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Greetings happy builders,
I hope the finds you well
The process would be first glue neck to body, clean excess glue, then sand 120, 220 400, clean dust, stain, varnish, assemble electrical components, and finally test this baby.
Would this assessment more or less work?
Thank you
Hi Joranaca, welcome to the forum.Quote:
Originally Posted by Joranaca63
setting the neck can be done after staining, as many find it easier to handle the neck and body as separate parts, then bring them together for the final finishing. It really is dependent on whether you have the room to work with the guitar in one piece, and whether doing it in one piece is really awkward or not.
For stains, I probably wouldn’t go much past 300 grit, as you run the risk of polishing the wood so that the stain doesn’t take to the wood. The consensus seems to have been 320grit maximum but some have had good success at 240.
It is generally recommended to do a wipe down on the raw body with mineral spirits or naphtha, this will highlight any shiny glue spots on the body that will need to be dealt with, before you can stain.
hope this helps, look forward to seeing your build take shape!
Hello Franken,
hope you are having a prosperous 2021.
Yes, 240 grit would do it, and mineral spirits to highlight any shiny spot on the body.
thank you for sharing.
No problem at all, post up your progress as you go, everybody loves seeing progress photos! Best of luck with it.Quote:
Originally Posted by Joranaca63
Hello all,
I hope this email finds you well.
I had some left over redwood stain and finish from my fence work that I used in the face of the guitar.
I did not work. the paint was bubbling. it was not what I expected.
So I got some regular cognac wood stain and it work fine, because I did not get bubbles after I applied the Polyurethane.
I still need to apply the polyurethane to face of the body.
I hope that by next week I would be done with the neck and start working on the hardware.
thank you all for the feedback and have a great day.
I hope you like the photos.
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Good morning Franken,
I hope you are doing well.
Questions for you.
What is the process of Properly Shielding the guitar? Where can I buy kit?
Thank you
I am well thanks Joranaca, hope you are too.😁Quote:
Originally Posted by Joranaca63
Shielding can normally be done using copper conductive tape https://www.stewmac.com/electronics/...pper-tape.html or a conductive painthttps://www.stewmac.com/electronics/...ing-paint.html, usually on solid body guitars. For the hollow body or semi hollow body kits it gets a bit tricky as it’s not feasible to shield the entire inside of the guitar.
Your kit also uses humbuckers, which shouldn’t get the same amount of interference or noise.
The key for you is going to be the wiring harness, the standard kit wiring is basic, if you want to improve it you can replace the standard hook up wire with shielded wire https://www.stewmac.com/electronics/...16-inches.html and this will help reduce any stray RF noise (from what I’m led to believe and have read, I’ve not done it myself).
making sure you have an effective ground to the bridge and across your pots will also help.
Please note: I include the StewMac links as this was the easiest place to find all of the references, it is not an endorsement of Stew Mac and their products.
Hello Frankenwashie
I need help with the ES - 1GT wiring. I followed instructions as to set up tone and volume pots with 3 switch. unfortunately after trouble shooting. I didn't not get any sound on the speaker. :)
thank you.
Ah, and here is where my expertise ends, unfortunately electrickery is not my forte.
In my experience, if you are getting no sound at all, then it’s likely that the circuit is incomplete or broken at some point. Is there any response when you move the volume or tone pots?
Very difficult to diagnose without being able to see what you've done with the wiring. No sound at all probably means the circuit is incomplete, so the signal from the pickups is not reaching the output jack.....
Hello sonic mountain,
great to hear from you.
I hope you are having a great week.
I follow the two Humbucker, 4 pots & a 3 way switch wiring diagram, suitable for ES - 1GT that Pitbull guitar has posted in the Guides menu.
is there a way to measure voltages or currents using a multimeter?
the plan would be to go and check why the circuit is incomplete
any help would be appreciated.
thank you and have a great day.
hello FrankenWashie,
i hope you are having an awesome day.
no sound at all when I moved the volume and the pots?
Question?, The circuit diagram shows the both volume pots grounded.
Am I correct to assume that the tone pots do not need to be grounded?
thank you and have a great day.
Everything needs to be earthed, normally all the pots share earth via links soldered directly to the back of the pots. In the pitbull diagram they are purple lines, which are then in turn connected to the 'sleeve' of the output jack and also to the body of the switch. If things are not earthed properly the circuit won't complete properly, so you'll either get nothing or buzzing.
It's a really good idea to read up on guitar electronics, its actually not very complicated and the better you understand how the signal flows, the easier it is to diagnose.
The signal from the pickups goes to the RH tang (with all the tangs on the pot facing up) and then out from the middle tang to the switch. Then from the switch to the output jack. The RH tang also bridges to the tone pots, so when you turn the tone pots you alter the amount of signal sent to ground there via the capacitor, which in turns alters the sound. With the Tone pots on 10 no signal is bled. Same with volume, With it on 10, essentially the signal is flowing unaltered through the pot. As you turn the knob you increase resistance and lower the volume.
You'll note the the left hand tang needs to be bent up and soldered to the back of the pot as well so that the resistance strip in the pot is earthed.
All that said, you might just have to pull it all out and post some pictures so we can spot any problems.