Alright, maybe someone can relate. I solder all the pots, switch, jack together after triple checking polarities, accuracy of the schematic against other similar ones, etc. Moment of truth, plug her in, tune one string up and....nothing. No sound coming out. Check all wiring again. Looks good. Check both pickups straight to the jack. They work. Maybe the 4 way switch is defective. Pull it out and look at it close. Seems ok, tests out with continuity checker. Remember a drop of solder that kind of slid down one of the lugs on the pot. Thinking maybe that caused a short just inside the pot. Literally disassemble the pot. Pull the sucker apart. Wow, very close to shorting, but no dice, it's not shorted. Put everything back in. Solder it all up again. Out of desperation, I think to bridge the two pots with a wire touching both of their cases.
We have sound. Normal sound. Like, a guitar sound. Then I realize.... the schematic assumed installing the components on a control panel. A metal control panel. Like a regular Tele. Not like my Tele, which doesn't have a control panel. Doh! :doh: Anyway, hey, stop laughing! :laughing7:
So, just finished the nut slots, next step for another day - stringing her up and doing the whole truss rod, intonation, string height and pickup height dance. Yeah, I do know how to do that..... probably will seem like the easy part now.
