It's been a long challenging day. Wow did I set myself a steep hill to climb for my first outing in wiring. It took hours and is a bit more untidy than I would like - but it works (after a minor hiccup forgetting to ground the jack :doh:
Electric specs as follows:
Triple shots on both humbuckers giving options for parallel, series or selecting either coil.
Push pull phase switch using the much discussed CTS type. The picture shows pre-wiring ready to go into the cavity with only the pickup leads to connect. I had a mission to ensure ALL wires were shielded no matter how short and this meant a real bunch up on this pot particularly as several of the very small terminals needed at least 2 connections -I used rg174 cable throughout.
The mini toggle switch in the cavity allows switching between modern and vintage/50's tone or removing the tone circuit completely. It will either be a temporary addition or just stay in there once I decide which option sounds best.
All in all way too many tone options, can't even figure out the maths - but better too many than too few heh :dontknow:
I chose to put a metal plate into the cavity to use as a common grounding point and install the pots through this and the body. The long shafts left plenty of capacity. A point to note is that the push pull is a close fit for depth in the cavity and has an even longer shaft than the standard CTS pot.
I installed inserts and bolts to the neck instead of a screw on neck plate. Why do they call screw neck guitars bolt-on? haha!
On the front are my home made pot knobs and toggle switch cap and cowl.
A lot of fettling and fine tuning to do yet but i'm pleased to have overcome the wiring, although it was enjoyable and i've learnt a lot - which in no small part is due to the contributions of those who have gone before me on this site.
Electric specs as follows:
Triple shots on both humbuckers giving options for parallel, series or selecting either coil.
Push pull phase switch using the much discussed CTS type. The picture shows pre-wiring ready to go into the cavity with only the pickup leads to connect. I had a mission to ensure ALL wires were shielded no matter how short and this meant a real bunch up on this pot particularly as several of the very small terminals needed at least 2 connections -I used rg174 cable throughout.
The mini toggle switch in the cavity allows switching between modern and vintage/50's tone or removing the tone circuit completely. It will either be a temporary addition or just stay in there once I decide which option sounds best.
All in all way too many tone options, can't even figure out the maths - but better too many than too few heh :dontknow:
I chose to put a metal plate into the cavity to use as a common grounding point and install the pots through this and the body. The long shafts left plenty of capacity. A point to note is that the push pull is a close fit for depth in the cavity and has an even longer shaft than the standard CTS pot.
I installed inserts and bolts to the neck instead of a screw on neck plate. Why do they call screw neck guitars bolt-on? haha!
On the front are my home made pot knobs and toggle switch cap and cowl.
A lot of fettling and fine tuning to do yet but i'm pleased to have overcome the wiring, although it was enjoyable and i've learnt a lot - which in no small part is due to the contributions of those who have gone before me on this site.
