Alright! Months of considering, contemplating, thinking and actual planning... and finally everything is set, just waiting for the neck and the final parts to arrive! :toothy10:
Hopefully I like the look of all the selected pieces together when they're all here [/fingers crossed]
Here's the rundown of components, plans and inventory (experienced builders, please holler if I'm missing anything):
- Body: Korina Strat with Pau ferro lam. HxH.
- Neck: Koa with ebony fingerboard
- PUPs: Rio Grande Tallboy (neck) and Muy Grande (bridge), black
- Bridge: Recessed Wilkey, gold
- Tuners: Schaller mini-locking, gold
- Knobs: Macassar Ebony
- Switching/Electronics: With plenty of time left to change my mind on the wiring scheme (I got the body with no control holes drilled), my plan of the moment (pretty solid) is this:
Master volume
2 tone (500K with .047 caps)
Mini-toggles for each pu for series/parallel/coil
4-way Tele switch for neck/bridge/both series/both parallel
One tone pot is a push-pull for OOP (yes, I do like Fleetwood Mac!)
Do you think the resistance and cap values are right for the tones? Although I am mainly building this for 'buckers, I do still hope to have a good single coil sound as well, which is the primary reason I went with the Rio Grandes. I'm meaning to drop them a call to find out what they recommend.
Only thing that still is a question in my mind on this is the cosmetics of the min-toggles. But I think (hope) that with the wooden knobs, the black minis will look OK.
OK, so here's what I either have or is coming:
Body, neck, PUPs
Gotoh Wilkinson bridge
Tuners and pair Graphtech string retainers
Neck plate (I also got one of those neck plate pads - not sure the utility of it? But is was 2 bucks or something so I threw it in there. Do you recommend 'em?)
Jack, jack plate
3 500K pots, 1 is push-pull
2 .047 caps
2 on/on/on mini-toggles
4-way tele switch
Knobs
Wire (got the Warmoth wiring kit)
Schaller strap-locks
And... I think that's it.
Eager for any input! Pics to follow when construction begins! :guitaristgif:
Hopefully I like the look of all the selected pieces together when they're all here [/fingers crossed]
Here's the rundown of components, plans and inventory (experienced builders, please holler if I'm missing anything):
- Body: Korina Strat with Pau ferro lam. HxH.
- Neck: Koa with ebony fingerboard
- PUPs: Rio Grande Tallboy (neck) and Muy Grande (bridge), black
- Bridge: Recessed Wilkey, gold
- Tuners: Schaller mini-locking, gold
- Knobs: Macassar Ebony
- Switching/Electronics: With plenty of time left to change my mind on the wiring scheme (I got the body with no control holes drilled), my plan of the moment (pretty solid) is this:
Master volume
2 tone (500K with .047 caps)
Mini-toggles for each pu for series/parallel/coil
4-way Tele switch for neck/bridge/both series/both parallel
One tone pot is a push-pull for OOP (yes, I do like Fleetwood Mac!)
Do you think the resistance and cap values are right for the tones? Although I am mainly building this for 'buckers, I do still hope to have a good single coil sound as well, which is the primary reason I went with the Rio Grandes. I'm meaning to drop them a call to find out what they recommend.
Only thing that still is a question in my mind on this is the cosmetics of the min-toggles. But I think (hope) that with the wooden knobs, the black minis will look OK.
OK, so here's what I either have or is coming:
Body, neck, PUPs
Gotoh Wilkinson bridge
Tuners and pair Graphtech string retainers
Neck plate (I also got one of those neck plate pads - not sure the utility of it? But is was 2 bucks or something so I threw it in there. Do you recommend 'em?)
Jack, jack plate
3 500K pots, 1 is push-pull
2 .047 caps
2 on/on/on mini-toggles
4-way tele switch
Knobs
Wire (got the Warmoth wiring kit)
Schaller strap-locks
And... I think that's it.
Eager for any input! Pics to follow when construction begins! :guitaristgif: