i've been working on my project and learning lots. not exactly done a great job but whatever,i'm learning.
its been rather frustrating as i make measurements and what not, check them and then follow through with my plans only to find out i was wrong.
which was basically the whole point of the project. no point in me buying a great piece of wood or something only to make all of these mistakes.
the bridge was hard to get in the right spot. i had the measurments on how far down it should go but due to the angle i found getting it in the exact spot was trickey and after, drilling, filling drilling and filling i got it in, and even then it is a mm or so out. i really havnt got any ideas on how i can get it better other than chance. i think it was a mixture of bad measurements and finding it hard to get the drill very precise, even with my father helping. but ah well. at a later date i may take it to a local guy who does that and get him to drill it. we'll see how much it costs.
then i got the pick guard material cut out which (suprise suprise) was wrong. this really got me down over it but i salvaged it for the sake of putting it together. i will more likely than not get another piece and get it cut out again, shape it a little differently etc but in the meantime it will do.
i shaped the top nut out of bone which i bought off ebay. its quite nice and wasnt too hard. i think i got it about spot on.
and today i soldered everything up to see if it worked and it did, with a little bit of hum, but i havent earthed it properly. since i dont have a trem unit or acess to the bridge anymore i was going to just solder the earth cable to a screw and screw that in the cavity where the earth wire origionally went to the trem system, i presume that will be alright?
anyways here is a picture of it so far.
just strung it up with one string to see if it worked
and i found out what it was origionally!
here is one on ebay
http://cgi.ebay.com/Vintage-1960s-Guyatone...VQQcmdZViewItem