Latest... wired everything up yesterday, thinking, "I've wired enough guitars that I think I know what I'm doing."
Pfft... the Emu is down in flames... for the moment. Switched gears...
Played with the truss rod a bit, the guitar has been at tension now for a week. My plan was to let it settle, then worry about the truss rod and any fret issues. With the neck as straight as possible, the first fret buzzes continually.
Rather than detail which frets are out for now, I put some relief in the neck, and raised the bridge. Did some playing - once I get the frets squared away it should feel pretty good. I'll probably rub in some Tru-Oil on the fingerboard when I'm done with more taping and filing.
I have yet to test the wiring in more detail. My gut says get some better wire and redo it all - when stripping and tinning ends for soldering, it seemed pretty flimsy. There's a possibility I simply missed a ground somewhere or one of the solder joints is hanging by a copper thread.
I don't think I've blown up andy pots this time, with my loaner overpowered glass application soldering iron (rheostat set 5/10). Since my Weller tip is corroded on to my original iron, I'll probably break down and buy a new one with some new tips.
As is, best I could get was the rhythm pickup when it's volume is set to 10.
Made some temporary mounts for the pickups out of some old pickguard material. I should have rings that fit tomorrow. The rings from the kit have a different spacing than trad FB pickups - they're made for the kit.
My eBay decal went on - twice as big as a Gibson decal, but looks OK.
So, potential complete rewire to come, but might just to a trace and fix, and frets - we'll see where time and ambition end up.
My trusty indie retailer is back in tomorrow, so I'll hit him up.
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