Hi here is an update.
I finally got my guitar 2 days ago but not without problems. The New Zealand Customs was charging me for import Tax, Security check and a lot of different fees and of course GST on top. All in all $139 and I just paid $180 for the shipping.
So I was thinking, this canīt be right that I have to pay import tax on a guitar I have owned for nearly 30 years! I called the Customs and the told me, it was because my X who have send the guitar from Denmark had put a $3000 value on the guitar. So they asked me what I thought it would be worth. I told them that I can buy a brand new for around $1000 so mine coudnt be more worth than max. $300 and the they said that sounded fair and they send me the guitar and I didnt have to pay anything, Great.
Ok I finally got the guitar so I coudnt wait to try it out or just se it again, but when I opened the guitar case I nearly got a chock. My X had stored the guitar for 4 years in a barn! Wow it just looked bad, a lot of the screews was rusty, and the freets had some kind of funny stuff on them. I was actually thinking, this will never be the same guitar again, It just looked bad.
But ok, I cleaned the guitar and started to put strings on, but could immediately see something was very wrong, the strings was nearly 1cm over the freetboard! I took a closer look and found out that the neck was starting to come out from the body! I got a screw driver and tightened the screws and yes now it looked like in the old days
I tuned the guitar and coudnt hardly wait to connect it to my amp. It showed up that switches was not working so good any more, but I got it to play and wow that was like getiing an old friend back again.
The guitar is modified so instead of the 5 way switch I have 3 on off switches so I can use any combination of the the pickups.
The pickups are:
Neck and bridge Pick up: ESP Double humbucker but in single coil size! (I have never seen them on any other guitars)
Middle pick up: Esp Single coil.
I have also mounted a switch so I can turn the bridge pick into a single coil and finally the 3 on off switches all have 3 positions, on and off, the third position switches the polarity or phase of the pickups which can give a thin but very funky sound.
I have now been playing on the guitar for the last 2 days and I have to get some new switches but all i all I find it better than my MIM Strat. Way better sustain and the neck is easier to play. If you take a look on the Internet a lot of people find the early Navigator guitars better than even the Custom shop Fenders.
So Im happy again, great
