Letting luthier do electrics

[JimBeed]

Well today i seemed to do good progress wiring my bass,
but then i hit a snag, which was simple, i needed to order a new push/pull pot with a longer shaft, as it fitted before i thought but not now,
so thats easy, but when i tried installing the other half of the electrics i had done, half of the wires snapped off from there solder points, so basically i would need to resolder half of it.
Well im thinking its easier to take it to a luthier and let him do this properly as he would have alot more experience.
But im feeling like ive kind of screwed the point of this guitar by letting someone else do part of it.
Well how many of you have someone else do some parts of your warmoth guitars?
And should i feel like letting someone else do the wiring is failing at assembling my first guitar, or a good safety measure to have sound electronics so to speak?
Any thoughts?

 

[erogenousjones17]

I had a luthier wire my first Warmoth, then watched a friend wire my second project. I figure next time I'll try myself--under supervision from someone who knows what they're doing. I don't think thee's any shame in having someone else do it if you're not confident in your abilities. better done right then not at all. But maybe ask if you can observe what's going on. There's always next time.

 

[JimBeed]

Cheers, well yeah i did have a speed bump on this one with the tuner screws, but managed to overcome that, but having fully working electronics is more than a few small holes in wood being filled with cocktail sticks i guess.

 

[line6man]

Well, having experience in the electronics field since before I played guitar, wiring is not an issue for me, but simple setups are.
I had my luthier do a full setup of my bass when I first built it. He also had to sand the neck pocket a bit to get the neck to fit the body.

Later on, when I added the second pickup and preamp to my bass, my luthier handled the routing work.
I could have done it myself if I wanted to, but I just felt so much more comfortable having a professional do it.

There is no shame in getting help with something you can't do when you assemble a Warmoth.
Just as long as the instrument turns out well in the end.

 

[whyachi]

I had someone else do the original wiring on my bass, then via tinkering I've rewired the whole thing myself at this point. I bought some cheap pots from Radio Shack and practiced for a while before I touched heat to anything on my bass.

 

[lafromla1]

I have Dan Erlewine's book but would rather have someone with the proper tools and experience work the electronics on my Warmoth builds.  I can do the rest of the build and maintenance myself.

 

[Patrick from Davis]

For things I am not sure of, I look it up.  If I can't get my noggin around it, I ask here for help.  If I think I have it well enough, I dive in.  I have made countless wiring mistakes.  Burned up components (not with guitars, but I killed the component anyways) got things backwards, half working...  It is usually a bit of frustration when it takes effort and doesn't work.  But, then it is problem solving time.  This is the major learning process/experience building for me on these projects.  Now, I do all of my own work on the guitar, other than manufacturing the parts.  The four things that really hold me up are: safety, not so much with guitars, but tube amps require conservative plans to keep safety conscious, I play with them, they move forward slower.  Cost, expensive or rare parts generally cause caution.  Time, if there is a possibility that I am going to have to error shoot or solve problems I created, and I need the piece done at a specific time, I ask myself should I personally do this.  Tools, do I need a special tool that I do not have to get the job done.

For the most part, those four take care of whether or not I send it out to get done, or do it myself.  If it is just soldering, I do it myself.  Good skill, and not that difficult.  Seymour Duncan has just about every wiring diagram known to man.  Once you get familiar with them, you can cut and paste pieces of them together for custom stuff.  Soldering can be frustrating as well.  Depends on the person.
Patrick

 

[JimBeed]

Yeah ill be taking it into a luthier, cause id want someone to check on the overall construction so far as ive done almost all except the wiring, So if the frets need a bit of work he can do that too,
he doesnt seem like he is a kind of person that would make problems out of thin air just to get more money off people, just do what he needs to and would suggest any other work before doing it.
For first time guitar build i built the body together and the neck without any scrapes to the body, and a few little dis colourations on the headstock from tightening them, but hey
im not exactly one for keeping a guitar looking new, my fender looks well played, and now needs to have the electronics checked for loose wire or partly loose, so if its a non solder to pot wire ill start my wiring career on that haha

 

[DesmoDog]

I bought an inexpensive soldering station and wired my first project. When I brought it in to be set up the pro replaced the 5-way because is was flakey - it would cut out and be staticy at times. Maybe I ruined it installing it... but then he replaced the nut too and that was done by pros, so...  :icon_smile:

 

[Cagey]

With the help of a perfectly innocent soldering iron, it's quite possible to do a great deal of damage that isn't obvious. It's not that soldering is difficult - but it is deceptively simple. It takes a certain amount of practice to get good at it.

 

[jalane]

I usually do my own wiring, but then have my luthier double check it against the schematic with a multimeter when i take the guitar in for set-up.  That way i can get my hands dirty but also not have to worry about whether or not i did something wrong

 

[JimBeed]

Well guess least i tried doing it myself, but im not confident enough to do it inside the body to avoid any wires coming off installing the stuff, know i can protect the body in various ways but still.
But i guess as ill be getting someone to do a set up anyways for a start, then ill let him get the eletronics done,