AbramT80
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I've just finished my first electric guitar build and couldn't be happier with how it came out, now I look to step it up by building an acoustic, more specifically a retro acoustic-electric 1959 Martin D-18E (the guitar Kurt Cobain played on the MTV unplugged set). I'm having a little trouble getting started, I can't find any plans online or any templates. Also since this is my first acoustic build I would appreciate every single bit of advice (even if it might seem obvious or stupid, please tell me anyways). I do have a few years' experience in woodshops but only one build's worth of luthier experience so any advice helps. Some questions I definitely need answered: What special setups, jigs, or tools do I need to buy/make for this? Definite "DO NOT"'s? What can I do (other than double check of course) to make sure everything is going according to plan while building? Thank you Please advise, Abram Tribby
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Getting ready to order wires to connect everything up but I’m not sure what gauge wire to use or how to find out. Also for the on-on switch, do I need to buy a switch specifically for guitar or will any on-on switch work as long as it’s the same layout and dimensions?
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So I'm just insulating to keep it from shorting out?
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So I've got the pickups now, they match the colors on the diagram but have an extra wire (the uncolored, braided one). does it matter where I ground that to? Is there a standard or safe place to ground it to? Any places to definitely NOT ground it to? So I solder it then insulate it? And on the second tone knob, it's grounded to the pot itself right? Not the bracket holding the pots?
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I'm very new to all of this circuitry and electronics, how do I insulate it?
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I ordered exactly what was listed in the parts section: a DP100 super distortion for the bridge and PAF 36th Anniversary for the neck. I looked on the Dimarzio site but couldn't find too much about their specific color codes, it was more general information about color codes as a concept.
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Thanks, I appreciate it
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So just for the sake of my own knowledge of this guitar, on the neck pickup, sending a wire and pot through the same bracket will produce a signal? Even if no wires from the pickup go directly to a component? Also, just to be clear on the3 ways switch, I can go straight from grounding it on the pot to bridge? Is it necessary to ground it to a shielded cavity? Last question, how can I tell which wires go where coming out of the pickups? Because the one's I've ordered of course don't match the colors of the diagram Thanks for the welcome and super thank you for all the advice, very helpful
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Making my first guitar, started a few weeks ago, it's a jaguar model with matching electronics to Cobain's jag. This is a little embarrassing and probably dumb but I've got absolutely zero experience soldering or doing anything with circuitry and I've decided to do electronics on my own. I'm following a really detailed diagram so most of it shouldn't be too hard. I've just got a couple questions. On the bridge pickup it has a wire that says "ground lug to control cavity" then on the same wire, "black wire to bridge" and I'm not sure what that means and can't find much about it online. Then on then neck pickup it's got 3 wires coming out of it, two soldered to eachother and the other goes to the bracket that holds the electronics for the rhythm circuit (mind you not on the electronics but on the bracket holding the electronics), on the other end of the bracket, there's a cap that connects to one of the pots. Am I reading the diagram correctly? Thanks, please advise.
