Great news - hopefully DB's wonderglue will do the trick...
Great news - hopefully DB's wonderglue will do the trick...
Current builds:
GPB-4B: https://www.buildyourownguitar.com.a...548#post184548
....bought some Titebond (only a couple of outlets sell it) 237ml for FOUR bucks....bargain...!!
Bump for Adam
Gavmeister
Great tutorial Gav. I'm sure you'll save builders hours using this method.
Truth be told, DB and I struggled for hours when building our first kits, but it has been the years of therapy trying to get over the trauma that has been the hardest.Originally Posted by kimball492
Thank you for this post Gavin 1393. I am in the midst of soldering all of the components right now & you have given me some great ideas for final fitting. I do have one question though. Before I try to get every thing into the F hole I would like to test my wiring. On a video I watched Adam tap the Humbuckers with a screwdriver & he seemed to get a sound from them. I just plugged my completed set up (still outside the guitar) into my amp via the supplied plug. I could not hear anything when tapping the Humbuckers gently but got some hiss etc from each of the pots & on each of the three positions on the switch. Turning the knobs when doing this indicated that the volume was working, even though it was just a hiss. Do you know of any better way of testing before finally installing the whole lot? Thanks.
It doesn't sound like you have wired up correctly. Hiss and no clear 'thud' suggests you need to recheck the wiring.
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Did you tap them with something that magnets will stick to or something non conductive? The pickups are basically a small electromagnet working in reverse - pickup the vibration in the steel / etc within the strings. If you tap the pickup with something non conductive, there's nothing to change the magnetic field and give you the "thump".
Current builds:
GPB-4B: https://www.buildyourownguitar.com.a...548#post184548
Thank Christ for that Gav... was seriously worried... the Perspex thing was a superb idea... saved all.. You seem pretty much all over this stuff... I could use your help finishing my twin neck if you could help.. I struggle to use this site, though very comp savvy... can you help please ? ... send a pic on here.. I have reduced them but they always get rejected... nah.. rejected again... reduced to thumbnail size...
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Oh some worked... cool
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