Looks great Jeff! The moment when you plug your first kit into an amp for the first time is just nuts, looking back at all the hard work you put into a wonderful axe, and it's finally playable! Now you need to buy another kit!
Looks great Jeff! The moment when you plug your first kit into an amp for the first time is just nuts, looking back at all the hard work you put into a wonderful axe, and it's finally playable! Now you need to buy another kit!
Great looking build Jeff well done. Sure you will be ordering another kit soon!
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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
That's awesome Jeff, looks so good now I want one of those as well.
Fantastic result Jeff, it looks great.
Is the wiring working as intended? I completely forgot about that diagram and meant to follow up with you to make sure it worked with your specific balance pot. I did the pot config from memory in original diagram as I didn't have any on hand at the time, and while that would match some brands of balance pot, other brands like Alpha actually have a reverse configuration. Basically, the ground connection needs to be on the resistive side/end of each layer of the pot.
Here's the alternate diagram for Alpha style balance pots, just in case:
Again, congrats on the build.
Scott.
Looks great man. Reminds me of a restored Holden FJ turned hot rod that cruises around my area.
Great job Jeff. And you appear to have come through the wiring process with your sanity intact. Hopefully your son didn't get nightmares about being swallowed by a guitar.
Current:
GTH-1
Completed:
AST-1FB
First Act ME276 (resurrected curb-side find)
ES-5V
Scratchie lapsteel
Custom ST-1 12 String
JBA-4
TL-1TB
Scratch Lapsteel
Meinl DIY Cajon
Cigar Box lap steel
Wishing:
Baritone
Open D/Standard Double 6 twin neck
that is so good Jeff, you really nailed the satin/matte black look - not an easy thing to do
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Wierdbits, yes it is working! I'm not 100% sure if it's as intended but that might have to do with pickup height. Select rhythm, roll the pot all the way to the neck pup and get about an 7 out of ten on volume. Nice clean sound and when I hit a chord I can turn the whole volume off and on by switching up and down on the selector, a fun option. Select treble roll the pot all the way to the bridge pup and I get ten out of ten on volume, but if I switch Back to rhythm I still have it at about 6 or 7 volume. It's definetly a fun setup that I'm enjoying playing with.
good stuff Jeff, once its set up, intonated and the neck played in it will be a great axe to play.
Have you used stock parts ?
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
hey Woks, yeah mostly all stock parts except I got shielded wire and a push pull pot for the pup balance. Here is a shot of one of the pickups that had a big crack in it and a bent screw. Didn't seem to have any negative effect though
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