my first guitar mod was a success!!!

exhausted

ok, so it's only a master kill switch on a tele. but still, i did it perfectly. first time soldering, first time cutting a wire in a guitar, first time taking anything more powerful than an allen wrench to a guitar.

i drilled the control plate and popped a toggle in.
http://www3.telus.net/alcoholiday/guitar/tele-killswitch.JPG


here's the whole guitar. nothing notable except that i swapped the maple tele neck for a maple/rosewood strat neck.
http://www3.telus.net/alcoholiday/guitar/telecaster.JPG

now that i'm armed with a soldering iron and some circuit diagrams i designed, i'm going to rewire this whole guitar at some point.

casper leblanc

Sweet guitar. Great sticker, if it is one.

exhausted

thanks. yeah, it's a sticker. i have the union jack on my amplifier too. my grandfather was english......

i love this guitar. i'm planning on putting in concentric pots and wiring it like a les paul with two master volumes. i may put stacked humbuckers in it too.

casper leblanc

You little guitarwizard you! Whenever I want something special or changed on my guitar, I have to go to the shop. lol!

Here's a pic of my guitar by the way. Well, it's not mine, but it's exactly the same one. THat colour is pretty rare though. I am gonna change the white pickguard and put a black one on. What do you think?

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2555426493&category=38083#ebayphotohosting

exhausted

cool colour. try either black or possibly even a red tortioseshell. the black will look good for sure but sometimes the tortioseshell looks really cool.

casper leblanc

I've considered the tortoisse red, but I think it will to much and to flashy or heavy. The green is pretty flashy and differs in different light. The black will look very cool and will sort of mellow it down at the same time. It won't give you a headache just from looking at it.

Then we need a good sticker, like yours :cool:

exhausted

that's cool. the black will look good. i'm going to order a red tortioseshell pickguard for my tele from warmoth when i order my neck for this jazzmaster bastard guitar i'm making.

puremagic

Originally posted by exhausted
ok, so it's only a master kill switch on a tele. but still, i did it perfectly. first time soldering, first time cutting a wire in a guitar, first time taking anything more powerful than an allen wrench to a guitar.

i drilled the control plate and popped a toggle in.
http://www3.telus.net/alcoholiday/guitar/tele-killswitch.JPG


here's the whole guitar. nothing notable except that i swapped the maple tele neck for a maple/rosewood strat neck.
http://www3.telus.net/alcoholiday/guitar/telecaster.JPG

now that i'm armed with a soldering iron and some circuit diagrams i designed, i'm going to rewire this whole guitar at some point.

The fun has started. Don't burn the place down ok. Good work, can't wait to see the finished and more importantly to hear the finished product.

exhausted

i just got the bright idea to shoehorn a blend pot in that space to mix between the bridge and neck pickups like my rickenbacker but it won't fit.

so if i ever build a tele deluxe (and i'm sure i will someday, i'm putting a blend control in.

Pacomc79

Yeah I've got your cookie right here if you want it

Good job, the blend is especially helpful in eq' ing certain effects not to much bass not to much treble.

I'm impressed good job.

exhausted

maybe a mini-pot would fit. oh well, i've ordered all my shit for now. next batch of stuff maybe.

Originally posted by Pacomc79
Yeah I've got your cookie right here if you want it

Good job, the blend is especially helpful in eq' ing certain effects not to much bass not to much treble.

I'm impressed good job.

exhausted

oh wait. i don't need the blend pot if i end up with concentric Tone/Vol on each pickup. i can just wire it for individual volumes (as opposed to two masters), have the same capability and leave the kill switch in.