Vic's new Tele TFG parts

[JR]

yeah i was about to say!!! that knob wouldve gotten in the way a little! oh btw,  its looking relly damn good man

 

[NonsenseTele]

Cool!  :icon_biggrin:
That knob is matching so good! Live it there :doh:
:laughing3:
Congrats!

 

[-CB-]

Started wiring today -

Got the toggle switch wired, thru the f/hole into the the hole I made in the upper bout (picture later) and its not as bad as you'd think.  Really, not much fuss to it at all.

Then I had to rewire the P90, as... the wiring plan I'm using requires independent leads for the coil, not connected to ground.  So, here it is

What I did was pull the single conductor core out of the braid... using it to pull two thin conductors through at the same time.  Worked pretty well, except.. gotta be careful soldering the braid to the body of the pickup, as the first time I melted the inner conductors together.  I've got a plan for the control side of things that will eliminat that problem to a great degree. 

Surgery complete... time for a break

>later on<

And there's the toggle.  Where it oughta be!

 

[-CB-]

More... you can see the bright blue knob tamed down a little, but I'll give Vic a black one too.

The light speed knobs stay !

Check out the terminal strip - this is needed for the multi switching done by the rotary switch (still in the works)

 

[vic108]

Hot Dang!

Man! Looks tasty!

I can hardly wait to get my paws on that baby!

 

[-CB-]

No BFT progress tonite.... spent the nite replacing all the sub-C cells in the DeWalt battery pack.  Tabbed Sub-C's, 1700mAh, $30, new pack... like $80.  Makes sense to refit 'em.  (and I charged it without it melting down either... amazing)

 

[m4rk0]

I really like this! one of the coolest teles I have ever seen!

 

[JR]

I agree with m4rk0, CB you've really got a good thing goin on here.

 

[-CB-]

Da Switch

3 way, selects parallel, series, or parallel out of phase, one pickup thru a capacitor (.022). 
Doesn't have to be Orange Drop.  One set of contacts shorts out the toggle switch, making both pickups always active when you choose series or out of phase (since you need to pickups for those settings anyway).

 

[JR]

looks like a fun wiring diagram. nice soldering.

 

[-CB-]

Fun is not getting that @#$@# switch in.

I've gone to plan B.

Plan B is a full size hole in the body to accept the switch, and it gets mounted on the pickguard... dropped in from above.

Pictures to follow shortly...

 

[-CB-]

First plug the hole so the drill can center itself on something.

Then make the hole

I've got the switch all fitted, works great... but I'm gonna add spacer to make the elevation good, so the knob sits low to the pickguard.

 

[vic108]

OMG!

Glad I wasn't the one doing that!

 

[-CB-]

relax

all is well, just need to get some washers for the spacing of the switch, so the chicken head isn't up too high

 

[-CB-]

all I gotta do is wire that mess

 

[NonsenseTele]

And the upper hole????? :icon_scratch:

 

[-CB-]

see that switch mounted to the pickguard.... it goes in the hole....

 

[Shmoopie]

i think he meant the toggle switch.

 

[Ted]

all I gotta do is wire that mess

No shielding CB?

 

[jackthehack]

Shielding's highly overrated...