DMS-1 The King's 4th Pitbull build

[McCreed]

Is Wilkinson hardware good quality & value?

I've used Wilkinson hardware for years and never been disappointed. TTBOMK, the hardware is (still) made in S.Korea and made in the same factory as OEM stuff for numerous known guitar brands.
However, I believe some (maybe all, now) of the Wilkison pickups are made in China under Wilkinson licence. BUT, surprise surprise, there are counterfeit Wilkinson pickups that come out of China as well.

The only Wilko pickups I have (or have ever had) are a pair of mini humbuckers in my PRS-TS1 build. They sound great (and I am typically not a humbucker fan). I presume they were MIC, but I bought them from a reputable Seller and pretty confident they would be licenced ones.



I know the photo adds nothing to answre you question, but I shamelessly showoff when I can

[king casey]

Frustrating waiting for Australia Post to pull it's finger out of it's arse.
Brought up the tracking history for the umpteenth time:


Seems like my parcel is just circulating around since the 21st. on a carousel or something.

cheers, Mark.

[JoelDee]

Ha ha, hey this is what this forum is for yeah? Advice and showing off your hard work!

Thanks for the info - it's a minefield, there are so many brands being sold out of China waaaay to cheap to be original. I've found one thru a seller I use a lot who are based in Melbourne and they're always spot on with product and service. I should plug I guess? guitaraust.com.au. Well priced and fast delivery! (this is not a paid advert).

[king casey]

Ha ha, hey this is what this forum is for yeah? Advice and showing off your hard work!

Thanks for the info - it's a minefield, there are so many brands being sold out of China waaaay to cheap to be original. I've found one thru a seller I use a lot who are based in Melbourne and they're always spot on with product and service. I should plug I guess? guitaraust.com.au. Well priced and fast delivery! (this is not a paid advert).

Hi Joe. Yes I have bought gear from GuitarAust before.

Meanwhile, I checked the feedback of the ebay seller of mustang switches..
Seems to be a litany of 'recieved the money and didn't send the item' Doh!!
So I've launched a refund through Paypal, and now placed another order elsewhere.

cheers, Mark.

[McCreed]

Meanwhile, I checked the feedback of the ebay seller of mustang switches..
Seems to be a litany of 'recieved the money and didn't send the item...

Yeah, I saw that seller's name in your earlier post. I bought some parts from that mob twice. First time was slow but acceptable. Second time was ridiculously slow and they stuffed me around. That was enough, I won't buy from them again.

[king casey]

Yeah, I saw that seller's name in your earlier post. I bought some parts from that mob twice. First time was slow but acceptable. Second time was ridiculously slow and they stuffed me around. That was enough, I won't buy from them again.

I've added the name to my 'ebay blacklisted' file.
The item has been listed as posted but lounging around in Australia Post Dandenong South for a week.
I put in the request for a Paypal refund as item has not been received.
If it turns up in the next couple of days I'll refuse to sign for it and Aussie Post can take their sweet time sending it back.

cheers, Mark.

[king casey]

Finally some progress.

This really makes you realise that it aint no official Mustang template.

Working out where to locate the switches.


Out with the drill and trusty Ozito Rotary tool


Still some fine-tuning to go..


After this it's back to application of Tru-Oil.

cheers ,Mark.

[king casey]

If you find a schematic id really appreciate if you could share it here.

O.K. Oli, I found one that wasn't quite what I was after and did some crude alterations.
This is only part of it.
I figure that the 3-way switch, tone pot wiring would be easy to imagine.


cheers, Mark.

[king casey]

DHL came through with the NU-X pickups.


I'll probably install the 3-way switch next.

cheers, Mark.

edit:

[king casey]

After conducting some experiments, I have come to the conclusion that these rail humbuckers are not separately wired.

I guess you have to pay a lot more to achieve that.
Makes having 2x3 way switches somewhat redundant.


Meanwhile I'm up to 22 coats of Tru-Oil.
Bottle is fast running out so contemplating getting another one.

cheers, Mark.