"Bladecatcher" DC Esquire

WOW she is an absolute beauty. Awesome work

Here's those pics Weirdy, hopefully you can see what's going on.
I'm stumped, I can only imagine there must be a problem behind the scenes somewhere.
Cheers man.

Your layout looks correct so it's either a bad solder join or a faulty tone pot, I'm leaning towards the latter. A multimeter is your best option for testing, but failing that there's an easy test you can do.

Grab a small screwdriver and with the control plate exposed plug the guitar in and give it a strum then use the screwdriver to short between the tone pot's black wire lug and centre lug. That will essentially bypass the pot and give you max tone, so if the sound goes dark then you'll know the pot is bad.

If that doesn't work then grab a spare cap, strum and touch the cap's legs between the tone pot's black wire lug and the pot's back, then do the same thing on the volume pot's black wire outer lug and it's back. That'll narrow the issue down to the tone pot's connections or volume pot connection, respectively.

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Originally Posted by WeirdBits

Your layout looks correct so it's either a bad solder join or a faulty tone pot, I'm leaning towards the latter. A multimeter is your best option for testing, but failing that there's an easy test you can do.

Grab a small screwdriver and with the control plate exposed plug the guitar in and give it a strum then use the screwdriver to short between the tone pot's black wire lug and centre lug. That will essentially bypass the pot and give you max tone, so if the sound goes dark then you'll know the pot is bad.

If that doesn't work then grab a spare cap, strum and touch the cap's legs between the tone pot's black wire lug and the pot's back, then do the same thing on the volume pot's black wire outer lug and it's back. That'll narrow the issue down to the tone pot's connections or volume pot connection, respectively.

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Yeah roger that man, I'll do those little tests and see what I come up with, cheers heaps Weirdy!

Teles are great for wiring problems because you can keep your strings on when troubleshooting

Caught in a purple haze, ready to hit the road.....

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Originally Posted by WeirdBits

Your layout looks correct so it's either a bad solder join or a faulty tone pot, I'm leaning towards the latter. A multimeter is your best option for testing, but failing that there's an easy test you can do.

Grab a small screwdriver and with the control plate exposed plug the guitar in and give it a strum then use the screwdriver to short between the tone pot's black wire lug and centre lug. That will essentially bypass the pot and give you max tone, so if the sound goes dark then you'll know the pot is bad.

If that doesn't work then grab a spare cap, strum and touch the cap's legs between the tone pot's black wire lug and the pot's back, then do the same thing on the volume pot's black wire outer lug and it's back. That'll narrow the issue down to the tone pot's connections or volume pot connection, respectively.

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Just a little update Weirdy, I managed to get a bit of spare time (and motivation) the other evening to try out those couple of tests you suggested. Did the first one...no results...tried the second one with the cap....nothing...low and behold somewhere along the way I turned the tone knob only to discover it was working with some really nice variation, It's got me f#*ked coz I literally did nothing, obviously my poking, prodding and general fumbling was enough to frighten it into giving up a bit of tone.
Bloody guitar gremlins:-)

hehe just call it a successful bit of trouble shooting and enjoy the new tones.

New here Barge. I've looked through every awesome build in here and yours just blew me away! I've owned the Les Paul Jr Double cutaway but cudn't stand it. I'm too used to my Teles.'Then I saw your build and was like WOOOOOOW!!!!!!Everything about if pretty and functional and looks easy to play.

I hope you don't mind I want to use yours as a guideline for the one I want to build. They won't be identical. String through yes, buy only using a single coil pup maybe at the bridge without a switch and only a volume control. The single control pot is destined to come through the back hence no plate and I doubt I will put a scratch guard on my at all. I also want to do a 3x3 headstock.

I really hope you don't mind!!

This is just insane!!! Barge!!! I've post some more in this one asking if you mind me using your as a guideline for one I want to build. They won't be exact, in fact I'm leaning towards purple for mine as is it my girls fave color. Let me know if you mind me using your as a guideline.