Getting closer to the finish line
Touched up area that was dug out to fit pre amp with some fresh copper tape last night, checked that everything fitted and found it was still a bit cramped. In fact the last pre-amp pot for one of the tone boosts was sitting on top of the jack socket plus wires attached to end of jack socket also looked a bit vulnerable. Ended up removing one nylon washer off all pots to raise their bases by similar thickness and that provided just enough clearance over jack socket which had just been de-soldered and re-soldered with heat shrink added to insulate some bare contacts that may have shorted out if left unattended. At each small change I stopped to check and make sure there was still sound coming out to avoid a lengthy trouble shoot if done all at once and then found no noise....been there and done that too many times before.
It was way past 10 pm when I screwed down the boomerang plate and plugged it in to the Hartke 75w combo and had to keep volume at a sensible level but was quite impressed with the tone of this GFS pickup, and the 3 way mini dpdt switch does actually work and provides a couple of significantly different sounds. all of which are best when left in humbucking series position. When dropping a coil the level also drops a bit and can't wait to play it over the weekend with a bit more volume to see how it really sounds.
Below shots taken early this morning.....still have setting up neck, action, intonation plus another final polish to go.
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Originally Posted by WeirdBits
