a friend on hard times. Replaced a bad jack first. Well. It's bridge pickup(emg hz) is dead. Measures at 2 meg😭 and has 10% output.

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Dammit!!! Take the neck out and throw it on the bridge. Fully custom!
 
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