Birthday present for myself arrived a few days early at work today........
Planning on doing a natural finish and have ordered a PBG DB Bone Nut, Belcat pre amp, Battery box, strap locks, 4 x chrome domed knobs. Shall also order Real Parts USA made Tuners and recessed jack socket once the pre amp arrives and have checked jack socket for metric or imperial thread.
Looking at Wokka's JB-A build convinced me to go with the pre amp but when doing the mock build today it dawned on me that this is only one PUP not two and got me wondering about the blend pot and whether that could be used to do a bit of split coil mixing as the stock PUP comes with 4 wire, same as on the EX-5 and all the other stock PBG soap bar types? Or would I be better off ignoring that like Pabs did on his gorgeous yellow MMB-4 build? Happy for either of you guys to drop in and offer some feedback or ideas please.
Still have a couple of Tele's almost done with just a few more final TO coats to go before the final polishing begins and then I can make a start on this newbie. Never had an active before and really looking forward to how it sounds. Always loved how Stingray's sound but never had enough spare coin to buy one and hope this one works out just as good.
EDIT: A big thank you to Adam for sending me pics of a couple of bodies to chose from. This one is perfect for what I have planned. Also grateful for how smooth it is straight out of the box with just the usual machine marks on the vertical edges that need the most sanding. Neck is awesome too.
Reply With Quote