This is why we are pals pabs. I'll text you through some dimensions when I get home and we can see whether it will fit or not, if not I guess we can always cut one :)
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This is why we are pals pabs. I'll text you through some dimensions when I get home and we can see whether it will fit or not, if not I guess we can always cut one :)
Whilst waiting for some pickups to arrive I have decided to do this.
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Looks wonderful in my opinion. One of the screws for the locking nut was stripped when I recieved it so I'm currently sourcing a new screw for it. Shouldn't be too hard.
Looking great KurtSlash!
Nice neat job there, coming along nicely.
So today I recieved these in the mail
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I ordered 1 and they sent 10, bonus! So if anybody needs one of these bad boys let me know and I'll send one your way haha.
Of course the first thig I did was to check it fit through the guitars pot holes, and luckily it did, only just, but it fits!
Now im just waiting on some new pickups to arrive from Adam, and the beast shall be on her home stretch
Score! Charge you for 1 or 10? You'll be splitting pups for years.
Only charged me for one, I'll be splitting pickups left right and centre haha. Pickups should be here in a few days wierdy, do we need to wait for them to arrive to do colours on the diagram or no?
Here's a good place to start: Entwistle Humbucker wiring. But, we can work things out once you get them.
Entwistle colour coding:
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1 Volume, 2 Tone with coil-split:
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Don't forget the bridge ground wire (connect to back of the pot with the other grounds).
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So these bad boys turned up today woohoo!!
Now from what the diagram that came with them says, the red is the slug coil start, black is slug coil finish, green is screw coil start and white is screw coil finish. The 2 finish wires (black and white) have heat shrink around the ends, do I need to remove them? Where do I go with this? Will these wires mean that wierdys diagram is the same even though it's based off an entwhistle pickups?
There is also a bare wire which I would assume is ground?
Also what wore do I use whilst wiring, can I just use the stuff that came in my kit or is there a better wire to use?
Also I've found that my pickup shrouds are too thick for the floyd rose, does anybody know a way to make the shrouds thinner? Is it just a simple as putting on a belt sander? Or do I have to get new shrouds?
Hi Kurt,
do you mean the pup surrounds are too thick ? Your floyd rose must butt up close to the bridge cavity route.
With the wire colours the Rocksongs have a diagram included and explain the colours for coil splitting neck and bridge pups. Think the wire colours are different for the Entwistles.
The bare wire is the ground wire.
In terms of wire the braided wire should give less interference than the wire that comes with the kit
Sorry I should have explained what I meant by thick. It's too tall, the surround when in place would touch the strings if in place so they have to come lower somehow 😊
ah ok Kurt, easy fix presuming the pup surrounds are plastic get some 40 grit sandpaper on a flat surface and sand the height down and test the height regularly.
Sometimes the flat top kits come with archtop surrounds so you need it flat anyway
Ah sorry, I thought you posted that you were getting a set of Entwistles. Here's the Tonerider version:
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The longer wire run to the selector toggle switch would be better with shielded multi-core wire, but the stock wire is ok for the short connections within the shielded control cavity etc.
Right so the new screws came for the locking nut today.. Fits perfect but we're made from soften steel, stripped instantly -.- thinking about just supergluing the nut in place because I'm so over dealing with screws that are impossible to find haha
sounds like a good option Kurt if you want to finish the build ! Sure you will be able to remove the nut if really required
Use the stripped screws as locating pins so your nut will line up nicely Kurt, superglue is normally used on normal nuts anyway, I'd also suggest a light scuffing of the bottom surface on the nut to help the glue adhere
Alright, next update, wiring is finished, done, out of the way, capiche. Took me all day i am not even kidding. Next step is to pre drill holes for all the screws for the cover plates and pickups (pickups are currently taped in place to prevent them from falling out). Held my phones speaker up to the pickups while playing music to check that everything worked, and it does. Can even hear a slight change in sound with music when the coil switch is hit.
Now my phone won't let me paste photos, but I have a facebook page for all the builds I'm doing so there's a photo of the spaghetti monster on there :P. Just look up 'Kurts Custom Instruments' it's a picture of the MB-1.
Cheers,
Kurt.
If Kurt doesn't mind me posting the link (doubt he would have issues), here is the link for you all
https://www.facebook.com/KurtsCustomGuitars
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And it floats!!!
So, it's been some time since I posted and this guitar is my favourite guitar in the collection, sounds beautiful and plays wonderful. However I bought a strap for it today and some nice black strap locks, and it got me wondering where to screw them to get the best balance, is there a way to check this? Hoping my family here on the PBG forum would have more of an idea than me
Maybe try putting the strap button on the neck plate?
Hey Kurt I usually drill and fit the bottom pin about halfway so in line with centre of bridge. Then fit the strap and hold the other end of the strap around the neck heel to test the balance. Not much space to screw on the top horn so you may have to screw into the neck heel.
@ Pest how do you screw a pin into a neck plate? Weld it?haha the neck screws are way too thick to put through the pin.
Kurt can you please post a pic of the back of the axe to see possible front pin locations?
I have seen it done before but I think it was done with a thinner screw and some filling of the holes / gaps....
BC Rich seem to put theirs as far forward on the horn as possible.Quote:
Originally Posted by KurtSlash123
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But I've also seen them mounted further back towards the switch cover plate, or further forward, on the tip of the horn. I guess it's all just personal preference as to where you would like yours.
You could do this...
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