first step for the day was to grind down the pins holding up the saddles, they were a bit pointy and uncomfortable, perfect now. i then fixed the nut by slightly deepening the slot for the low b string, and slightly adjusted the neck relief.
then it was time to go under the bonnet, got everything soldered in nice, no dramas. for anyone following my wiring thread the only change i made to the final diagram was to put both pickups in parallel before the tone control instead of series cause as it was i could only get neck pickup alone or neck and bridge, but not bridge alone. oh and a went with a .039 micro farad cap on the tone pot, .015 on the diode circuit and .0022 on the bass cut (i think thats what i ended up choosing...)
the diode circuit sounds killer, not much like an overdrive sound, just a kind of punchier sound i guess, hard to describe.
pics and sound should both be on the card for tonight, im pretty happy with my results so why not show off? haha
might even need to enter guitar of the month. doubt i'd win, but i may give it a go lol. what does the winner win for this competition by the way? just the pride i assume (and thats good enough for me), just curious though.
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