That would be the number!
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That would be the number!
Thanks sfk, that's the number we need. We'll try and match it from our stock here.
Thanks Adam. Is there a courier company I should use to ship back? If so, is there an account number that needs to be cited?
Hi Sfk,
think you have to send it via Australia Post, he said this yesterday
can you please send it, receiver pays, to:
Pit Bull Guitars
4 Jade Street
Mount Richon WA 6112
I'd wrap the neck fairly heavily in bubble wrap and assuming the receiver pays
Better wait for Adam to respond
Hey guys sfkhooper and have sorted this on email. Thanks.
I haven't seen any email from you, Adam?
Really sfk? I wonder who I've been talking to then? Anyhoo all I was saying was that you send it by Australia Post and tell the good folk at the PO that the receiver will pay. We then pay at our PO when it arrives here. I think Phil's already got your replacement neck off. Let me know if you need any other info. Cheers,
Ok, that's a bit weird, my email address should be attached to this profile, but I sent you an email this morning as well. Anyway, I've got more than enough info, will send the neck off today. Time to get this blog back onto more interesting things!
Sounds good - looking forward to seeing the end result!
First coat of high gloss lacquer is applied. I'm wrapped with the way it went onto the enamel base without soaking in. Now to wait 48 hours for curing.
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One of these days I'll get the DSLR camera out and take a decent pic so you can see the woodgrain peeping through. Looks amazing in sunlight.
Also, purchased black pickup surrounds and a swish truss cover today which should look great. $16 well spent I reckon.
Great to see you having some wins.
I'm going to get into the pre-build soldering, ie wire up the electronics on a sheet of cardboard. There are 4 x 500K pots, 2 marked A and 2 marked B. My question is which are the volume and which are the tone?
SFK I can't remember which pot is for tone and volume, have another read through Gav's post he probably mentioned it.
You should be able to do all the soldering outside the body minus the pickup live/earths and the earth to the bridge post
Hey Hooper, you might want to get a pair of pliers and remove the little nibs that stick out of 2 of your pots, they will make the pot sit at and angle, and that's not good!!!
Pest do you mean the nibs to stop the pot rotating on the face that touches the body ?
from memory the ES kit pots didn't have these, my vol and tone knobs were perpendicular to the body
Yep, no nibs here either. Incidentally, they're a desirable thing! They're meant to be pushed up into the soft wood from behind and act as a locking device to prevent rotation - working in conjunction with the pressure applied from the bolt above.
That's what lock washers are for as well!!!!
Unfortunately, the markings on pots aren't standard worldwide, so it can vary. Typically, 'A' designates Logarithmic or Audio taper (used for volume), and 'B' designates Linear taper (used for tone). But log pots are sometimes used for tone as well, and vice versa. If you are unsure and have a multimeter you can measure the resistance at full position on the pot and then measure again at halfway position, if the resistance is ~50% at halfway then it should be a linear pot.
Indeed, but they're not actually lock washer. They're just washers.
Wokka, Gav's post is excellent but he doesn't mention which pots are which. I'm googling it.
Thanks WeirdBits for the explanation. I actually found a few articles discussing just that. I ran my multimeter across them and determined the the A500 pot reaches 250K at around the 3/10 position, whereas the B500 is evenly spread across 1-10, ie 250K at around the 5/10 position. So I'll use the B500K for volume and A500K for tone. All good!
Ready to solder!
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No problems
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Scott's post is exactly what I would have said. There is no standard unfortunately and his suggestion in terms of checking the resistance is the only way. You may also find that a 500k pot will actually measure somewhere between 400 and 600k! So a good thing is to try and match the resistance when installing pots.
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No problems
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I see therapy ahead!!
I'd make the joining wires a bit longer because they tend to knot up and or break off when you pull them through. The only way you can fix the issue is to undo EVERYTHING and start over. If the cabling is a bit longer you give yourself the option of only having to remove one or at most two of the pots.
I'd be taping up or putting heat-shrink on the exposed solder joints - that's if you aren't soldering these to the pots as a ground. Don't forget to earth/ground the bridge as well as each of the pots!
Thanks for your comments and tips, Gavin. Here's take 2, with longer wires, insulation and ground wires.
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Soundcheck, ok!
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sweet well done SFK,
you must have some electrical experience by the sounds, nice test rig there !
I'm either brave or mad. When sanding back the first topcoat I noticed a small glue mark on the back and decided to sand it right back. May as well take the time now to get it as perfect as possible. So here it is sanded back and after first corrective coat.
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Heaps actually, Wokka. Been an enthusiast all my life and some professional experience earlier in my career. It was actually the electronics side of things that drew me to kit guitars. Two of my interests in one!
Wiring set up looks way better. You can cancel those therapy sessions now!
yes I agree Gav, SFK could be the first ES builder not requiring therapy after the wiring has been installed.
SFK I could use some better electrical skills its my weakest point but I'm slowly improving !
I managed to install the ES wiring 1st time but I think that was luck !
New neck arrived today! Looks great! will gave to wait until the latest top coat cures before I can check for a good fit. Thanks heaps, Adam. I really appreciate it.
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After about 10 coats of top clear I really wasn't happy with where things were heading so I decided it was time to start again. I had applied too much top coat in some areas and was developing very slight sags. Also it was evident that there was pooling of varnish in the cutaways because every coat had been applied with the guitar body standing up. So I allowed a few days for curing and then sanded everything right back to wood. Aaaargh! Starting again...
Neck masked up for painting
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Here's the neck after the second color coat - black headstock in true ES style
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The back of the body, after sanding back, during and after first colour coat
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Two coats of whitewash - ready for clear coats. It is said that everything happens for a reason. I reckon I'm much happier with the result this time. The colour is more even and the grain is peeping through beautifully. At this point I'm throwing my hat in the ring for GOTM August.
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Here's the neck drying after 2nd clear coat
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Damn you DropBox! If anyone knows how to get the truly public url of shared images on DropBox I'd be grateful. You can click the broken images above to see them.
You can no doubt see that I fixed that little problem above :)
Images finally sorted :)
Nice hanger! Great to see some alternatives to hang gear up! Overall looking good - looks like my bass and your ES are up for August... Maybe Pests LP???
Here's the latest pic, this after 5 coats of clear. Only another ten or so to go!
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Good luck guys, the LP has a 95% chance of making it (just) hehehehehehe.....Quote:
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Nice hanger! Great to see some alternatives to hang gear up! Overall looking good - looks like my bass and your ES are up for August... Maybe Pests LP???
Yep Hooper, that's going to be a sweet guitar when its all said and done. You've done a great job and you can tell from the photos and description.