Thanks Wokka, I was wondering if I had them round the wrong way, bugga!!!! Ill have to de solder then otherwise itll put a nasty twist in the wire, but, they do fit in the cavity as they are
Thanks Wokka, I was wondering if I had them round the wrong way, bugga!!!! Ill have to de solder then otherwise itll put a nasty twist in the wire, but, they do fit in the cavity as they are
I wouldn't worry de-soldering Soundguy if the pickguard fits in the cavity now. Shouldn't make any difference in sound.
Better check if the 6 pole pieces in the pups are the same for each pup
Current Builds and status
scratch end grain pine tele - first clear coat on !
JBA-4 - assembled - final tweaks
Telemonster double scale tele - finish tobacco burst on body and sand neck
Completed builds
scratch oak.rose gum Jazzmaster - assembled needs setup
MK-2 Mosrite - assembled - play in
Ash tele with Baritone neck - neck pup wiring tweaks and play in
I did spin them around, theres enough slack to not make twisting an issue, the poles are all adjusted to the same relative heights, the reason I put them on in that orientation was to put the highest poles under the G B E strings.
Ya live n ya loins!
Last edited by soundguy4033; 15-09-2015 at 03:26 PM.
ah ok Soundguy. fair enough sounds good. I'd say the higher pole pieces are for the E A D strings as they are normally set a little higher action than the treble strings
Last edited by wokkaboy; 15-09-2015 at 03:29 PM.
Current Builds and status
scratch end grain pine tele - first clear coat on !
JBA-4 - assembled - final tweaks
Telemonster double scale tele - finish tobacco burst on body and sand neck
Completed builds
scratch oak.rose gum Jazzmaster - assembled needs setup
MK-2 Mosrite - assembled - play in
Ash tele with Baritone neck - neck pup wiring tweaks and play in
now that I think of it, thats the logical conclusion, guess my brain was in neutral at the time (as usual)
Join the club!Originally Posted by soundguy4033
The build is coming along very nicely, this is gunna rock!
There is always a workaround for glitches, mistakes and other Guitar building gremlins.....
Sure hope so!! I love strats, and that its the easiest build is a good place to start. If it comes out OK, Im going to do an ES next, then tossing up between an LP or JR, then to finish off the collection, a classical, (unless I buy a Dobro)
OK, so we have had some progress.
I put another DT colour coat on the neck, and we had a disaster!! I guess there was some grease or something and it ended up looking like a some sort of demented tigers coat after it had been shat out of a T Rex arse.
Not to be put off, I ordered a 2nd kit and started off on that. So, same shaped headstock, but a maple fretboard.
Sanding sanding sanding etc etc, yadda yadda. I went for some Behlen meadium wheat stain, and some naughty oil (sorry DB)
This is after 3 coats of N.O. Im guessing about 5 more to go on the body, probably more.
The 1st kit has had the neck striped back, (and let me tell you how much not fun that is!!!!) and will be re done with some more DT when it arrives.
the body has had 3 DT colour coats and just had 1 intensifying coat (pics to follow shortly)
looking excellent so far SoundGuy.
Love the gold hardware, are the pup covers gold as well ? Bit hard to see in the photo
Current Builds and status
scratch end grain pine tele - first clear coat on !
JBA-4 - assembled - final tweaks
Telemonster double scale tele - finish tobacco burst on body and sand neck
Completed builds
scratch oak.rose gum Jazzmaster - assembled needs setup
MK-2 Mosrite - assembled - play in
Ash tele with Baritone neck - neck pup wiring tweaks and play in
wokka yeah they'r gold Ive managed to get gold everything for hardware, eg PUP switch knob, PUP covers, and whammy bar knob.
Im very happy so far, but still have many coats left to go before it has "that" finish.
I got some aerosol naughty oil, which is coming up great on the neck.
Kit #1 body is looking pretty good in outback sunset, but the neck still needs a bit more abrasion. I might get some time next week, so hopefully Ill be able to get both kits finished soon! (then comes fret leveling and set up!)
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