I had a bridge made to suit so I could do through body stringing. Was too hard to find any with the right string spacing.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mechanixxxer
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I had a bridge made to suit so I could do through body stringing. Was too hard to find any with the right string spacing.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mechanixxxer
Well now I'm tempted to try it, being the rebellious not-quite-a-teenager-anymore that I am :cool:
Ah okay, thanks Tindrrel. Might just stick with the supplied bridge in that case!
Brett do a selfy at Bunnings at your own risk, I've got 3 x life in the naughty warehouse so my care factor is zero now hahah
Looks like a job for Ponch! I'll fire up the kwaka
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hows that for quick response time Ponch. There goes the neighborhood (the sound of a Kwaka firing up haha)
I'll try and avoid the Bunnings selfie then...
With that snail tape, is the adhesive conductive, or will I have to fold over/solder the pieces together? Do I have to try and make sure the metal pots etc don't touch the shielding? I've never done it before, and none of my other guitars have any shielding other than the cavity control cover.
Hi Brett, you need to overlap the tape in the cavities and definitely want the pots to make contact with the shielding as you won't need an earth wire between the nack of the pot casings. If there is a recess for the pot make sure the pot lugs don't make contact with the shielding as this will short out the signal
EDIT I missed a question you asked, no need to solder between shielding pieces, as long as they overlap and make contact. Also no need to fold over the edges
Ah, that makes life easier, thanks for the help Wokka
Edit: Something I unfortunately overlooked in the mock build, I only have 4 of the 5 neck screws. Damn
Another neck issue, the neck seems to have a piece of metal in it (Truss rod?), right where one of the screws for the neck goes in. Which means I can't actually screw it all the way into the body. Any workaround for this? Is it possible to try and cut the screw shorter or something?
wow Brett that is a real concern. The thing is we don't know what angle the truss rods have been installed so I'd say 99% sure one of the truss rods is in the way.
I just looked at my IB6, is the hole on the side with 2 or 3 neck screws ? You better try drilling all 5 screw holes to make sure the truss rod isn't in the way of the other 4 screws.
If you feel the drill hitting metal then stop drilling.
Might need to offset the neck holes in the neck pocket which won't be a small job !
How deep is the hole ? if its about 15mm deep may be enough to get some bite but you will need to cut the neck screw as you mentioned