What da fudge is happening here? Whimper :(

[jonwhitear]

Fair enough - still trying to navigate my way around and get the hang of things. It seemed to make sense to have the build diary as a summary of what I am doing and asking specific questions separately in the applicable forum channels. It appears that I have been mistaken in that regard. Mea culpa.

As for Simon's advice - it appears that I missed that, despite best efforts and intents. I shall endeavour in future not to be so tiresome and maybe learn a little more by my own trial and error and independent research.

Thanks for the heads up and kind regards.

It's just everyone's personal preference, so don't worry. My preference is to put all questions in my build diary, and if I'm not getting much traction there, then start a separate, more specific thread.

Tiresome? Bollocks. You're better off asking questions if you're not sure about something before trying it out, especially if it's something that's not reversible ;-)

[Johnny Bravo]

I think there are far too many sub-forums in this forum, but it's too late to do anything about it now as it would be an impossible task to try and relocate all the posts to somewhere suitable. It does make it more confusing to use than necessary, especially to someone new to the forum.

In general, if it's about your build and a problem you are having with it, keep it in your build diary. If it's about something you are thinking of doing, say a different pickup and wiring combination to normal, then that's the time to ask in one of the more specialised sub-forums - though it's still fine to ask in your build diary as it will be read.

Keeping the questions in your build diary does make it easier to find the answers again, especially for other people. Us regulars who read everything posted are probably trying to keep track of maybe 30 different ongoing build diaries in our heads at any one time, plus all the technical sub-forum queries, and if there are several builds going on of identical kits at the same time, it can be hard work!

It's not been helped by the shipping hold-ups and various covid lockdowns, which have meant that instead of kits being in stock and going out at a steady rate over the year, they've been pre-ordered and several month's worth sent out within a few days, so a lot of people get their kits and start building them at the same time.

Thank you, Simon

Understood.

[Johnny Bravo]

It's just everyone's personal preference, so don't worry. My preference is to put all questions in my build diary, and if I'm not getting much traction there, then start a separate, more specific thread.

Tiresome? Bollocks. You're better off asking questions if you're not sure about something before trying it out, especially if it's something that's not reversible ;-)

Thank you for your thoughts. Kind regards

[Simon Barden]

As Jon says, far better to ask than not to ask. And don't worry, we've all been new to forums and forum protocols at some point in out past. It's easy for us to forget how green and naive we once were.