by "Jcarr" (jcarr)
Published 01/09/2017 at 09:25
by "Jcarr" (jcarr)
Published 01/09/2017 at 09:25
Tags: Guitarlopnik
STARS: 3
Finally finished my Strat rebuild. Got all the new electronics wired in and put back together. Sounds pretty nice now.
"SidewaysOnDirt still misses Bowie" (sidewaysondirt)
01/09/2017 at 09:28, STARS: 0
Why is it backwards?
"RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht" (ramblininexile)
01/09/2017 at 09:31, STARS: 0
Interesting pickup switch knob. Don’t think I’ve seen one that style before.
"McMike" (mcmike)
01/09/2017 at 09:33, STARS: 0
No photo of the vintage wires? Were they cloth insulated?
"Jcarr" (jcarr)
01/09/2017 at 09:33, STARS: 0
Because my brain uses my hands backwards.
"Jcarr" (jcarr)
01/09/2017 at 09:34, STARS: 0
It’s a Telecaster switch knob. Like the way it looks compared to the standard Strat cone knob.
"Jcarr" (jcarr)
01/09/2017 at 09:38, STARS: 0
Yeah, I should have taken some ‘during’ pics, but I was trying to get it done while my son napped. This is a pic of the kit I used. My thumb and index finger tips hurt from pushing the sheathing back.
"RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht" (ramblininexile)
01/09/2017 at 09:41, STARS: 1
Have you thought about doing the jack plate and bridge in black to match the knobs? You could even mix and match hardware to do something like a chrome jack/chrome screws with a black jack plate, chrome screws and saddles on a black bridge... just to keep from going None More Black and to have something to offset the shiny frets and match the pickups...
/Ramblin’sguitarmodideas
"SidewaysOnDirt still misses Bowie" (sidewaysondirt)
01/09/2017 at 09:42, STARS: 1
What is this black magic?
"Jcarr" (jcarr)
01/09/2017 at 09:55, STARS: 0
I have and that may be on the future ideas list. I’m not sure if I’d do the whole bridge black. Maybe black saddles or something.
"McMike" (mcmike)
01/09/2017 at 09:59, STARS: 0
I read a little bit about the pickups you mentioned. Did you get those ones with the mini-plugs in them?
Didn’t I read that the wires plugged right into the pickups?
"Jcarr" (jcarr)
01/09/2017 at 10:03, STARS: 0
Yeah, their new Kwikplug system. It was actually quite nice because I could unplug the wires from the pup while I was routing/trimming/soldering. Should be quite handy if I want to swap different ones in later as well.
They just plug into the pickup with a little headphone-style plug.
http://www.guitarfetish.com/Introducing-the-Kwikplug-Quick-Change-Pickup-System_c_636.html
"RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht" (ramblininexile)
01/09/2017 at 10:06, STARS: 1
I think the existing “bright fasteners and small round objects” motif might indicate black bridge with the blacking rubbed off the “spine”as if it were a fret, and chrome saddles and screws.