Embarrassing admission....Happy Number 38 guitar to me.

[McCreed]

In this case the control cavity cover is metal....so would the mounting nut on the top provide connection for the pot?

Yes, the nuts and pot bushings are both conductive, so if the nuts are making contact with the metal control plate, shielding paint in a wooden cavity or shielding on the back of a plastic pickguard, there will be continuity.

[ozzbike]

The body has hung for ages now....and today it got some more wax...and a complete hand buff....no power tools at all.

[ozzbike]

I like this neck.....it has some amazing grain and figure that looks like dirt in a photo....but is really nice in real life.

The headstock is a maple stain and the fingerboard is golden teak stain.

I have to spray and sand a couple of coats of satin finish polyurethane on the back of the neck and it will be done as well.

[McCreed]

You may not have noticed... but your nut is a little wonky. Might want to replace that...

[WeirdBits]

He’s a little sensitive about it.

[ozzbike]

He’s a little sensitive about it.

Lucky you guys are around. I laughed at your comments.....buggers.

Yeah when I removed the plastic nut it broke....I have a Dingo Bass Bone one to go in. So when I was spraying the poly I jammed the biggest bit back in and filled the rest with a wad of paper towel.

So...smart eyes....when it is dry and waxed etc the real one will go in.

[ozzbike]

I have toiled over wiring issues with this build for weeks now.

Tonight I change out the switch, two other CTS pots, different cap and still very very very low sound electrically.

I am really thinking about taking all things wiring out of the body and starting again. This time without wiring grounding cavities...which is my only new thing.

I will also be scratching the paint away from the pickup screws.

She looks so nice...but is so very very very silent. Painful. Aaaaah.

[Simon Barden]

I wish I was closer and could help, but I'm not and I can't.

So, sending good vibes instead. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

[ozzbike]

I wish I was closer and could help, but I'm not and I can't.

So, sending good vibes instead. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

I feel it mate...thank you.....only vibes coming out of this guitar.

[WeirdBits]

What strings do you have on it?