Funny thing, Andy, Alex stayed home, and watching the Cowboys flog the Rabbitohs became my priority!
Anyway, this morning we installed a few bits of hardware, remembering the bridge ground wire, of course!
I decided we'd shield the cavity, even though it will have active pickups... just in case things change in the future.
Checked the bridge ground continuity, and it's all good - from the bridge post, to the shielding to the pot shafts. I haven't done any soldering yet!
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Next up was wiring the pickups. Since the EMG pickups have a three pin plug on the rear, I bought some three pin sockets to fit from Jaycar. EMG do sell a harness to suit their pickups, but Alex didn't have the spare funds.
Cable ready for soldering with the new socket...
Pins soldered to the wire...
And the neck pickup ready to be plugged in and screwed down...
Now to make dinner to feed the hungry hordes!
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Okay, dinner done, wiring for dessert!
All the wiring done, and working. Hooked up a 9V battery, and the pickups passed the screwdriver-tap test.
It's all ready to have the neck fitted, after it gets a dose of polishing.
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@Swannie/SwannieJR, are you using 81/85 EmGs?
That's them, Franken, Alex bought them off Gumtree back in January, I think.
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So i decided to do a little video for you guys, showing what this thing is made of! (PS, These pickups are god tier)
https://youtu.be/ikdKnduNkXw
This guitar is awesome!
Now I know what all that noise was about!
We've almost finished... the truss rod cover isn't on yet, as I'd like to get it off him for a while to check the neck bow/relief. We had to shim the neck pocket to change the break angle slightly.
But, as you can tell, he loves it!
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Looks and sounds amazing guys! Awesome job.
cheers,
Gav.
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Thanks Gav, I'll try and get some finished photos up this week. Alex is still playing it now - I don't think he's touched his Epiphone LP!
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MMMM they sound nice and chunky. Won't be installing mine for a while as we have some other priorities at the moment, but a nice little preview at any rate. Cheers
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