Recent content by Verne Bunsen

Those are the hot wires. The cloth covered conductor runs inside the metal braid. The metal braid acts as both frame and coil ground. The metal braid has been trimmed back and soldered to the back of the volume pot, while the cloth covered conductor continues on to the switch.

edit: I think that is the conductor wire coming out of the braid, rather than a wire going to ground

The next thing I would do is use a multimeter to verify continuity from the jack sleeve to each item that should be seeing ground: pot cases, grounded volume pot lug, the shielding foil, the trem claw, the bridge itself (which should be seeing ground through the claw), the switch frame, the...

The guitar volume eliminating the hum is not necessarily a “duh”, as a hum could potentially originate elsewhere in the signal chain. So that is a valuable data point. Did the tap test produce the expected results (pickups active as expected for each switch position)? Is the hum present in all...

I yam!

Candy Turquoise is at least twice as gorgeous in person as it is in pictures. Really impressive finish. Difficult to properly capture. These pictures are pulled from an old build thread, more can be found “HERE”.

I was not adequately prepared for how quickly the onslaught would begin after I hit “play” 😅 Badass track!

When I lived in Arizona I had this thing that consumed all of my money and time. It was called a “Swimming Pool”. During the approximately 8% of the time I could use it instead of working on it, I would look up at the sky from under the water and think “I would love a guitar with a finish that...

I read this in the comments for that video and thought “Well, that sounds pretty clever. I will log that one away for if I ever use one of them bridges…”

Tone Shapers sells the narrow Super Switch. I have used them successfully in standard Tele control cavities. https://toneshapers.com/products/oak-grigsby-lever-switch-5-way-4-pole-superswitch-narrow Make sure you have a plan of attack before you bring in the soldering iron, it is close quarters...

Didn’t Angela Lansbury have a song about this?

They are pretty up-front about the fact that pieces not painted together will not have ideal match. I am sorry you are disappointed, but I don’t think your expectations were realistic. For whatever it is worth, I think both pieces are gorgeous.

Great video, really enjoyed the back story and the build 🔥

A friend of mine once sent StewMac a rather strongly worded e-mail about their prices. They replied that they were a family business, they didn’t appreciate his language, and black listed him for life! This is true! I still say my pleases and thank yous to them and am always happy when a box...