Brett's First Build - IB-6S

[Mechanixxxer]

It lines up perfectly with the truss rod so I would say it is definitely that. It's on the side with 3 holes, but I just took off the end of the screw with some tin snips and that did the trick! It's deep enough to get some grip but a few mm shy of the truss rod. Hopefully that won't cause too many issues down the road. Still one screw short though!

Edit: No other problems regarding the truss rod placement and screw holes, just the one

[Mechanixxxer]

I've also found that one of the 5 screws for the bridge is the wrong size, and much too big. That'll teach me to rush through the mock build next time

[Mechanixxxer]

Kind of a dumb question, but which colour wire indicates the bridge/neck pickup? I assumed red = bridge, like on all the guitar pickups I've ever bought, but the red wire is significantly longer than the blue, so I'm not quite sure if that means anything or not

[wokkaboy]

Hi Brett. No dumb questions. Generally the longer wire pup will be the neck pup. Have You got a multimeter? Usually the bridge pup will have a higher resistance

[Mechanixxxer]

I was going to get one when I went to B*****gs, but I totally forgot about it

Thanks Wokka, I've just used to longer wired pup in the neck, should be okay

[Mechanixxxer]

Well here we go, finished! Minus a few minor problems and blemishes (me rushing) I'm pretty happy with it.
It needs a proper setup/intonation, but I don't think that I'm quite good enough at that so I'll take it to the music store later this week.

Thanks for all the help everyone, really appreciate it.
I'm already drooling over the 7-string LP kit so I'll probably be back in a few weeks

[Tindrrel]

Nice one. Another one with the machine heads angled downwards. I tried mine like that and ended up putting them straight out again.

Have you really let the tru-oil have enough time to cure?

[Mechanixxxer]

I really like the Warwick look so I figured I'd go for it and see how it turned out.

Probably not, and there are bits and pieces that would have benefited from me being more patient as well. But I'm just going to let it sit for a while before I really start abusing it. things to be aware of for the next build I suppose!

I'm also having some grounding issues but I'm not sure where I've gone wrong. Touching the strings/bridge stops all the hum, but it hums like crazy when I'm not touching it. I do have a ground wire from volume to bridge as well. Any ideas?

[Tindrrel]

I'm also having some grounding issues but I'm not sure where I've gone wrong. Touching the strings/bridge stops all the hum, but it hums like crazy when I'm not touching it. I do have a ground wire from volume to bridge as well. Any ideas?

Have you got a meter you can check the grounding is all connected with?

Those black bridges you may need to sand away some of the paint on the underside where the ground wire pokes out from the body underneath. The paint insulates it. (I also had to poke the meter probe in the head of the screw to make contact as the top part of the bridge is also insulated.)

[Mechanixxxer]

I don't unfortunately, I might pick one up tomorrow though. Seems handy!

Ah really? Okay, I'll try sanding some of the paint off and see if that helps. Thanks Sam