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Wow thanks! That's really cool. I'm going to save it and possibly to this mod soon because it's definitely useful!

Will do with the WD40! Good idea. Is it a big rewiring job to have them in series or just 1 or 2 extra wires that I can attach without redoing everything? Since now that it works I probably should mess with history...too much haha. -Thanks

yayyyy i just used WD40 on the pots and they work. Saved a lot of hassle. The only thing I think this guitar was meant for tiny baby strings. I put on 11-50 flatwound and the G string on the 14fret hits the higher frets... ugh.... I tried adjusting the truss rod and it's not actually doing anything. I think maybe it's a fake truss rod??? I wonder.... Yeah that's pretty cool DarkAvenger! Glad you like it.

Thanks Tim and SwedishLuthier! Tim I'll definitely post it up in that section after I finish fixing it up -SwedishLuthier I unfortunately do not have a voltage meter So it seems that both pots are 500k. I'm going to run to my electronics store to pick two up. But I just opened it up and it looks messy... is this okay or should I rewire it? I mean you guys are way more experienced in wiring circuitry I don't know much at all. Maybe it's volume dropping because of how it's set up?? Like my brain is hurting when I look at the on/off switches with all those wires. Also I'm used to pickups with only 1 or 2 wires coming out not 4. Also I wonder what value that Capacitor is? Since I'll probably destroy it when I try to remove it lol.

Hey everyone, so I just picked up this sweeeeeet sounding vintage guitar a few days ago off kijiji. 60$ so worth it just for the gold foil pickups. Honestly I love everything about the from the look to the play-ability and the neck pickup sounds like a million bucks. The bridge sounds a little thin but not bad. However there's three things. 1- When switching both pickups ON, there's a significant volume drop and it sounds a little funny I think it could be a phase issue? How can I solve this. 2- The volume pot only works on 10 and cuts out if you touch it. No biggie I'll just fix it. 3- it's missing the whammy bar. I'm wondering is there any replacements or DIY type things I can use/do. I'm going to be opening the guitar up hopefully tomorrow to see the guts of it. So the main thing I need to figure out is the phase issue... also if you guys have any cool wiring mods or ideas I'm all ears!! Thanks a bunch!! -Vince

Thanks Ken I'll look into it.

Thanks a lot Ken, that's great for me because thats the main thing. I don't have the necessary tools to do all the cutting. If i CNC the body and neck I can do the rest!

Haha sorry I know i read casting and by the time i got to the bottom i forgot 1300...wow thats intense!

Nice pickup covers! It's too bad you painted them black I would of really liked to see that stained darker. The wood looked so beautiful natural.

About the thickness, the back model is the exact same as the other 2. I can get you the measurements. I wanted a bolt on neck to get a stratotone tone. Honestly I never thought of the break angle! Just to be 100% sure that is the angle from the bridge to the start of the bigsby right? It would affect playability because you believe you'll hit your hand on it while picking? I could switch it out for another tailpiece or possibly move it if I have room.

Update. Still not done, tweaking some stuff (whammy bar, inlays, logo, fret spacing). Let me know what you think!

10 guitar templates cut for 100$ or 100$ an hour?

I've thought of these questions and I do have a plan on how to build them. I wont be answering the questions because basically there's no point right now. I built this off plans of a les paul blueprint. I'm building it currently in 3dmax but I will be building it in Autocad which then you can print the blueprints. I can import what i'm building into autocad also (some models). I actually have a 3 full size humbucker guitar (Eastwood Airline 3dpx). I've put together a guitar from a kit and sold it so I do have an understanding. Not an expert but definitely I have the knowledge.

I believe I wrote what is more important in my previous post. Definitely design is a big thing, every guitar player wants to look cool right?

Not sure I understand what your saying there sorry? Well I understand how your saying designing and building can not be treated separately but at the same time they should be. I believe it should be looked at aesthetically firstly (design) then put together with the building aspect which is functionality/tone/ergonomics/etc. And I'm glad you like my design! Thanks!