ES5V first build

[DarkMark]

Purfling bound. Happy with it so far. Needs a tidy up and it will be ready for staining.

[blinddrew]

Now you're just showing off!
This is going to look superb.

[DarkMark]

Now you're just showing off!
This is going to look superb.

Perhaps I should post a photo of the mess I made of the headstock to even things up. The plate cleaned up really well and the perfling was really easy to do. Staining it tomorrow.

[DarkMark]

Question.
If I want to upgrade the wiring to pushback cloth wire, should I be looking at the solid core or non-solid core wire? I see a Chinese seller advertising non-solid as being easier to solder to pots. It’s an area I have no knowledge of.

[Simon Barden]

I don't find much difference when soldering.

Solid core is probably best for when you have access to a control cavity or everything's on a scratchplate. You can bend the wire and it will stay in shape, and you can make a very neat looking job.

Multi-strand wire is more flexible, so probably better for use in hollow-bodied guitars than solid core, especially when you have to feed the electrics through an F-hole or pickup hole.

Ideally you'd probably use both, with solid core being used between pots (where you've used a template to create the harness and have minimised wire lengths) and multi-strand for the longer runs off to jack sockets and switches. But both will do a good job, and both types of push-back are much stiffer than the standard kit wire.

[DarkMark]

Ok, thanks Simon.

[DarkMark]

Oh Funk! The guitar binding must of been cream! Let’s smear some golden teak into the white scratch plate binding to take the edge off the white and match the colour up a bit.

[Simon Barden]

That's the spirit! It's amazing how different whites can be and still be 'white'.

[blinddrew]

Tru-oil adds a bit of creamishness to binding as well I've discovered.

[DarkMark]

I wrongly assumed the yellowish hue of the binding was completely due to the Tru Oil. After a couple of coats on the plate and comparing against the guitar, the difference was obvious. Hopefully some weak stain and the Tru Oil will do the trick. It’s looking better already but I’m looking forward to Tru oiling it tomorrow.