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Thanks again fender, Ive applied more paint, added copper strips to make sure all the paint is connected to pickguard and bridge so we will see how it works, think I lost my multimeter in my last house move, more shopping. While I’ve got it apart again I thought upgrade pickups - Wilkinson Nashville, and why not put some through body ferrules in time for the next restring. So many jobs and so much time :)
The Wilkinsons should be great. Once you've cured the buzz, it'll be interesting to see if you like the string-through or top loading better. I was gearing up to do string-through on my Tele build when I saw this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N91n00Kjmws
I have seen a couple of other vids on this was well. I can never tell the difference in sound between the two methods. I am, evidently not alone in that. There seems to be consensus, though, that there is a difference in the feel. I'll be curious which way you like it better.
The guitar is looking great. The gold hardware goes really well with the light burl colours.
Thanks Trevor yes I really like the gold hardware and the colour scheme, I was even tempted (but resisted)to make a few more hole in the burr so I could have more resin patches. Yeah I watched a few vids on the through body vs non - they all seemed to say more sustain and easier to bend - so we shall see. At least I will have either option when it’s done.
Doing these builds has taught me so much about guitars that I never knew, some of which is still confusing :)
I haven't A/B'd top vs through strings with a guitar yet, but I have with a bass. Sort of. I have a '75 Fender P-bass that is top loaded. I have partscaster P-bass that is string through. Not really a fair contest since the Fender has a stock bridge and the Pcaster has high-mass, locking bridge. The latter may have a touch more sustain, but it's not very noticeable.
Years ago, I "discovered" that if I used a C-clamp to "lock" the Fender's saddles together it produced slightly better sustain. Since then I have tended to think that sustain is primarily the product of immobilizing bridge, so that the motion in the string stays in the string. I believe this is also sometimes referred to as Newton's first law of bass-string motion.
About that time, an apple fell from the tree I was sitting under, hitting me on the head, and I had the following epiphany: Sustain is really not really a problem on a bass. Mostly the trick with a bass is not to have too much sustain. At that point, I gave up my experiments and ate the apple.
It will make a much more interesting experiment on an instrument where you actually want the sustain ;-)
I have recently purchased a set of string through ferrules to convert one of my tele builds. I'm mostly worried about getting the holes drilled precisely enough so that they look neat.
@fender3x: Interesting story with the apple. I'm a big fan of Newton and his laws. I did not know he was a bass player:p