Thanks for the tip McCreed, there is copper shielding in the cavity & the pots are pretty tight in there so a good chance something is shorting. I'll check it out.
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Thanks for the tip McCreed, there is copper shielding in the cavity & the pots are pretty tight in there so a good chance something is shorting. I'll check it out.
Had a play today. To clear things up both volumes don't change the volume instead they act more like tones going from kinda muddy to bright but on a lesser scale than the tone knobs.
One of the tone pots seems to be working in reverse - 10=no treble, 1=treble, One volume does turn down to silent, kinda goes loud & a little bit louder. Playing around with them I can get a setting...
Finished this build more or less. The frets need a bit of filing & the electronics although they sound great don't quite behave as they should. Things I'll address next time I have the strings off....
I bought this from the Pitbull seconds & specials. Thought it'd be a bit more challenging for my second build as it's incomplete. The control cavity needs to be routed & the jack & headstock drilled....
Thanks Simon, great advise re shielding. I'll be doing as you recommend.
I upgraded the pickups, pickguard & tuners for genuine Fender. The wide range pick ups & control positions required the routes to be enlarged. I did this free hand thinking it'd right as I'm just...
TL-1HA
I've always wanted a Tele Deluxe type guitar. Looking to do a dark stain body with hardware upgrades.
https://i.imgur.com/B8GsZltl.jpg
This is my first time building a guitar so I'm...
Hi All,
Just received my kit, TL-1HA. All looks good. This will be my first build so going to take it slow and hopefully it'll turn out great. So many questions already so I'll browse the forum...