I had a little time so had another go at the custom build. I’ve got a pair of Gibson pickups which I’m going to use, the trouble is they don’t quite fit! Not a big problem; first mark out just how big the pockets need to be… …and use my smaller router to gently enlarge […]
Tag: Electric Guitar Wiring
Soldering Day
A couple of small jobs today, one volume and one tone control. A simple replacement of a broken tone control. It does make life easy when the controls are on a separate plate, I don’t have to take the strings off to get to the trouble. Likewise this Yamaha, I was able to get to […]
Jim Harley, Fret Dress and Refurb
I’ve got quite a soft spot for Jim Harley Guitars, you don’t see many around but they make quite a wide range of gear. I’ve got one myself. This one is a nice piece of wood, it’s just in need of a little TLC. The first problem is it just doesn’t work, no output at […]
Peavey Restoration – 2nd Update
Next step, re-wire the pickups. I’ve cleaned the pots and they seem ok but the pickup switch and jack socket were both beyond recovery so I’ve wired in new ones. The jack-plate is very flat, not enough depth to fit countersunk screws, so I’m going to use ones with much smaller heads. The trouble is […]
New Gibson Pickups
Quite a simple update. The chap has an Epiphone Les Paul that didn’t quite sound right and so asked me to fit a pair of Gibson pickups. I like jobs like that, nice and easy, old ones out news ones in. Before… After…. (can you tell the difference?) Well I guess you have to hear it. […]
US Fender Stratocaster – Re-Fret 2nd Update
I’ve got a few pre-shaped bone nuts but, alas, none that would fit. The only other blanks I’ve got are a little large and will therefore need a little more work to make one fit. Once I’ve cut it roughly down to size (I’ll get at least 2 nuts from that blank) I’ll use the sanding disk to […]
Telecaster Build – Final Update
Got the Tele finished this afternoon. Not before the neck caused me more grief. Next stage, wire in the electrics. A slightly unconventional wiring with a 4 position switch so that the pickups can be selected singly, in parallel or series. Once the wiring was done It’s the final lap, put the strings back and […]
Telecaster Build – 3rd Update
Added most of the hardware today, even that proved more difficult than I thought. Since the pick-guard is of a very early design there are no holes for the neck pickup screws. I’ve mounted the pickup on two springs with screws directly into the body. Since the pick-guard has to fit over the pickup but under the […]
Les Paul Upgrade
Got what might seem to be a strange request. To upgrade a modern Les Paul with old style electrics. The modern Les Pauls have all their electrics built in a modular fashion, which I guess make assembly much quicker and easy. What this guy wanted was very specific, I like it when the customer knows exactly what […]
Gibson Flying V – 4th Update
Got the wiring done. A simple guitar, 2 pickups, 2 volumes, one tone, one switch and a jack socket. Nothing particularly fancy although I’ve been asked to include the volume tone fade fix. To see the entire project so far click here.