PBG body blank, Tele build. UPDATE, New neck.

[Brendan]

Dan - looks amazing though. Do like the black pickguard on teles..

[DanMade]

I sorted out the in series wiring problem. I knew it would be something simple but it took me a while to find it.

To run a Tele pickup set in series, the neck pup cover needs to be disconnected from the (-) lead wire and grounded via a new wire to a common ground. Basically you just cut the short jumper wire between the cover and the (-) lead wire and solder a new wire to the cover.
This allows you to switch the (-) neck pup lead from gound in standard position and the bridge hot lead when you pull the pot up into the "in series" position.

This is where my problem was. Where I had cut the jumper wire and soldered on the new ground wire, there was still a small enough contact between the two that caused the (-) lead to always be grounded.

I bent the wire out of the way a little more and then used some insulation tape to prevent any further contact. Problem finally solved.

Here's the diagram I used. And a link to the source.
http://www.deaf-eddie.net/pushpull/pushpull.html

[lawry]

Alright. So now it's time to crank up the amp and stand well clear. Looking forward to some sound clips from this Dan.

[DanMade]

Not quite yet. The neck is still in the finishing process so it's a little while off yet.

[Gavin1393]

StewMac supply a 4 way switch that will do much the same as the Push-pull pot.....same mods necessary to the PUP! Keeps the tele look!

[DanMade]

Gav- I actually had trouble finding a 4 way switch locally, all the regular suppliers were sold out. So I went with the push pull option.

I've got it all back together now, and have made a timber veneer pickgaurd, stained black. And I changed the old scratched control plate for a shiny new chrome one.

I still need more practice installing the frets. I had a few problems on a couple of frets. Some where I didn't pre bend the fretwire enough and when the fret end was pressed in it was still sitting proud. So extra leveling was needed. And getting a good set up has been a challenge because of it.

It's playing nicely now though so that's good. And it's all part of the learning.

I might try to get a demo over the weekend.

[pablopepper]

That is pretty amazing, Dan. Lovely work throughout.

[Fretworn]

Very nice! It's turned out a treat.

[wokkaboy]

Wow Dan that is a stunning build, you must be very proud producing such a nice looking axe from scratch.
Keen to hear a sound demo when you get time.
Glad you learnt alot from the build, no doubt your next scratch build will even be better !

[WeirdBits]

Looks great Dan, really nicely done.

How is your 'neck of unusual woods' settling in, and what did you end up using for your fretboard and side dots?