Thank you Woks. Yeah, labeling the wires was the way to go for sure. I thought about shielding the cavities but since I'm so far out in the boonies I'm hoping it wasn't needed. If she has a hum, I suppose I can always pop her apart and try again. And yes, I have a bit of a sweet tooth when it comes to those Heinies. LOL! Cheers!
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mine took about 2.5 PBG copper shielding kits to shield there's so many cavities in that body !
But with all that shielding it only takes one stray bare wire to make contact with the shielding and earth the signal.
I see you have a heap of wires going back to the main control cavity for earthing
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Uh huh. On the PBG wiring diagram it said that the purple wires weren't needed if the cavities were shielded and the pots came into contact with the shielding, so I took a chance and decided not to shield. I'll let ya know how that works out. Lol!
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Better to be safe than sorry. I ground the back of pots as well as shield. In my house (old wiring, tons of fluoro lights), shielding is a necessity.
'As long as there's, you know, sex and drugs, I can do without the rock and roll.'
If problems arise, I have ample time to shield as I've been retired since 1998. This is my 1st build so I'm still learning. Thanks for the tip though Pablo.
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So after completing the wiring, only the 6 string neck worked. I ended up pulling it all back out and shielding everything as was suggested. I also used the GEAR4MUSIC wiring diagram instead of the PBG diagram but did use a bridge ground and now she is working great. Still need to do some fine tuning and adjust intonation but so far looking pretty good. Will post more pics soon.
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OK. Since nobody seems to care about this anymore, I will just say goodbye. Adam, you can delete my account.
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Steve glad you got the wiring sorted well done. There are so many build diaries running it's sometimes hard to get people to comment on each diary. Don't leave the community please. I've enjoyed your build diary so hope you start another kit soon.
I'd love to see a demo and it's not too late to enter it in GOTM. I'm sure people are still viewing your thread and are still very interested in all the build diaries
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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
For you Woks:
Last one.
Farewell.
Trouble Walkin' Studios
Hey Steve great looking build! You must be happy with how it's turned out. I too hope you don't leave the community. As Woks said there are so many build diaries and other interesting threads being updated constantly it would be a full time job responding to every post. Unfortunately this means some comments get missed but I certainly don't think that means people have lost interest.
I follow a number of builds (such as yours) with keen interest and don't comment on all of them. This is not because I don't care about the build/builder but because I just like browsing sometimes or may not have anything to add to the conversation. I would assume that others are like this too.
Also your build diary is only 7 pages long and has over 1200 views! That in itself shows people are still very interested in your build.
People always seem to comment on pics too so if you're feeling your thread needs a little love just chuck up some pics of....well anything guitar related and you're bound to get people commenting.
Anyway would love to see a demo of this beasty. Haven't seen one in action yet. I don't think Woks has a demo up of his??? would be keen to see that too if he has done one.
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