I really need help with this
plz help.
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I really need help with this
plz help.
Hi Frankie. Welcome
Plenty of help here, let us know what you need.Pictures really, really help as well.
Hi Frankie welcome to the forum.
As Stan said please post a pic and a brief description of the problem you have with the build
hi Stan, what grit sandpaper should I use while staining the body?
400 is the finest you need to go, any finer and the stain may have trouble sinking in as the surface is too "slick".
if you are sanding the top cap, , the "face " of the guitar, go very carefully as they are very thin
is there anything else I should know before starting?
Hi Frankie,
Before you do ANYTHING, make sure you have read the stickies in here:
http://www.buildyourownguitar.com.au...splay.php?f=57
Also watch the videos here:
http://www.pitbullguitars.com/videos/
Then do a test fit, just to make sure everything is there - obviously you don't want to actually fit everything but lay it all out to make sure nothing is missing and the neck fits the body etc.
As for sanding.
Slowly, lightly, with the grain. Stop, look and feel the surface - you'll get a feel for when it is time to move up a grade of paper.
Above all else, do not rush. If you are unsure, stop, think and if you can't work it out ask. There are plenty of skilled artisans here who are willing to help.
Hello again, I have just finished building my GR-1SF but when testing with the provided strings, I might have made a soldering mistake but I’m not sure. The problem is that when plugged into an amp, the guitar is not producing any sound. I have tried messing around with the knobs but it still doesn’t work, when touched with my finger, the pickups and the selector switch make a loud humming noise. Not sure what to do.
Sounds like you might have an earthing issue, have you got a picture of the wiring diagram you're following?
https://www.pitbullguitars.com/wp-co...PBG-GR1-SF.pdf
I was unable to take a shot of the diagram as the jpeg wouldn’t reduce to send on this thread.. so have attached the link to the PDF file of the diagram instead.
Frankie
Further, where the red dots in the centre of each pot is, is where we have literally have just sanded back the surface and soldered directly to the base of the pot - have we read that correctly from the diagram? F
On the volume pots, where a connection tab is shown folded so it's on the back of the pot, have you soldered the tab to the pot (on some pots you may need a wire link to do this as the tabs aren't long enough to do this)?
No we haven’t, that must be it(?).Thanks Simon!
It will certainly make a difference! I'm afraid that it's one of those things that is obvious if you've done it before, but if you haven't, then it needs to be stated explicitly.
Note that the master tone pot doesn't have the unconnected tab wired to anything, as the pot works as a variable resistor (2 connections) rather than as a potential divider (3 connections) like the volume pots do.
Also, it's worth checking to see how many wires there are from each pickup. The wiring diagram shows the details for a two-wire pickup connection, but the factories do change the pickups a bit from time to time, and the kit may have come with 4-wire connections (actually 4 wires and a screen connection). In which case the wires that need connecting will be slightly different to the ones shown in the wiring diagram.