Drew's ES-5V first (ish) build

[blinddrew]

Think I've done a better job this time. Will check when it all cools down.

[Simon Barden]

I've just bought these clip on tweezers to act as heat sinks. https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/2x-Fibre-...1a50%7Ciid%3A1

One on the body and one on the shaft of the pot. It all helps.

[blinddrew]

I used to have a small set of needle nose molegrips, which were perfect for this sort of thing, but some oik had away with them.

[blinddrew]

Previously we've talked about shaping the pick up* cover to fit the top of the body, I can't remember if it was in this thread or in DarkMark's.
I have a slight query on this. I had assumed that removing the cover would be a simple case of removing the two screws on the underside of the pick-up:

However it seems that the pole-piece screws also hold down the cover:

But loosening all of them off doesn't result in any play from the cover either.
Will it be glued as well? Do I just need to remove all the pole pieces and then apply a degree of brute force? ULP!
Or is removing polepieces one of those absolutely-on-no-account-do-this things?


* Pick up? Pick-up? Pickup?

[DarkMark]

Blinddrew, I’ve already done it and I didn’t even bother to take the cover off. I put a sheet of paper overlapping the pickup hole (cut hole in paper) and taped it down with low tack tape - to protect the surface. Place a piece of sandpaper (about 180 grit) larger than the pickup hole (cut hole in paper) and tape the sandpaper down onto the first piece of paper. Poke the pickup wire into the hole and sit the pickup into position and get to work! I gave myself a head start using a very small block, sanding to a conservative rough shape to begin with.

[blinddrew]

That was going to be my back-up option. I shall make it my primary one instead!
Cheers

[Simon Barden]

Obviously a method of using soapbar pickups as dog-ears by either gluing, or using wax, to fix the cover to the top of the pickup. There should really be a longer baseplate on the pickup with metal ears on it that fit under the ears on the cover. Interesting.

[blinddrew]

Ok, question for the hive mind. I've had a go at a laserjetandpackingtape logo, but the tape hasn't come out as transparently as i'd hoped. Here's a couple of shots from different angles:
https://photos.app.goo.gl/3L9JDYYzqrTmMAq98
https://photos.app.goo.gl/xT1fxD7dzUGkM5dQ6
The question is, will further oiling blend this in? Or do i need to look at another option?
Cheers.

P.s. sorry about the links, can't get pictures to work on my phone.

[Fretworn]

I doubt further oiling will blend it in. Even when you use proper decal paper you can have the same issue. The only way to avoid it is to trim as close to the logo as possible. Having said that, I'd live with it. You can barely notice it in the first picture, so you will only pick it up in certain light. Old Fenders often had the same untrimmed look on guitars that were worth a lot more money!

[wazkelly]

As Fretty said it can be hard to completely disguise the decal edges at certain angles.
Yours looks pretty good to me.

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