Recent content by Jack_H

Thank you for your link Stratamania!

I was doing some research on a HH Strat wiring and saw wiring diagrams from Fralin and Seymour Duncan. From Fralin, one wire of the cap is soldered to the lug on the side Fralin Wiring Diagram While from Seymour Duncan, it is wired to the center lug Seymour Dunca Wiring Diagram Does it make...

Has anyone installed a recessed TOM bridge? I have installed one TOM post and it was quite a tight fit. The hole for the other one has a small hole for ground wire. The body is swamp ash so it's not really hard but I am worried that driving the post over the wire might get it cut off, and I...

A quick question: is it necessary to remove chrome plating where ground wire contacts?

Thank you all for your inputs. I am give them a try when I have more time to fiddle with it.

I bought a Fender Pure Vintage '51 pickup set for a Tele build last year. After putting everything together the neck pickup worked fine, but the bridge only worked once, then nothing. After some fiddling around, the bridge would work again, but only once then stopped. I thought maybe it was...

I ran the ground wire from the switch, neck pickup cover (for 4 way switch), and output jack to the volume pot, then a jumper wire to tone pot. Bridge pickup ground goes to the tone pot, and from there to the bridge. I am thinking the ground wire to the bridge might not be contacting properly...

I checked the wiring and it looked fine, and bridge pickup worked when I put everything back. But days later it stopped again. Also, I get humming when I turn volume up, but it disappears when I touch the control plate. I am guessing there's a grounding issue? Speaking of grounding, I ran a...

Stop making me poor!

Can't wait for somebody to plug the new Hello Kitty guitar into this.

I got the roasted swamp ash body from Warmoth showcase, neck and other from here and there, with Hip Shot locking tuners and Fender Pure Vintage '51 pickup set. This is the first time I solder the wires from scratch with a four way switch using Fralin's wiring diagram. The body's just oil...

I meant the screw heads not so much protruding as not sitting flush with the neck plate, but from the look in the photos it's not noticeable like Aaron said.

Were the screw heads level with the neck plate?

Thank you all. Learn something new every day.

I've often seen red and yellow streaks on black Korina bodies. Were they naturally occurring that will appear when finished with oil, or did the builders filled them in with stain?