Montana

Well, Fretworn, it sure is pink, I sort of liked the pail pink of the conch girl. But I was told it wasn't pink, and this is what I was told was pink, even if it's not called pink. Looks as if I do as I'm told. (cause I just don't figure this out)javascript:void(0);

ANYWAY, Just touched it a little today, I think it will be ok by the time I finish working on it.

Almost time to look at the 'lectrics, as I let this cure for a while. I just want to change them a little, personally, I don't like not having a tone control on the bridge pick up, possibly because of my deafness , I like to take some highs off. I am thinking of having a master tone, this will leave me one spare control, uuummmm, I'm sure I will be able to hook something up to it.

Only time will tell. It will be interesting to see if I can do some thing constructive.

Cheers

Today, not much happened, I checked out the wiring, yes very easy to modify. I will have one master tone for the three pups, or a master for the front and middle, and one for the bridge, that makes a little more sense, either way it will be different.

Fixed a run that I found in the boddy. and put a sticker on the head stock. Unfortunately my clear sticker paper isn't too clear, guess it will do though.

8-)

[stan]

wow - Pinkcaster!

Ha, Ok Stan good thought, with the trouble that I have been having with this finish I've called it a lot of things.
I was to put the word "Mofcaster" along with the Montana, but there was no room.
Now I have been wondering just how many ?????casters we can come uo with.

So far Stan you are the winner.

May be Adam and DB can come up with a little prize, maybe some Conch Girl (hahaha).
(I got 3/4 bottle of the white thats not used, maybe that is it) lol

[Tim]

WOW that's some full blown pink going on 8-)

Today I just took the masking tape of the head stock and touched up the body a little. I think that the head stock is close enough to being done, at least for a while.

Just about to leave for Tandys' when the air conditioner guy came round, then a buyer for my kayak, so that put paid to getting the bits for my wiring mod. Oh well may be tomorrow.

Ok! off to Tandys' today got some diodes and changed the wiring.

Pic #1shows the standard wiring, Green wire the tone wire for the middle pup, the hole on the right is where the bridge pup would be if it had a tone control.

Pic #2 shows that I bridged the three tone out puts together, giving me a master, which is connected to the middle pot, with the blue wire.

Pic #3 shows the diodes wired to the other pot with the green wire, which was the tone wire (which I left where it was for this purpose).

SO the tone out put is (hopefully) doing two jobs, master tone and a master (passive) distortion control. (hopefully)

I have wired the diodes different to the usual way, so will be interesting to see if it works, if not I guess I'll conform and wire it the standard way.

Hope I got the right pix.

Well, finally got back to do a little, not 100% happy with the finish but it's not too bad.
Will let it sit for a few days then assemble the neck, scratch plate. I am interested to see how that wiring mod will turn out so am anxious to try it out.
Umm if it wont work will need to change it to the unmodified mod (?).

[lawry]

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I have wired the diodes different to the usual way, so will be interesting to see if it works, if not I guess I'll conform and wire it the standard way.
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Hi Ricmo,
By diodes, do you mean capacitors? Not sure why there would be any diodes in there. And if you do mean the caps they are not polarity sensitive (doesn't matter which way they go). If you want to post a schematic I am happy to check it out for you. Even if you just draw a picture of how you connected it.
Cheers

[Gavin1393]

Agree with Lawry....unless you are building a bomb and not a guitar?