wow Fred just seen the pics after the polish, looking sweet
wow Fred just seen the pics after the polish, looking sweet
Current Builds and status
scratch end grain pine tele - first clear coat on !
JBA-4 - assembled - final tweaks
Telemonster double scale tele - finish tobacco burst on body and sand neck
Completed builds
scratch oak.rose gum Jazzmaster - assembled needs setup
MK-2 Mosrite - assembled - play in
Ash tele with Baritone neck - neck pup wiring tweaks and play in
Yep definitely looking sweet.
Builds to date
#1, 3 string box guitar
#2, GR-1SF, November guitar of the month 2016
#3, Charvel Surfcaster tribute scratch build. ( Completed )
#4, Pawn shop Strat ( Completed )
#5, Current build MM-1Q
Thanks guys.
Still need a few hours of polishing, then electronics to be soldered.
Just need more time!
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#1- STA1M - Completed Jan16 - GOTM Feb16 - Here
#2- IB5 - Completed Aug16 - Here
#3- 335 style 12 strings - 3rd build - Almost done - Here
No #- SG1 'Franck Zappa' - Completed Apr16 for a friend - No build diary (yet?)
#4- 'The Red Plywood Strat' - Completed Aug16 - Here
#5- ST-1JR Star Wars - Completed Dec16 - Here
#6- SG 3 pickups - Almost done - Here
#7- JBA-4M JPJ Bass - Completed Mar18 - Here
Finally got to do the electronics.
That 6 way switch and the push pull tone pot make things intersting!
Used coloured wires to help future troubleshooting: red is bridge pup, green middle and blue neck.
Then yellow is out to tone and to push pull switch, and orange adds neck and bridge to get all 3 pups at one in position 5...
Did I hear that's crazy?
I used old style wires to connect the jack and tried to tie cables together so it doesn't become a mess in the control cavity.
Now have to put copper tape, install electronics and cable the pups to their vol pots.
Getting there!
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#1- STA1M - Completed Jan16 - GOTM Feb16 - Here
#2- IB5 - Completed Aug16 - Here
#3- 335 style 12 strings - 3rd build - Almost done - Here
No #- SG1 'Franck Zappa' - Completed Apr16 for a friend - No build diary (yet?)
#4- 'The Red Plywood Strat' - Completed Aug16 - Here
#5- ST-1JR Star Wars - Completed Dec16 - Here
#6- SG 3 pickups - Almost done - Here
#7- JBA-4M JPJ Bass - Completed Mar18 - Here
Nice tidy wiring Harness Fred.
FrankenLab
Hand crafting guitars, because Death Rays are expensive.
Cheers. Glad I'm done with that cabling...
Had a small issue when hammering in the bridge post ferules, the poly cracked and lifted...
I reapplied some poly where it cracked and it looks better, i'll apply a couple more coats and repolish around that area...
Had a lot of drama with the poly finish on this build. I think that will be my last one finished with poly...
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#1- STA1M - Completed Jan16 - GOTM Feb16 - Here
#2- IB5 - Completed Aug16 - Here
#3- 335 style 12 strings - 3rd build - Almost done - Here
No #- SG1 'Franck Zappa' - Completed Apr16 for a friend - No build diary (yet?)
#4- 'The Red Plywood Strat' - Completed Aug16 - Here
#5- ST-1JR Star Wars - Completed Dec16 - Here
#6- SG 3 pickups - Almost done - Here
#7- JBA-4M JPJ Bass - Completed Mar18 - Here
And looking at the photos of the cabling, I just realised I messed up the connection to pot for middle pup, I connected to the middle lug instead of the side one...
Must be tired, I'll fix next time, enough for today...
#1- STA1M - Completed Jan16 - GOTM Feb16 - Here
#2- IB5 - Completed Aug16 - Here
#3- 335 style 12 strings - 3rd build - Almost done - Here
No #- SG1 'Franck Zappa' - Completed Apr16 for a friend - No build diary (yet?)
#4- 'The Red Plywood Strat' - Completed Aug16 - Here
#5- ST-1JR Star Wars - Completed Dec16 - Here
#6- SG 3 pickups - Almost done - Here
#7- JBA-4M JPJ Bass - Completed Mar18 - Here
Complex wiring does take a lot of concentration.
Hey Fred, are you still chasing replacement PUP's for your IB5? There is a set of EMG passives for a fiver on eBay for $100 that I reckon would fit.
http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/EMG-40HZ-...53.m1438.l2649
# 1 - EX-5 https://goo.gl/fQJMqh
# 2 - EX-1 https://goo.gl/KSY9W9
# 3 - Non PBG Tele https://goo.gl/W14G5g
# 4 - Non PBG J Bass https://goo.gl/FbBaFy
# 5 - TL-1AR GOTM Aug 2017 https://goo.gl/sUh14s
# 6 - MMB-4 Runner-up GOTM Oct 2018https://goo.gl/gvrPkp
# 7 - ES-1 Runner-up GOTM Aug 2018https://goo.gl/T9BEY8
Hey Waz, not chasing anymore. Adam is ordering a set of Bensons for me
Cheers
Now I've got to order a couple of push pull pots or something like that to switch to single coil... Maybe I should replace the blend and master vol pots by 2x vol pots with push pull... or change the tone pots to push pull...
How did you cable yours?
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#1- STA1M - Completed Jan16 - GOTM Feb16 - Here
#2- IB5 - Completed Aug16 - Here
#3- 335 style 12 strings - 3rd build - Almost done - Here
No #- SG1 'Franck Zappa' - Completed Apr16 for a friend - No build diary (yet?)
#4- 'The Red Plywood Strat' - Completed Aug16 - Here
#5- ST-1JR Star Wars - Completed Dec16 - Here
#6- SG 3 pickups - Almost done - Here
#7- JBA-4M JPJ Bass - Completed Mar18 - Here
Hi Fred, on the EX-5 it originally had 2 x Vol & 1 x Tone and when installing the Bensons I used a couple of Bourns 500k audio taper push pulls to split the coils and also operate as master volume & master tone with a Gotoh LP style 3 way switch installed for PUP selection.
When they arrive let me know and I will take a photo of the control cavity to help you with which wires do what for coil splitting.
# 1 - EX-5 https://goo.gl/fQJMqh
# 2 - EX-1 https://goo.gl/KSY9W9
# 3 - Non PBG Tele https://goo.gl/W14G5g
# 4 - Non PBG J Bass https://goo.gl/FbBaFy
# 5 - TL-1AR GOTM Aug 2017 https://goo.gl/sUh14s
# 6 - MMB-4 Runner-up GOTM Oct 2018https://goo.gl/gvrPkp
# 7 - ES-1 Runner-up GOTM Aug 2018https://goo.gl/T9BEY8
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