johnchrise

sorry, that was for "metalhead28" he helped me by answering some questions for a solid body project I'm working on.

Thanks metalhead. You seem willing to help a rookie...I DO have schematics; however, not sure what is reliable or not. I guess I'll go with them. I have never tooled around with building a guitar, so looking for some basic advice. You filled the bill. By poking around the forum, I already see things I would do differently/better/easier. I'll get a photobucket account to show some pics. Thanks again.

Ok, thanks. How would I ground the bridge? as I said, it's a fixed bridge, top feed. Should I drill a small hole horizontally leading to the mounting screws from the Bridge? come to think of it, the bridge has a cutout just like a tele to fit the bridge pickup...could this be my "window" to ground it? I guess a good idea would be to open my tele and see what's what. I don't want to copy too much though..I've seen two parts for output jacks. One is like a deep well, and the other has threads. I'm pretty sure that I want to use the deep type since it will be installed like a tele, is it one piece or is there another piece to thread on and make the connections? Thanks again.

Hey. It's new guy again. Been awhile. Anyway, I have a first project here. Solid body alder, no binding or top layers, etc. I have routed the neck pocket to fit a fender type neck. Looks good. I'm stuck now. I have the template marked out for pickup pockets now, using measurements from my Tele on the wall just for reference. My question is this: I'm ready to route the pickup cavaties. When finished, do I secure the pickups to the wood at the bottom of my cavaties? I have 2 single coils, a three way blade selector switch and the bridge is fixed to the top of body (top load, not back load). Question 2: I have two pots, both 250k, is this kosher? Does one HAVE to go to the tone and one to the volume? Are they both the same? That is, if I accidentally put one for the volume would it hurt anything? should the volume pot be 500k? I have a wiring schematic I got online, little confused. Some call for a capacitor (spelling?) to take the muddiness off the sound when your volume is low. Is this a must? Also a blending valve or something like that. Otherwise, I have no experience reading a wiring schematic, but from what I can tell I need to ground my connections. One referenced gounding everything to the bridge?! Am I grounding to the pots? Do the pickups get soldered to each other and then wired to blade switch then pots? The jack input is another area of confusion. I'm afraid I won't line it up right and won't be able to access it thru the control cavity. Yikes, feel like I'm building a 747 here... Sorry for the heavy questions, but I have been enjoying this site and looking at the projects and LOVE guitar! This is my first and I don't want to shank it, but I do expect to have trouble at first. Thanks for any help.

Hey, new guy again. I'm building an alder solid body electric. I'm to the point that I have cut the body out, started sanding, and am beginning to map out the locations for pick-ups, etc. Here is my build list so far: 1 Piece alder. Cost: 12 pack bud lite to guy at shop Poster board for template design: .97cents @ Wally world. Sold my wood shop tools years ago to finish our basement. Went to local Vocational School with a box of munchkins and the instructor cut out my design on his band saw (liability wouldn't allow me to.....) Does anyone have a list of pros and cons for neck types (tele or gibson style?) I like the gibson style so far. Scared to notch the neck pocket, don't want to shank it..any tips? I have a plunge router. Ahhhh, the things we do in this tough economy.....When there's a passion for guitars, there's a way...haha.

Yeah, it was a little vague. Well, I have a solid body alder guitar project going on. What I need is plans on how to assemble a jig for a plunge router to route out my pick up chambers, pots, etc. into the wood. Not sure how else to explain the need for a plunge router to cut out material in a solid piece of wood. There has to be some basic dimensions for the pickup areas, etc. that's all. Thanks for the help!!

thanks for the lead.

Started a project today. Using alder, need plans for a router jig (plunge router) any help would be great!! Thanks.

On my way to build another guitar, but looking for plans to make a jig for a plunge router. Using alder.