Thank you again for the pointers, you've opened my eyes! I found this all very confusing a few days ago, but having drawn these diagrams it all seems much more intuitive. Just in case someone comes...
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Thank you again for the pointers, you've opened my eyes! I found this all very confusing a few days ago, but having drawn these diagrams it all seems much more intuitive. Just in case someone comes...
Thanks for the feedback Weirdbits! What do you think of this attempt? Apologies for all the clutter, and thank you for pointing out the lugs (I haven't rearranged them but I'll make sure to when I...
Yep, that's right for the tone push-pull. From what I've seen online, by reversing the flow of one pickup you make it 'out of phase' with the other, and when both are selected you cancel out some...
I've got two push-pull pots (among some other goodies) on the way and want to run a wiring diagram past someone with a bit more wiring experience than me (i.e. any at all!)
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The idea is...
Photos of the (almost) finished product:
https://i.imgur.com/w5ielYU.jpg
https://i.imgur.com/xjtezOs.jpg
Mmm... Lemon Oily
https://i.imgur.com/4eQihpJ.jpg
I need to confess at this point that I have made a bit of a dog's breakfast with the wiring and plan on redoing it when the shops open again tomorrow and I can buy supplies.
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I check to see the curvature of the neck with my professional Stew Mac © Luthier's Neck Tool ™ (read: meter rule with slots filed out) and saw that it was a bit convex. Easily fixed with a quarter...
For the finish, I rubbed on 5-6 coats of Tru Oil with a cotton rag and sanded with 1200 grit or polished with 0000 steel wool between coats (sorry, I forgot to take photos!). This stuff stinks to...
Onto the painting! This was a learning process for me, and if I do end up building another guitar I will definitely be doing some things a bit differently...
Firstly, I don't know that I'd...
Hello everyone! Apologies for the radio silence over the last few weeks. I've actually gone right through and pretty much finished the project :D Here are the photos and a walk-through of the process...
Hi everyone!
JZ-1 kit arrived in the mail a few days ago, finally got to open it today and can't wait to get started! I'm shooting for a a clean, factory looking build, nothing too fancy for my...