Weekend Project

"Jcarr" (jcarr) 01/09/2017 at 09:25 • Filed to: Guitarlopnik

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Finally finished my Strat rebuild. Got all the new electronics wired in and put back together. Sounds pretty nice now.

SidewaysOnDirt still misses Bowie > Jcarr 01/09/2017 at 09:28

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Why is it backwards?

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > Jcarr 01/09/2017 at 09:31

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Interesting pickup switch knob. Don’t think I’ve seen one that style before.

McMike > Jcarr 01/09/2017 at 09:33

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No photo of the vintage wires? Were they cloth insulated?

Jcarr > SidewaysOnDirt still misses Bowie 01/09/2017 at 09:33

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Because my brain uses my hands backwards.

Jcarr > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht 01/09/2017 at 09:34

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It’s a Telecaster switch knob. Like the way it looks compared to the standard Strat cone knob.

Jcarr > McMike 01/09/2017 at 09:38

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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 > Jcarr 01/09/2017 at 09:41

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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 > Jcarr 01/09/2017 at 09:42

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What is this black magic?

Jcarr > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht 01/09/2017 at 09:55

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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 > Jcarr 01/09/2017 at 09:59

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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 > McMike 01/09/2017 at 10:03

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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 > Jcarr 01/09/2017 at 10:06

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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.