My job this weekend is wiring. I’m all templates up and ready to go.
Hoping it all goes well but not expecting it too.
If all goes wrong I have lots of spare wire and pots at work on Monday. Thought I’d just try straight off with thenkit stuff though.
Your finish is looking great on this. I’m still awaiting stain (crimson guitars taking ages!!)
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The break did the trick! Got it wired up yesterday & all working fine now.Glued the neck on this morning
Hi Paolo . The wiring problem is now sorted. I ordered new pots online then got heavier gauge wire. Everything went like a dream including fitting the whole lot into the body of the guitar. All tested & no apparent buzz. I realise now after 3 builds that the wire supplied with these kits is really Sh...t! Much too thin & I cannot perceive any appreciable difference when using speaker wire from my local audio electronics store. Anyway the proof will be when I finally get it all together & play it. Meanwhile I have just glued the neck into the body & will give it a few days before proceeding. Good luck with your build too!
Hey BuffaloGhost, hope you got the wiring sorted out to your satisfaction. I just got all of my wiring installed this morning after waiting for a set of new pots to arrive. I used speaker wire from my local electronics store instead of that thin stuff which is supplied with the kit. I bound the cables in shrink tube where necessary & used poly tubing to feed the pots through the holes. I tested it prior to installation & everything seemed fine & dandy to me. I have just glued the neck to the body so now I will wait a few days before proceeding.
Some pictures after installing electrics & gluing neck today. Note the difference in colour between flash shots & non flash
Its looking great mate. Glad you got the wiring in. Although mine seems fine. I am prepared for it not o work or have headaches once its in. I used the stock wire and yes it seems pretty crappy. And there just wasn't enough of it either! So I padded it out with wire I had. if I need to re do everything I will. i didn't perceive any problems with my pots when I tested. but there is still time.. what was the problem with yours? humming was it?Originally Posted by Dougr
build is looking good!
The problem was that I cant solder very well & the big blobs (I think ) were causing an awful lot of noise. Maybe I had a cold solder joint mixed in there as well. I bought some pots from China on Ebay (3 packs of 5 each) for about $14 AUD so I could practice my soldering. As it turned out I managed to get it all together first time & even the installation went well although I had had a bit of practice with the dummy runs I had to do when the wires broke. I wondered how you went putting all of the electrics in when the neck was on? I remember from building the ES5V that stuffing the wires into the F holes was a real pain & there were less pots n stuff to go into that one! I am now ready to start putting the bridge & Bigsby on today. I also bought a roller bridge which I also did for the ES5V which makes intonation so much easier. This roller bridge however needs to have some sort of sleeve put over the supplied anchors because the holes are already drilled for the supplied bridge & I dont want to fill them up & re drill. (I will put some pictures up later to illustrate what I mean.) Have you put the Bigsby onto yours yet?
Pictures of problem fitting roller bridge to existing holes drilled for saddle bridge.
Holes in guitar body are 11.77mm diameter. Pic #1 The inserts for these holes are ok.
I must insert the knurled peg from roller bridge into the threaded part of supplied bridge insert but the hole is slightly larger than the knurled part of the roller bridge peg. I theorise that I will have to put thread seal tape around the diameter of the roller bridge pegs to allow me a tight fit without the whole bridge rocking backwards & forwards thus creating tuning problems.
I finally got the 'Bigsby' lookalike installed together with the roller bridge. I used fishing line to get everything aligned to check clearances etc. The roller bridge will need some further attention during the intonation stage but so far so good. The only thing I cannot work out is how the front of the 'Bigsby' is attached? Screws?? There doesn't seem to be much 'meat' (thickness) on the body to just have screws through less than 3mm of wood. Any suggestions from the wise ones out there?
Have you researched whether there is another roller bridge with the correct diameter parts? I'm sure it's out there.
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