Soldering time!
Soldering time!
The biggest test in my opinion happened today
Firstly started with the soldering. This wasn't as difficult thanks to some help from great people on this forum. I soldered away for about 30 minutes be very careful with it. (Don't want to muck up) now originally i hadn't planned to put the body together today but it wasn't as long as i thought it would be (Thankfully). So i started to screw the Bolts in to the wood to attach the neck but there kept pushing back. This was probably the biggest problem i faced.. So i used a compass to measure the screw and then marked out the wood of how far to drill. (so i wouldn't drill through the other side) once i drilled thorough i then screwed in the bolts and attached the neck to the body. once all that was done i then attached the Pick guard (scratch board) to the body along with the volume plate and drilled tiny holes the just screwed them in. although it was a little bit of a pain with some of the wires sticking out and making it hard o be able to screw the screws in. but just got a Flathead screw driver and pushed them in.
Sorry if this a little long just want to keep tabs on everything. however i'm confused about the earth wire? it attaches to he spring board behind the guitar? some how? any way thanks and i'll be sure to keep you guys posted.
Does this help Gibson.Fender
Last edited by kimball492; 25-04-2016 at 02:12 PM.
Moving on to the Bridge i assume you attach the bolts that goes under the guitar with the springs?
Hi Gibson.Fender,
looking at Kimball's pics you need to attach the spring claw, have the screws out so the claw is closest the bridge and attach the springs to the bridge block. You will need your bridge posts in place.
Once the springs are on you can tighten the spring claw screws to put tension on the bridge block
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Hey Sean, inbox has been emptied give it another go lol
Too much 'fan mail' kimball!
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i'm really struggling to work out how to attach the bridge and the spring load to the guitar?? urgent help please??
Check your messages Sean upload more pics of the problems your having and I'm sure one of us here will guide you through it.
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