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Hey folks! I was given this guitar for free, and would like to be able to fix it. It's a Fender CD-100 with a laminated spruce top. Yes, it's a cheap guitar, but I'm really more interested in gaining the experience of fixing something like this. Can anyone point me in the direction of a decent tutorial showing me how to do so? All the ones that I found are only showing how to fix cracks that are along the grain.

 

I'd like to thank @Bizman62 for his help - even though it's a Samick, it sounds and plays great!  I ordered some black knurled knobs that should be here either Friday or Sataurday.

2 hours ago, TheGuitarForum.net said:

Okay, now to show more of my ignorance - I don't know which of the pots is for the volume, and which ones are the pots for the 2 tone controls.  Or where to ground the pickups.

I think this answers my question?

Okay, now to show more of my ignorance - I don't know which of the pots is for the volume, and which ones are the pots for the 2 tone controls.  Or where to ground the pickups.

3 minutes ago, Bizman62 said:

I'm not one to tell how others should do. But so you know we have members with names referring to their own company. Also, what do you think TGF thinks about using their trademark as a nick?

Well, I own the forum, so there shouldn't be a trademark problem.

8 minutes ago, Bizman62 said:

No. At least not at this point.

Agreed

8 minutes ago, Bizman62 said:

BTW why are you named after another guitar forum?

It's a forum I've recently started - but it's different than this one, so I figured I'd use it as my user name.  I normally go by either CrazyChef (older) or Bondservant (newer) on forums.  Now that you ask, it seems to me that it may be a bit tacky for a user name on a guitar forum (even though it's a completely different type of guitar forum).  Should I request it to be changed to Bondservant?

1 hour ago, Bizman62 said:

Your pickups have the option to be split to semi-single-coils but that would require a additional switches.

Is this something I should consider?  Like I said, I'm BRAND NEW to doing this kinda thing.

The only other mod I've ever done was switch out the pickguard on my MIM Strat.

EDIT:  Nevermind - I'll just stick with the basics for now.  I can always add the additional switches later on if/when I want to do this.

9 minutes ago, Bizman62 said:

If I saw right in the pictures they're soldered together for a humbucker action. So just apply some electrician's tape or shrinking tube over the bare end to protect them from grounding.

Perfect - thanks again for your help!

17 minutes ago, Bizman62 said:

Your pickups have the option to be split to semi-single-coils but that would require a additional switches.

Yeah, that is obviously beyond my capabilities at this point.

13 minutes ago, Bizman62 said:

The Strat type wiring would be to put the yellow "Hot" wires into the three lugs of the switch as marked. Gather the black "Ground" wires to somewhere where you can easily connect them to ground,  most often to the back of a pot. You can tie grounds together by will as long as they all have a connection to the sleeve of the jack. Protect the red/white soldered ends so they don't accidentally get grounded.

That should give you the Bridge - Bridge+Middle - Middle - Middle+Neck - Neck options typical to a Strat, only this time as humbuckers. Your pickups have the option to be split to semi-single-coils but that would require a additional switches.

Very cool - thank you!  So I don't need to use the white or red wires for anything?

Hey folks!  New member here, and my first post.

A little background - I have this cheap Samick Strat style guitar that I was gonna sell on Craigslist for $40, but figured hey, might as well use it to learn more about customizing.  So I'm refinishing the body, new pickups, etc.  The old electronics are crap, so I decided to replace them.

So here's the problem: I picked up a Strat style harness from Reverb as well as a NECK, MIDDLE, and BRIDGE Wilkinson hot rail pickups.

I have absolutely no idea how to wire these things.  The 5 way switch doesn't match the normal half circle switches that I've seen in the YouTube videos, so I have no way of knowing what wires go where. 

I've hotlinked the Reverb links to the parts above.  ANY help is GREATLY appreciated!