sounds awesome Fred, you should get just about every possible sound with that setup. I think the standard rhythm and treble plate will look fine or a blank black one.
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sounds awesome Fred, you should get just about every possible sound with that setup. I think the standard rhythm and treble plate will look fine or a blank black one.
You could even just turn the standard Treble/Rhythm one over. It's normally just got some double sided tape on the back, so that just needs removing, then stick some more on what would be the front (it's only really there to initially help locate the plate as the selector knob nut holds it on tight).
Have a look at Hell guitars discs, some have no writing
http://hellparts.com/switch-washers.html
I wanted a custom one that said "Rebel / Trouble"
Cheers @Dedman. A bit too 'hell's angels' for this guitar! 😉
Sticker has gone on... but i'll have to reshape the rod cover or find a smaller one as it extends too far.
I considered cutting of some of the sticker but I liked it as is. I reckon I'll reshape it, it's not meant to be a feature.
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Doh!!!! it still looks good:cool:
I like the sticker. I agree that you'll need to reshape the truss-rod cover as there's no point covering it up. I'd keep the two-hole end the same and reduce the size of the rounded end.
That sticker looks so good Fred - the gold on the black is killer. Pity about the Truss Rod cover, but at least it's not a huge pain to reshape
Big milestone today, glued the neck.
I had measured before starting the finish and had marked where the neck was meant to go with a couple of lines.
Double checked before gluing, and glued it.
I always put too much glue... even if I know it doesn't need to...
Anyway, cleaned it all up before it cured and it is now waiting for the glue to dry.
I'll then be able to finish the joint between neck and body with the same poly. Should look seamless hopefully
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Always an anxiously nervous stage with set-neck builds. Looks like you done a good job.
Clamps are off and looks pretty good.
I tried to fill the tiny gap between neck and body with a slurry of ebony timbermate. We'll see if it filled it once dried.
Also applied a 10th coat of poly on the headstock, looking good.https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/201...8c5363547a.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/201...c6c9b4f268.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/201...45ead3d7d9.jpg
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Looking good. Not too far to go now.
Very impressing! I love the decall and hopefully you will shorten the trusrod cover to show the complete decall.
not long now Fred. headstock looks great
Thanks guys.
I'll see what I do with the truss rod cover. I've got a few black ones I didn't use from previous PBG kits, or I'll resize this one... don't know if I want the 3 ply (B/W/B) or solid black, we'll see when we get there.
I'll also have to work out what I do for the tenon cover. I don't think there will be much more than 5mm seeing once the pup ring is screwed in... I hadn't finished the tenon, so I applied the same ink mix I had left over. I'm going to finish with poly too when I finish the neck/body join, just in case I end up not using a tenon cover.
Starting to see the finish line now! I'd better get started on the electronics!
Filled the small gap with ebony timbermate, and then applied my ink mix on top.
Next step will be to apply poly over this and it shouldn't be visible at all...
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Coming along nicely Fred.
Drilled the tuner screw holes.
Predrilled at 1.5mm and used soap to lubricate and avoid any screw breaking issue.
All good so far.
At the back the grovers shape works pretty well with the shape of the headstock and the headstock sticker looks good now with the tuners in position.
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Oh Fred, this is looking Superb, I can't wait for a fully finished shot. Nice job!
Thanks!
Drilled and screwed the trem in position as well. Wanted to do all set up and drilling before polishing.
I'm thinking the black plate with the X on the trem has to go... doesn't look classy enough...https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/201...1d12225d59.jpghttps://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/201...3b99cdd57d.jpg
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Get one that says F mate!
I wasn't sure about the purple tbh, but under the gold and with the black headstock that is looking hot. Makes me reconsider purple as a colour option.
Great progress Fred, the gold and purple looks great.
Tonight I installed the 2x humbuckers in the Seymour Duncan Triple Shot rings, glued the small circuit boards at the back of the pickups, and soldered the pickup wires to the boards terminals.
Had to translate SD wire colours into Tonerider colours, and be careful to inverse polarities between neck and bridge pickup... a bit hard after a couple Lagavulins... 😉
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And tried them to see how it's going to look... just because I could 😎
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Probably my favourite Islay.Quote:
Originally Posted by FredA
Why did you swap the polarities of the neck and bridge pickups? You've probably mentioned it earlier but I couldn't see it with a quick look.
Hey Simon, on the instructions they advise to swap the wires on the circuit board for one of the pups so the switches can select the right coil when in single coil mode.
My understanding is that since North (slug) and South (screws) coils are physically inverted between neck and bridge (since the screw coil of each pup faces 'outside'), you have to swap the Start and Finish wires for each coil so the switches select the right coil when in single coil mode.
Hopefully it works the right way! :)
Yes, looks OK to me. Took a bit of working out but that should be fine.
It took me a fair bit of time to work it out too! :)
I've tested the switching with multimeter, and it works as expected to select each coil individually, or combine in series or parallel.
Worst case the switches won't select the right coil and I'll swap the wires around.
looks unreal Fred. So those small circuit boards make it easier to switch between single and double coil ? Trying to work out why you have left the full length of grey coated wire coiled under the pups ?
@wokkaboy: yep, the circuit board connects the pup 4 wires to the 2x tiny sliding switches on the face of the ring, and you then connect the black cable (2 wires + gd) to the guitar electronic as if it was a simple pup.
This gives 4x options: series, parallel, North coil or South coil depending on how you configure them. It looks cleaner than having switches visible on the guitar.
The pic shows the options:
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Re cable length, I didn't want to cut the cable in case I want to change pup or remove the Triple shots... it's quite nicely coiled so doesn't add any depth to the pup... should be fine!
wow ok Fred cheers for the explanation. Awesome amount of options available. Should be a beast of a SG !
So have you worked out how many different pickup options there are ? Must be over 30 I guess !
So do you need a small screwdriver or something to shift the micro switches on the surrounds ?
I did work out the number of switching options... it should actually be 49x taking into account the 6 way switch plus push-pull pot to get all 3x pups at once... and with 4 options per humbucker...
What is the point of having 49x options you will ask??? Well... I'm not sure... but I can do it! :o
It actually started as a bit of a 'test-bed' guitar that I wanted to use to compare how switching humbucker between series, parallel and single coil impacts the sound... then I found I liked the idea of having a P90 in the middle (especially since the screws are in the middle of the pup... symmetry!)...then I didn't like having switches all over the guitar as I wanted it to look 'normal', so I found the 6 ways idea, then the triple shot idea... too many ideas for a single guitar!
Anyway, this one is all about building something I can't buy...
Forgot to answer the question about the switches, you can slide them with your nail. Very easy, but not a performance guitar at all...
cheers Fred, all makes sense what you have done now !
At least you can experiment and find the sounds you like best
"because I can" the only excuse ever needed. :)
Love the whole concept
Finally found some time to get back to the SG... time seems to disappear between trip back home, building a house, and everyday rubbish... anyway.
Did some wet and dry sanding, 1200 to 12,000, and started to buff it with usual car products.
Photos before and after below, still need more buffing.
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Oh yeah baby!!!!
I agree with Waz!
Same here!
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Wow!! Nice looking!