ScottR Posted June 20, 2020 Author Report Share Posted June 20, 2020 Electronics and wiring are my weakest points in the build process......BUT I GOT IT! The pots are fine. The trouble was in the Gibson style toggle switch by Switchcraft. I've used this style switch on about 10 builds. One one side of the switch there are three tabs and on the opposite side there is one.On the three tab side the outer tabs are for the leads from the pick-ups and the center tab is common, and the single tab on the opposite side is ground. And that's how I wired it. After chasing continuity everywhere and re-wiring twice and finally pulling out another guitar and copying the wiring exactly, I kept coming up with continuity between hot circuits and ground. It turns out on this particular switch, the center tab was ground and the single tab on the opposite end was common. (Assuming my terminology is correct). Switching the wiring around to accommodate that, made Sissy sing! OF course during that search I created three different beauty marks.....thanks for that term @Prostheta. that had to be polished out. Before I strapped on hardware, I couldn't see any swirl marks. It's tougher to achieve that with hardware in place. You guys will never see any swirl marks....but now I do. SR 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ADFinlayson Posted June 21, 2020 Report Share Posted June 21, 2020 Those switch craft toggles have caught me out a couple of times. I don’t like the fact the common pin is so close to the two pickup pins, not with my bodge wiring anyway. I think I’d agree, wiring is my weakest part, I get everything wired up and it looks super neat, then I realise something isn’t working, I end up removing and reattaching a few things then it looks like a dogs dinner. going back to switches, I’ve put a switchcraft 3 way toggle in the purple lp and it seems insanely sensitive, way more so than any switchcraft I’ve used before. It may get swapped Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScottR Posted June 21, 2020 Author Report Share Posted June 21, 2020 The purple LP is sweet. Switches are just contacts. If it is too sensitive it probably means a contact is bent out of place. I could have dealt with that...swapping ground and common threw me for a loop. SR Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScottR Posted June 21, 2020 Author Report Share Posted June 21, 2020 Dammit. I shouldn't have looked at Luis' post just before putting these up. It's a little deflating.... Anyway here's Sissy! SR 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Andyjr1515 Posted June 21, 2020 Report Share Posted June 21, 2020 @ScottR - that is...those are...CRAZY good. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
killemall8 Posted June 21, 2020 Report Share Posted June 21, 2020 Scotty! That is pure insanity! I cant believe you get such a crazy good finish on the curves and in the tight spots. Immaculate! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScottR Posted June 22, 2020 Author Report Share Posted June 22, 2020 1 hour ago, killemall8 said: Scotty! That is pure insanity! I cant believe you get such a crazy good finish on the curves and in the tight spots. Immaculate! Wellllllll, there are a couple of really tight spots that I couldn't reach as well as I wanted to,.....but thanks. Speaking of finishes, yours have gotten truly amazing! SR Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
komodo Posted June 22, 2020 Report Share Posted June 22, 2020 They just sit there and GLOW like gems. Wow! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Norris Posted June 22, 2020 Report Share Posted June 22, 2020 Absolutely gorgeous! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prostheta Posted June 22, 2020 Report Share Posted June 22, 2020 Next stage would be to start carving your own pickup covers to blend into the body. Those P-90s look more suited than the humbuckers in this instance. Something in my head wants to say "trapeze" bridge with some sort of wooden inlay. Let's see if you can't get these terrible influences out of your mind for the next one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScottR Posted June 22, 2020 Author Report Share Posted June 22, 2020 18 hours ago, Andyjr1515 said: @ScottR - that is...those are...CRAZY good. 5 hours ago, Norris said: Absolutely gorgeous! Thank you gentlemen. Means a lot coming from you guys! SR Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScottR Posted June 22, 2020 Author Report Share Posted June 22, 2020 On 6/21/2020 at 7:44 PM, komodo said: They just sit there and GLOW like gems. Wow! They might be heating up with jealousy, and being forced to be so close to each other. It is a Sibling Rivalry, after all. SR 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScottR Posted June 22, 2020 Author Report Share Posted June 22, 2020 5 hours ago, Prostheta said: Next stage would be to start carving your own pickup covers to blend into the body. Those P-90s look more suited than the humbuckers in this instance. Something in my head wants to say "trapeze" bridge with some sort of wooden inlay. Let's see if you can't get these terrible influences out of your mind for the next one. There's a thought, or two even.... SR Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bizman62 Posted June 22, 2020 Report Share Posted June 22, 2020 I just keep looking at them and shaking my head wondering how a) someone ever got the idea and b) the same someone has the skills to implement it. Stunning, simply stunning. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScottR Posted June 22, 2020 Author Report Share Posted June 22, 2020 21 minutes ago, Bizman62 said: I just keep looking at them and shaking my head wondering how a) someone ever got the idea and b) the same someone has the skills to implement it. Stunning, simply stunning. Very kind of you to say so. Thanks you! SR Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Workingman Posted June 22, 2020 Report Share Posted June 22, 2020 These are so remarkable. The design is so much not my cup of tea but they are so gorgeous. . My tastes have changed to where anything that is that well crafted just gets me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Norris Posted June 23, 2020 Report Share Posted June 23, 2020 It's not a good month for anyone else finishing a build, no matter how long they took! Yours has got to be a contender for GOTY let alone GOTM! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScottR Posted June 23, 2020 Author Report Share Posted June 23, 2020 16 hours ago, Workingman said: These are so remarkable. The design is so much not my cup of tea but they are so gorgeous. . My tastes have changed to where anything that is that well crafted just gets me. Thanks Nevin. Sometimes my designs are a bit polarizing. I think there is a loop running in my subconscious that says if it's been done already, why do it again? And I end up with ideas like these..... SR 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScottR Posted June 23, 2020 Author Report Share Posted June 23, 2020 On 6/23/2020 at 7:46 AM, Norris said: It's not a good month for anyone else finishing a build, no matter how long they took! Yours has got to be a contender for GOTY let alone GOTM! It is definitely competitive this month! It reminds me of the days when I first joined and there'd be 8 or 10 to choose from and 9 of them could easily win every month. Every one there when I threw my hat in could easily win. You think I could borrow Dan to play a demo on this one too? SR 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mistermikev Posted June 24, 2020 Report Share Posted June 24, 2020 either 'sorry' or 'your welcome' that I haven't been visiting as much and am just now catching the final product here on the scroll... man that red... ooh lah lah! Very nicely done sir! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScottR Posted June 25, 2020 Author Report Share Posted June 25, 2020 16 hours ago, mistermikev said: either 'sorry' or 'your welcome' that I haven't been visiting as much and am just now catching the final product here on the scroll... man that red... ooh lah lah! Very nicely done sir! Thank you sir. I've missed your witty commentary.... SR 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mistermikev Posted June 25, 2020 Report Share Posted June 25, 2020 28 minutes ago, ScottR said: Thank you sir. I've missed your witty commentary.... SR there's more where that came from 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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