LP-1SS "Blacktop" tribute

[zeromick]

very tidy! love the cream on the black

[stan]

!!! absolutely fantastic finish - that is a superb job !!!

The cream looks way better than I thought it could- really nice.

The repaints were worth it.

[Hillsy]

Yeees that looks awesome and nice job on the switch wiring.

[gavinturner]

Hey bargey,
I bought a long levelling beam, short levelling beam and a notched straight edge from this guy on ebay. Very reasonable prices and will combine postage. I'm very happy with mine.

http://m.ebay.com.au/itm/251271631474?nav=SEARCH


Cheers,
Gav.

[bargeloobs]

Hey thanks guys, it's great to see a plan coming together, and cheers Gav I threw that bloke into me watchlist, I'll go and have a proper look later.
So I decided to play round with the preliminary wiring today and decided to go with a modern harness, as well as screwing the cavity plate on. I'd originally bought a genuine Gibson plate for the back but the size was so far out of whack it wasn't even funny so Adam was good enough to send me one out free of charge, top bloke!!
Also just a quick question for anyone out there, having never worked with braided wire before, are the bare parts running through the body (as shown in the pics) gonna be a problem when they come into contact with the pups?
Cheers, Nige.

[Brendan]

Nigel - depends on what else they're in contact with. You can use the braid (silver stuff) around the wire as your ground wire - joining the pup and the bridge - it will conduct. That said, it will conduct, so if it's in contact with a "hot or live" wire you'll end up with grounding out your sound.

BTW - you thinking of shielding your cavities? Pit Bull have some great tape to reduce the impact of RF noise on your axe. (http://www.pitbullguitars.com/shop/l...hielding-tape/)

[bargeloobs]

/<\\/p>[]<\\/p>/Quote from Brendan on May 17, 2014, 10:08
Nigel - depends on what else they're in contact with. You can use the braid (silver stuff) around the wire as your ground wire - joining the pup and the bridge - it will conduct. That said, it will conduct, so if it's in contact with a "hot or live" wire you'll end up with grounding out your sound.

BTW - you thinking of shielding your cavities? Pit Bull have some great tape to reduce the impact of RF noise on your axe. (http://www.pitbullguitars.com/shop/l...hielding-tape/)

Well the way that I'm wiring it, the outer braid is being used as the ground, I guess what I need to know is, is the bottom part of the pup (mainly the screw/spring) that will be in contact with the braid an earth as well, I'm pickin' it is so it shouldn't be a problem but correct me if I'm wrong.
In regards to shielding the cavities, it's something I considered briefly but the simple fact is I've gone so far over budget with this thing (and I'm still spending money on tools) if I was to throw any more cash at this build at this stage there's a high possibility something may happen that involves me, my missus and my balls, and I don't mean in a good way.
I know you can retrofit that stuff so definitely something to think about further down the track. I guess I'll know more once i plug her in.
Cheers.

[Brendan]

Nige - sorry - missed that you were aiming for the pups. From memory, the ground to the pup is earthed to the plate anyway, so gut feeling - shouldn't be an issue. Understand the over budget thing ... the Minister of Finance has raised the issue of my builds with me (more than once) . All the best when you plug it in - looking preeettty sweet! Hopefully it'll sound even better.

[bargeloobs]

Roger that, cheers mate.

[Hillsy]

Looking so good with the hardware on nige and I agree pup case won't be a problem touching ground, also I'd only bother shielding the output jack and 3way cavities when you do it, with the way your wiring it everything else is pretty well shielded.