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chrisdebo

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  1. Good information. I will look at the sawn direction from now on. I always use Titebond. Thanks for edumacating me!
  2. The popping sound was the glue breaking; the wood is intact. I was surprised at how little glue I had applied, though. I think it was a combination of that and the weather /season and the time lapse. This is my first kit with mahogany body and neck. For some reason I thought the dense wood would be less prone to issues. Thanks again. There is no one around here who likes to luthier., so it was good chatting.
  3. I built a mahogany(body and neck) Gibson Explorer kit in December. I took a break before completing the electronics and it hung on the wall for four months (from the headstock). Yesterday, I took it down and completed the wiring and added the strings. When I went to tighten the strings, I heard a few pops and the neck came loose. This is a fitted neck which fit great in December. After a lot of cussing and removing the old glue, the heel of the neck would not fit into the body (too wide). It's like the neck swoll up since December. This is the eighth neck I have fitted/installed and the third glue in neck and I have never come across this before. The guitar has never been outside and the only moist thing I have put on the neck is Scott's liquid gold. I took 3-4mm off the neck heel and it fits now but I would like to understand what the heck happened so it doesn't happen again. Thanks, Chris
  4. You are right, everyone! I got it working w/o needing a specific ground for the switch. I had two wires touching that shouldn't have been. I am going to have to wiggle the pots from now on. I thought I was beyond that. Thanks!
  5. The 3- and 5-way linear switches I have wired before always had a ground going back to a pot.
  6. So sorry, Cortisa. I got confused about my own diagram. Yes, hot is coming from the tone pot to the 0 leads. The detail missing is because I don't have any grounds. How should this switch be grounded? That's the part I couldn't find online. I understand 3- and 5-way linear switches, but there is no doc on this rotary that I could find. Thanks for responding. Chris
  7. Hey guys, I'm trying to wire a rotary switch for a H-H-H setup. I couldn't find any info on how the switch works, just examples of wiring the hot leads. I assume that ground lead numbered 0 in the middle of the switch is ground but I can't get it to work. I read I can use a multimeter to test the continuity, but wouldn't it be better to measure the power output? Thanks.
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