Lawrys IB-6S Fretless

[wokkaboy]

ok thanks Lawry thats an easy mod. I was more concerned about the height of the PCB with wires attached at the top touching the cavity cover. Have you worked out where each of the 5 pots will go ?
Also interested where you plan to mount the battery and what method. My build has gone too far to start routing new cavities for a battery

[lawry]

Reckon I'll put Volume and Balance in the top two holes, and Bass, Mid, Treble in the bottom three.
As for the battery, I'm hoping it will fit in the cavity as well using one of these clips from Jaycar (crappy screenshot pic).
But I won't know until I've fitted the electronics.

[wokkaboy]

ok thanks Lawry that sounds like a good idea, look forward to seeing how you go. I got the painful wait of the pre-amp arriving in the mail

[lawry]

Found a bit of time to do some work at lunchtime.

First pic shows the pot recesses as came with the body.
Second pic is after a bit of routing to make the PCB fit.
Third pic shows the preamp assembly and battery installed into the cavity on its edge.
Fourth pic shows the battery on it's back.

There is enough room to have the battery lying down or on its side. There is tons (or is that tones) of space for the whole thing.
No extra battery cavity required.

[lawry]

Pic 4

[wokkaboy]

looks good Lawry, so your master volume with the main PCB will be centre of the bottom 3 holes by the looks. I didn't realise there's a 2nd smaller PCB.
Any idea where the 2 humbucker earth and active wires go, presume to the main PCB ? There is enough space behind the battery for these to come through the cavity hole near the battery.
One other query can't remember if the pre-amp comes with a output jack, I noticed there are 3 wires going to the jack, do we need to solder all 3 wires to a stereo jack ?
sorry mate electronics is not my strong point, you seem to know alot about it !

[lawry]

Hey Wokka.
Ask as many questions as you like about electronics. It's my job.

The main PCB is soldered to the MID/SWEEP pot not the volume.
The pups connect to the smaller PCB which is mounted on the Balance pot.
There is an output socket included and connected but I had stuffed it into the jack hole (musta hurt!).
So... this is how I'm going to set out the controls (looking at the front - neck to the right)

BALANCE - VOLUME

BASS - MID/SWEEP - TREBLE

Cheers

[wokkaboy]

thanks Lawry (can I please call you Lozza ? I worked with a Lawry and that was his nickname)
Ok well that is making more sense the way you installed each pot. So is that why you have routed a small channel for the output jack to fit to the outside, looks like there's some wood removed inside the jack hole.
My pre-amp kit was posted yesterday, so hopefully it will be here in a week or so. Be good to enter our IB-6S for GOTM in a different month !

[lawry]

Call me whatever you like (most people do 8O ). With your building skills you will have no problems making this fit. Really keen to see one of these finished and you're at the head of the pack. You get to set the benchmark!

[wokkaboy]

cheers Lozza, can you remember how long it took to come from US once it was posted ?
I'm pretty well finished the body/neck, maybe one or 2 more clear coats