New strings, bit of Servisol in the pots and pickup switch... and the bridge lifts like a really lifty thing. Take the backplate off and find the claw holding the crappy, corroded springs has been screwed in as much as it can be... blocked the trem with a bit of scrap wood so I could at least tune and play it. It's definitely a very good instrument for what it is... plays nicely, okay sound,