LOVE that shade of blue. Well done.
LOVE that shade of blue. Well done.
Theft deterrent perhaps???Quote:
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Cheers Muzza, still haven't captured it in the right light to show the true colour. Hope to do a better photo shoot sometime soon....gotta do some slug prevention first.Quote:
Originally Posted by Muzza
Hey Waz, for admitting buying the slug tape from the big green shed you will be sent straight to the naughty warehouse mate. What beverage would you like me to pour you ?
DB would probably reckon a long tall glass of Draino is in order but I would much rather one of WA's finest Craft Beers.
haha sure Waz, I'll pour you one of many fine WA craft beers, I doubt DB would allow NW inmates to drink Draino !
No pictures as today's efforts was just rewiring to get rid of the buzzing and thankfully mission accomplished. Seems like some of the earth wires on back of volume pot may not have been done properly.
All strung up and just waiting to be properly intonated plus action setup done on my next day off work.
Looks like a bit of a state of origin match going on with the colours of these two guitars you are building.
Good one Fuzzbeard.
Always wanted a Candy Apple Red with Maple Fret Board and the Ash bodied J Bass looked the best fit for that. With the Tele it took me a while to come up with a colour to show off the flame top. It could have been yellow, orange, or green but in the end went for as close to turquoise/aqua as I could get.....didn't even think about state loyalties and apologise and seek forgiveness from all Queenslanders. But you have got to admit the blue does look nice, just not in the depths of winter in this part of the country. May have to keep it in hiding until after 13 July when Qld raise the trophy aloft once again.
After buying 2 more bridges finally installed the 2nd one this afternoon which is more of a traditional ash tray design with 6 individual saddles. The 3rd one had saddles similar to modern strat's but they rode too high off the deck and couldn't adjust the action down low enough.
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Through all the swapping and changing the bridge Wilkinson PUP stopped working??? Multimeter showed current but still no sound? Thankfully the stock Chinese one was lying around and still works and sounds almost OK and will do for now as I need to get on with fine tuning the action and intonation. Maybe down the track an upgrade bridge PUP might be installed and there are plenty of options out there, just need to get this thing finished to make sure there are no other gremlins as this one has dead set been my problem child with most of the issues being centred around intonation. Hopefully on the home stretch now.
Gray Waz,
Looks rather tasty, as for the pups ex member Tony of Village Pickups does a really nice 52 Blackguard set at a very good price that I am more than happy to recommend as a satisfied customer.
Also got a dog ear P90 from him that is streets ahead of the factory item it replaced in my mates lap steel
Thanks Dave. What sort of coin are we talking about?
Looked at a few replacements earlier tonight and various ones were rambling on about need for matched sets, blah, blah, blah so as to work properly when both neck and bridge are selected together? Might have another look at the damaged one tomorrow as all day it kept nagging at me whilst at work and reckon it might just be one of those tiny wires that has come adrift somewhere near the base plate. Could always buy another Wilko to stick with the 'Matched Set' principle as when it did work they both sounded great on their own and also together.
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I bought two of those recently, it's about 25mm wide and it comes in a 4 Metre roll so there's heaps of it, it is exactly like the Dingotone shielding tape, only narrower.
Yep, does the trick all right and still have plenty left over for any future builds.
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Originally Posted by wazkelly
I'm going to use the Snail tape I bought to do the shielding on my Gold Strat and the HotRod strat, the last time I only covered the scratch plate of the Gold Strat, but this time I'm going to do it right.
Found the reason why the bridge PUP had stopped working.....
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The tiny single strand of ultra fine copper wire had broken off at the solder joint. Soldered it back on today, tap tested and it worked so dropped it back in and sounds all good again. Still need to find a bit more spare time to fine tune the action and have a final crack at the intonation. In the home straight with just some TO touch ups to do in a few places.
Good spotting Waz. What make of pup is that?
G'day Waz, sorry for the late reply.
I got the Tele pups and a P90 from Tony and they were $60 each
Wilkinson Vintage Tele's both Bridge & NeckQuote:
Originally Posted by Andy40
Thanks Dave, managed to find and rectify the problem and will keep that in mind if required down the track.Quote:
Originally Posted by dave.king1
Finally pulled my finger out and spent a fair amount of time playing around with action and intonation yesterday and happy to say it is now done and as good as it will ever be. This is bridge # 2 out of 3 that have been fitted and being an 'Ashtray' style I find it much better to use, particularly for palm muting the strings. Fitted strap locks whilst I was at it too.
Couple more shots taken in fading light as a reminder of what it looks like....bad storm came through and knocked power out for around 5 hours so I ended up playing it acoustically in the dark waiting the lights to come back on. Still getting used to 10-46's after using 9-42's for past 35 or more years and my left hand fingertips were reminding me about it for most of today.
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Still have a couple of finish touch-ups to do before I can call this one done and hope to get around to doing a demo sound video at some stage too. Also hoping for better light conditions when I get around to doing the final photo shoot.
Looks very nice. I've recently converted to 10s from 9s, though I did swap on my Teles first as 9s just sounded and felt wrong on them. No logical reason, but they just did. It doesn't take you that long to convert, and then 9s feel too floppy. The only downside is that string bending near the nut is a lot harder.
I assume people here are soldering together the foil tape strips once they've been applied? Otherwise the adhesive acts as an insulator and you are unlikely to get good continuity.
Not me, as all I did was apply the foil snail tape just overlapping all over the place and no hum issues. Initially I used the conductive shielding paint but found the control cavity was where all the buzzing was coming from and then did the PUP cavities just in case.
Might be worth running a multimeter over the different foil sections and seeing what resistance to earth you are getting. If some of them are quite high, a quick dab of solder at one place on each join between strips could improve things even more. It's how it's always been shown in the UK guitar mags when they have articles on DIY shielding.
As I had some TO out working on the Swampy Tele thought I might as well do a couple touch ups on this one that were required after an accidental brush with the soldering iron scorched a bit on the bottom rear section. Also a good excuse to smooth out some runs and other spots too. Not much more to do on this other than some refinish touch up work.
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Nice touch-up work, Waz.
Thanks Simon.
TO is such an easy and forgiving product to work with. I ran out of the stuff as I was finishing off this axe and then disaster struck when I was wiring it up where the soldering iron fell off it's cradle type stand and was only on the body for a second but long enough to do damage. Was waiting to start another build and do the all the TO jobs at the same time as that seems to be the most efficient way of working with the stuff otherwise it can go off and not cheap to replace.
Generally, I'm not the biggest fan of semitrans finishes (Ive seen a couple that were good, but most remind me of coffee tables). But the work on both halves looks really nice in that color.
looks good Waz, love the blue
Lovely Tele Waz and nice work with the TO.
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Thanks guys. Almost done with the refinishing on this one as there were a few rough bits that needed touching up. Not sure I will get much of an opportunity before Easter as I am waiting on curing time and we are heading over to NZ for 10 day holiday break next week. Hope to have the final polish done around Anzac Day and then reattach everything.
looks great Waz, is it the angle of the pic it looks more green than blue in the earlier pics ? I didn't read all the text. Are they Wilkinson pups and how do they sound ?
Hi Woks, as it has aged the TO seems to have sent it a bit more greenish, particularly on back and sides whilst the top is still quite an aqua to turquoise colour. Might take some shots in natural daylight on Sunday and post the progress.
The Wilkinsons do sound OK but don't have anything else done to compare them with until I also finish the Swampy Tele as there are some Tonerider Hot Classics waiting to be installed in that build.
Can't wait to play them back to back to see if there is much of a difference.
cool no worries Waz thanks for that. I like the new colour suits the tele well. I think the Tonerider hot classics should sound great !
Latest progress shots whilst waiting for finish to cure......
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Bottom left corner on indoor shots is just a reflection off the garage floor. Still not quite a true representation of the colour as there is a bit of a greenish tinge but the outside shots are the closest.
mmmmmmm bubblegum
That colour looks great Wazkelly, should look cool once the guitar is all finished.
Reassembled this build earlier tonight and took some more indoor shots.......so hard to capture the exact colour of this guitar as these were all taken at the same time with 3rd & 4th shots using the carpet floor as a background. Will need to wait until there is some good natural sunlight to do the final glamour shots as this baby is as good as done now (at last).
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Nice fine day earlier today and took plenty of photos trying to capture the exact colour of this guitar. Apologies for multiple shots but this was almost like a chameleon as it appears to change colours against different backgrounds and whether direct sunlight or filtered sunlight.
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