Update on this build.
Finally installed the electronics. Reasonably happy.
Tweaking the setup. Need to turn the saddles around.
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Update on this build.
Finally installed the electronics. Reasonably happy.
Tweaking the setup. Need to turn the saddles around.
Indeed, me too :)
Still going on this. Postponed the electronics build when a test stringing buzzed a bit more than I think it should.
Tapping them with a fret hammer didn't change them much if at all. The neck...
They're both audio taper. I know there's lots of discussion on which is best, log or linear, but I don't mind both vol and tone being log.
I was planning on setting the larger lower ring knob as...
It's the same circuit I've used before. Just the first time I've had to go 3D on it with stacked pots.
I lined the pickup routes and control cavity with copper tape. Got confused about the high resistance between the different sections until I realised the copper wire I'd used is enamel. Fixed that...
Some of the IB6 builds here (including mine) have used things like the Tone Monster SBK-3 preamp. Reasonably priced. Didn't need to expand the control cavity to fit, even allowing for the battery....
So, it's been a year of gathering decoration for the guitar. Then a couple of months putting a clear coat over the top.
Finally getting around to installing the hardware.
The bridge, nut,...
The Tru-oil darkened it a lot.
Still some doubt the bottle was nullarbor ochre in the first place though. Much redder than expected.
I'll post another update that will fill in the month since that previous photo. It's not done yet.
Backburner? No... was never that.
Here's the next shot in the series. I actually took this a month ago in a hurry. Didn't realise it was blurry until I looked at it now.
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The nut arrived in the post this week. A TUSQ nut...
Plays nice enough. The strings are slightly closer together than I'm used to. I can see why most 6 strings have a wider bridge. The Tone Monster preamp gives a fair amount of flexibility in mellow or...
Yeah, I was thinking something like that.
Probably won't bother unless I decide to gig with the 6 string. That seems pretty unlikely. 4! 4! 4! 4! My P-bass does OK. :)
There's a type of strap which takes most or all of the weight on the horn letting the body counterbalance the neck better. I'll figure out one of those if the neck swings down too much.
Installed the neck and strung it up.
I've set the action and intonation. Going to play it for a bit before I decide if I want the action lower. If I do, then I'll need to shim the neck and raise...
Found the problem with the squealing. One of the contacts on the stereo jack was misshapen. Instead of contacting with the ground sleeve of the plug it was in contact with the tip. Bent it into shape...
So I've done the soldering and completed install of the tone monster preamp - and gained another screwdriver ding to repair (lower edge).
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And I did some tests to check the output.
The...
Strap pins installed.
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Jack mount installed,
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including a stupid bounce of the screwdriver which I'll have to dropfill, sand and polish later.
Electronics are still hanging out...
Polished the body and added lemon oil to the fretboard last night.
Today I did the shielding,
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and installed the bridge.
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Neck is about done.
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Headstock front and heel front stained with wudtone Burning Sun. Clearcoated with wudtone satin.
Back of the neck burnished with some denim cloth. Really...
Have you got a meter you can check the grounding is all connected with?
Those black bridges you may need to sand away some of the paint on the underside where the ground wire pokes out from the...
Nice one. Another one with the machine heads angled downwards. I tried mine like that and ended up putting them straight out again.
Have you really let the tru-oil have enough time to cure?
Can anyone point me to a guide on installing a tremelo bridge?
This post is unfinished. :)
I had a bridge made to suit so I could do through body stringing. Was too hard to find any with the right string spacing.