I was getting continuity readings everywhere with my multimeter, so this week I desoldered a few joints to check individual parts. The soldering matched the 50s wiring diagram. The neck and bridge circuits were routed the same. I suspected the jack or switch were shorting.
Socket: OK. Switch: OK. Pots: OK and responding 0-500k as expected. Which made me realize: OF COURSE I'll have continuity to ground via the open pots. That's what they do.
So I rechecked all the circuits with 20M resistance, not continuity. Now it makes sense! You can see the legs of the volume pot change resistance opposite one another.
To be sure, I wired a humbucker into the circuit and plugged into a practice amp. When volume goes up and switch is selected, I can hear the screwdriver tap on the amp. When volume goes down, no tap. When the switch isn't selected, no tap. I did this weeks ago and it worked then.
On to fishing the wiring harness into the f-hole. Again. And again. (I keep tangling up with wiring and the fishing lines! I think I need to toss out that neat horseshoe of ground wires between the pots and just get two pots in at a time. We'll see... try again this week.)
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This is stunning. It looks like Lake Tahoe. https://upload.travelawaits.com/ta/u...98-800x750.jpg
I backtracked and soldered in quick connects to simplify pulling the wiring loom (after the third try!). Tucking aside the ground, pickup and jack wires while I stuffed the pots was much easier! And now I can swap out pickups in the future without removing the pots.
Anyways, once I pulled the wiring and installed the pots, I had to string it up to see the finished work! It still needs a proper setup but introducing: The Blue Dot.
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Great job, ive never done a set neck only screwed ones so i consider you very brave. Good luck with the build, the colour is looking great.
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The Blue Dot looks great! & Love the strap!
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