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jlarremore

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  1. I'm looking for a wiring diagram for a hum and SC pup's and volume ( no tone pots ) and a 3 way switch. Any ideas where I need to look or can find one? Are there any issues mixing a SC and a hum together I need to be aware of? Thanks, Jef
  2. Your work on the crackle finish is what inspired me to start this project. I never saw how your guitar turned out. Jef
  3. Ahhh, good questions by all. I want to fill it for aesthetic purposes. I know it won't make any tonal differences. I am having a hard time with the balance between the pic guard and the finish. The finish is crackle so the pickguard will probably end up covering a large amount of the finish I want to come through. If I fill the cavity I can make a smaller pickguard. But it sounds like you will always see something around the old cavity. Hmmmm, At this point I think I'm going to go the easy way and just go pickguard, but I'll spend a little time seeing if I can make the plug to fit the shape. Good exercise for a long weekend I've already traced it and I have the spare wood ( thikness is 3/4" ). Finding a pickguard that matches a H/S/Blank configuration might be tougher than the blank. Going pickguardless was an easy solution and just using pickup mounts. Oh the conundrum! Jef
  4. How do I fill in a cavity in a solid body I'm not using. I'm using the bridge and the middle of a strat. The bridge is a hum and the middle is a single coil. How do I fill in the unused cavity? Thanks, Jef
  5. I was inspired by a reader to make a solid body guitar with a crackle finish. I've found a solution for using plain spray cans of enamel to create the crackle in whatever color I want. I'll post pictures soon. However, I'm having a planning issue with the pickguard. Originally, the guitar was a Peavey Raptor or Predator with two single pups and one hum pup. I'm going with one hum pup so I'll need to get a new pickguard. No big deal, however I have two questions. 1. I remember seeing a DIY on how to make a pickguard out of trash can plastic, anyone remember this? 2. Any suggestions on crackling pickguard plastic? I think this might be tricky and not possible as crackle finishes are rather delicate if unfinished. Anyone have any other suggestions on a pickguard to match a crackly finish? Jef
  6. I'm going to try a sunburst for the first time. I figure I've read plenty to know not to do the template over the body. Anyway, my questions are as follows. 1. First coat is going to be amber. Once I seal the bare body, can I apply an amber poly stain to the bare wood and how will this affect subsequent coats of lacquer? 2. Will a coat of clear lacquer between each burst color of lacquer help "fade" the colors so that I don't have hard lines between each color transition? 3. Is there any type of sealer or treatment that will work best on the bare wood BEFORE I start this whole process? Jef
  7. I need to mount a single coil pickup in a tele (neck) without a pickguard. I remember seeing a graphic illustrating this but I can't find it. Can someone give me a hand finding it, please? It's my last step before finishing a project guitar. Thanks, Jef
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