Well, I got the pickups/switches/pots/etc all wired up and read to go. Now I am just waiting on the clear on the body to dry to assemble everything. I have taken pictures along the way, and I will post them up once I have everything done.
There was an oddity in the wiring diagram I used that I wanted to see if any of you guys can explain. Here is a link to the diagram I used:
http://www.fender.com/support/diagrams/pdf_temp1/stratocaster/0101000_02B/SD0101000_02BPg2.pdf
Its for the Fender American Deluxe Stratocaster. According to that diagram, the small cap and the resistor are wired in parallel between the lug that the wire from the switch goes to, to the center lug attached to the sweeper, where the wire goes to the jack (on the 500k volume pot). Wouldn't that allow part of the signal to flow straight from the switch to the jack, bypassing the volume pot completely? Now I know there is a tiny cap in there, so I would assume only a small bit of treble would get across, but still, wouldn't that mean that I would not be able to ever completely silence the guitar? I don't understand what effect the resistor has on it, so I don't know exactly what the result in this is going to be. According to the parts list for the deluxe, it is a 680pf cap and a 220k resistor.
I took some pictures of the final wiring, and I was pretty pleased with it. I will try to post the picture when I get home tonight.
Any info will be greatly appreciated.
There was an oddity in the wiring diagram I used that I wanted to see if any of you guys can explain. Here is a link to the diagram I used:
http://www.fender.com/support/diagrams/pdf_temp1/stratocaster/0101000_02B/SD0101000_02BPg2.pdf
Its for the Fender American Deluxe Stratocaster. According to that diagram, the small cap and the resistor are wired in parallel between the lug that the wire from the switch goes to, to the center lug attached to the sweeper, where the wire goes to the jack (on the 500k volume pot). Wouldn't that allow part of the signal to flow straight from the switch to the jack, bypassing the volume pot completely? Now I know there is a tiny cap in there, so I would assume only a small bit of treble would get across, but still, wouldn't that mean that I would not be able to ever completely silence the guitar? I don't understand what effect the resistor has on it, so I don't know exactly what the result in this is going to be. According to the parts list for the deluxe, it is a 680pf cap and a 220k resistor.
I took some pictures of the final wiring, and I was pretty pleased with it. I will try to post the picture when I get home tonight.
Any info will be greatly appreciated.