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fuly4jc Just Startin' 114 posts since
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Dec 24, 2009 3:46 PM

New Re-plant pics

Here are some new pics.Not much yet,just starting the replant into the strat.The new doner,workbench(messy),electronics and pickguard.I will have more as I go.Merry Christmas!!!!

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  • johnmcchavs Just Startin' 38 posts since
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    Dec 25, 2009 4:34 AM (in response to fuly4jc)
    Re: New Re-plant pics

    Great! Merry Xmax to you too, and I really look forward to see your next photos !

  • dacama13 Just Startin' 6 posts since
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    Dec 25, 2009 3:32 PM (in response to fuly4jc)
    Re: New Re-plant pics

    Hello,

     

    Could you make a detailed photo of the mag. pickups conections to the p.u. selector?

     

    Thank you

          • johnmcchavs Just Startin' 38 posts since
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            Dec 26, 2009 12:32 AM (in response to fuly4jc)
            Re: New Re-plant pics

            Some of your pics did not come well, indeed, but one is very precious to me : the selector one. Thanks !

              • johnmcchavs Just Startin' 38 posts since
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                Dec 26, 2009 12:46 PM (in response to fuly4jc)
                Re: New Re-plant pics

                ...and it will help, be sure of that

                 

                Thanks again.

                • amx05462 Power User 3,579 posts since
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                  Dec 26, 2009 1:09 PM (in response to johnmcchavs)
                  Re: New Re-plant pics

                  i agree with john. anything  posted  is  helpful to the  next guy that comes  along.

          • dacama13 Just Startin' 6 posts since
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            Dec 26, 2009 12:34 AM (in response to fuly4jc)
            Re: New Re-plant pics

            It´s enough for me. I only want to see what was the wiring in the p.u. selector.

            You have made a good work with this guitar. It´there too much noise when the mag p.u. are on?

             

            Thank you

          • amx05462 Power User 3,579 posts since
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            Dec 26, 2009 2:04 AM (in response to fuly4jc)
            Re: New Re-plant pics

            those are good pics  . i saved  the one of the  pickup  switch  incase  anyone  else  asks  that  question  and i put your  name on it.  hope you dont  mind  but someone  else may come  along  some time  and  ask  about that  and  one of us  will have  that photo.  btw  i dont  take  credit  for  someone  elses  ideas  thats  why i put your  name  on it.

            • dacama13 Just Startin' 6 posts since
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              Dec 26, 2009 2:21 AM (in response to amx05462)
              Re: New Re-plant pics

              One more question... How would be the p.u. selector wiring for only two pickups? (bridge, bridge+neck, neck)

               

              Thank you very much again!

              • gitarzan53 Just Startin' 203 posts since
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                Dec 28, 2009 11:42 PM (in response to dacama13)
                Re: New Re-plant pics

                If you're using the 5 way for only two pickups, you're going to have two of the positions do nothing when you've selected the pickups. You'll have to choose the leads on the switch that select what you want it to select, that is, one seperate for each of the pickups and one that combines them both. The other two positions won't do anything.

          • amx05462 Power User 3,579 posts since
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            Jan 1, 2010 1:44 PM (in response to fuly4jc)
            Re: New Re-plant pics

            well its  coming  right along.   didnt  realise  you wer  going  to remove  so much  material.   i did  that  wayback  and   i ended  up making  a  large  base forthe  router. helps  with  those  spots  where  it  wants  to tip in  on you. i made it out  of a  phenolic   board  but the  best thing  is  a piece  of  lexan.  that way  you can stil  see  where  your  going.  im having  that problem  now  .  one  of the  reasons  i stopped.  so i finally got a router  base for  my dremel.  so far  i been  using  this  bell shaped  attatchment.  but  now  the  base  is  about the   size of a  normal  router base  so it shouldnt  tip  in. so when i finish  il  go over  the  previous  stuff  with a  very light  cut.

             

              anyway  it  wont  be  long  now  and  youll be  up and  running.  ntw  i finished  that  saddle  job  and  dressed  out the  4  firat  frets  for a  buzzing  problem  now  im reshimming  the  nut  to factory  specs  and  that job will be done..  looking  forward  to seeing  your  next photos.

            • amx05462 Power User 3,579 posts since
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              Jan 1, 2010 1:49 PM (in response to amx05462)
              Re: New Re-plant pics

              mind if i ask what that shielding is. ive seen  copper  foil copper  tape  and  copper based  paint  but ive  never seen  that  color of shielding  unless  its  the  photo.  if theres  something  new  and  better  id  like to know.

                • amx05462 Power User 3,579 posts since
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                  Jan 1, 2010 4:57 PM (in response to fuly4jc)
                  Re: New Re-plant pics

                  i wouldnt have  thought of that but   its  a good  idea .  and  reasonable  price  wise.  there using  aluminum in  home wiring  now . it  just never  occured  to me  to use  that .   . see  this is  what i mean about posting  ideas.    this  is  another  good  one

                    • amx05462 Power User 3,579 posts since
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                      Jan 1, 2010 6:06 PM (in response to fuly4jc)
                      Re: New Re-plant pics

                      seems  like you took out alot  of wood.  do you think theres  enough  strength  to  use  the  tremelo? i attatched   a  photo of  where  im at  so far  ive  got  a  few   more  pieces  going in to mine  but  dont seem  to need  as  much room.   bear in  mind   on mine  these  are  the  rough cuts  and  it needs  to be all buffed out  back  to clear  yet

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                        • amx05462 Power User 3,579 posts since
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                          Jan 2, 2010 3:47 AM (in response to fuly4jc)
                          Re: New Re-plant pics

                          ive got two more  square  holes  to make  where  you see aafew drill holes  together. then   final light cuts  then polishing  back to clear . thats  whats  going to take   alot of time.once i get that done assembly should be  quick enough.   i figure  the  way i work it will probably be at least  6 months. or more. then ill already  be into bike season so i wont be  working on that accept on rainy days. all in all it should  be  done  by  this  time  next year  only because  im in no rush. , got plenty of guitars  to play  with. its  basicly a  rainy day project  for  me.

                            • amx05462 Power User 3,579 posts since
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                              Jan 2, 2010 12:45 PM (in response to fuly4jc)
                              Re: New Re-plant pics

                              leave the  wires long on them  thats  what i did . there  much better.  the  blue  wires  are  ground  and  silver ones  are positive .  try ebay  you could get  a good  deal there.

                                • amx05462 Power User 3,579 posts since
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                                  Jan 3, 2010 1:58 AM (in response to fuly4jc)
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                                  heres  the  rest  then  i thought you had  used  them efore.    when  seperating the  wires  use a  small wire cutter in between them   and  work your  way  up the  wires.  to strip them i used  a small butane  torch. you can use your  kitchen  stove if its a gas one. i stripped 1/4 inch off the  silver  ones and 1/2   inch off the blue ones.   the blue ones  got  twisted  together  soldered  then put into a loop connector and  soldered  and crimped. to it   the  silver  ones  go  where  the pickups  that are  in there  already  go.  stripping the  wires  in this  way works good . they wont  clean off  with a  regular  stripper   and  you take a  chance  of  puling  thw  wire out  the  pickup. if when  bruning  the  insulation the  wire   inside  gets  red  hot  dont  worry .  that actually gets  it nice n clean  so the  solder  sticks  well. your  bridge is off but if you havent  taken it apart  yet   take  measurments  from  the  back of the  bridge plate  to the  front of the saddle  for each one and  write  them  doun  then take  a  height  measurment  write  that down.  then  when  you change out the  pickups  you wont need  the saddles. you can set the  graphtechs  up   close to where the  old ones  were  this will help  when you do your  setup.  mine took just a  bit of tweeking  to get the   string  height  and  intonation. since your  using a  strat   you automaticly have  the  same  scale  length  as  the  origonal variax.

                                  • amx05462 Power User 3,579 posts since
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                                    Jan 9, 2010 4:52 PM (in response to fuly4jc)
                                    Re: New Re-plant pics

                                    yeah i know about that  it wasnt  musicians  friend but  another  company   who deals parts  on ebay  first they declined  me then they doubled  the  order then   the  order got lost.  no parts  came.  i finally  cancelled  and   bought  it through  sweet water.   had  the  parts in no time   i think it was  my graph tech   boards.  i like sweetwater.

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