View previous topic :: View next topic |
Author |
Message |
HNB .


Joined: 15 Apr 2012 Posts: 4089 Location: Puyallup, WA
|
Posted: Sat Mar 08, 2014 1:46 am Post subject: |
|
|
Resistors finally came in so I got the wiring done. Sorry for the odd shape from my cell phone camera.
 |
|
Back to top |
|
 |
DGNR8 .


Joined: 30 Sep 2006 Posts: 4209 Location: DC Area
|
Posted: Sat Mar 08, 2014 7:45 pm Post subject: |
|
|
How is an Esquire done?
For the life of me I can't find a photo that shows how all that stuff hooks together in an elegant way. Mine looks like I tied a bunch of coat hangers together. I asked on TDPRI and as always heard nothing but urinals flushing.
Cap 1 hooks to resistor, then to Cap 2, which then feeds to ground. But I haven't connected wire to wire before. I have seen them bundled into a tight stack of either Sprague drops, or PIO cylinders, but not in a way that I could follow the wires.
And that's not even getting into the Eldred Cocked Wah mod—whatever the fuck that is.
 _________________ Yell Like Hell |
|
Back to top |
|
 |
Josh The Curmudgeon

Joined: 17 Nov 2008 Posts: 4985 Location: George
|
Posted: Sun Mar 09, 2014 1:51 am Post subject: |
|
|
wasn't able to figure it out so it went back to being a Tele. lol |
|
Back to top |
|
 |
HNB .


Joined: 15 Apr 2012 Posts: 4089 Location: Puyallup, WA
|
Posted: Sun Mar 09, 2014 5:37 am Post subject: |
|
|
This is the diagram I used. Wasn't hard. I did put wire coating over the capacitor and resistor wires to help make sure they are covered to avoid shorts.
Bridge position bypasses the tone pot. Middle is normal volume and tone, Neck position adds more bass and such with the cap and resistor. So far as far as I can tell the tone pot doesn't work in neck position. Just bassy tone.  |
|
Back to top |
|
 |
HNB .


Joined: 15 Apr 2012 Posts: 4089 Location: Puyallup, WA
|
Posted: Wed Apr 09, 2014 3:49 am Post subject: |
|
|
Neck came in. Tinted satin. I really dig it, except it is a little too big for the pocket. Now I have to figure out what to do. Easiest option would be to take a little from the pocket. Some would say neck, but it would take the tinted finish off. Seems really close. Thoughts? It is a refinished body and it has that middle pickup rout anyways. Might as well take a little from the pocket?
 |
|
Back to top |
|
 |
NickD .


Joined: 20 Apr 2006 Posts: 4246 Location: Sheffield, Innit
|
Posted: Wed Apr 09, 2014 11:56 am Post subject: |
|
|
The general advice tends to be sand whichever is the cheapest. |
|
Back to top |
|
 |
HNB .


Joined: 15 Apr 2012 Posts: 4089 Location: Puyallup, WA
|
|
Back to top |
|
 |
cur .


Joined: 18 Jan 2009 Posts: 7295
|
Posted: Wed Apr 16, 2014 4:29 am Post subject: |
|
|
That looks great. _________________
|
|
Back to top |
|
 |
HNB .


Joined: 15 Apr 2012 Posts: 4089 Location: Puyallup, WA
|
|
Back to top |
|
 |
taylornutt .


Joined: 17 Sep 2009 Posts: 4626 Location: Dallas, TX
|
Posted: Fri Apr 25, 2014 1:55 pm Post subject: |
|
|
Are you going to clear coat over the decal?
I think you made the right call making the pocket bigger. Looks fantastic. _________________ J Mascis Jazzmaster | Baja Telecaster
AVRI Jaguar | 1967 Fender Coronado II |1977 Mullet-stang | 1973 Fender Bronco |
|
Back to top |
|
 |
HNB .


Joined: 15 Apr 2012 Posts: 4089 Location: Puyallup, WA
|
Posted: Fri Apr 25, 2014 3:04 pm Post subject: |
|
|
Thanks! I plan on doing a thin layer of clear over it to help protect the decal. Not enough to bury it in clear, just a layer to help keep it from peeling off. Then I will use some steel wool to knock the shine off and polish to give it a satin look like the rest of the neck. Trying to decide if I should use my Deft nitro clear or my acrylic clear. I am worried the Deft nitro would mess with the nitro Warmoth used. |
|
Back to top |
|
 |
othomas2 .


Joined: 20 Apr 2006 Posts: 4026 Location: London
|
Posted: Fri Apr 25, 2014 11:01 pm Post subject: |
|
|
Damn, that Esquire is lovely. It's just the guitar I've been after.  |
|
Back to top |
|
 |
HNB .


Joined: 15 Apr 2012 Posts: 4089 Location: Puyallup, WA
|
Posted: Sat Apr 26, 2014 2:39 am Post subject: |
|
|
Thanks!
I put the first light coat of clear nitro on it. I only taped off the fretboard. I didn't do around the headstock so it should (hopefully) be easier to feather and blend.
IMG_6621 by Hentai No Baka, on Flickr |
|
Back to top |
|
 |
HNB .


Joined: 15 Apr 2012 Posts: 4089 Location: Puyallup, WA
|
|
Back to top |
|
 |
impmann .

Joined: 15 Jan 2013 Posts: 4
|
Posted: Thu May 01, 2014 2:37 pm Post subject: |
|
|
Very nice.
I'm surprised you needed to adjust the pocket... my '72 Telecaster's original neck bit the dust courtesy of a low lighting gantry and an ill-advised rock n roll move at the end of Teenage Kicks one night and so has been replaced with an Allparts one. This slotted in an was a better fit than the original - and played nicer too, if I'm honest. Just shows that Fender tolerances weren't *that* accurate.  |
|
Back to top |
|
 |
HNB .


Joined: 15 Apr 2012 Posts: 4089 Location: Puyallup, WA
|
Posted: Thu May 01, 2014 3:05 pm Post subject: |
|
|
Totally. I am pretty positive the neck pocket was on the smaller size since another actual vintage neck also wouldn't fit. I hate waiting on curing time, but I know from rushing in the past that you kind of have to just let it sit and dry.  |
|
Back to top |
|
 |
HNB .


Joined: 15 Apr 2012 Posts: 4089 Location: Puyallup, WA
|
|
Back to top |
|
 |
HNB .


Joined: 15 Apr 2012 Posts: 4089 Location: Puyallup, WA
|
Posted: Wed May 14, 2014 2:24 am Post subject: |
|
|
Tuners installed. I found out the neck mounting screws I had are too big so I ordered some different ones. Once those arrive, I will get the neck attached.
IMG_6880 by Hentai No Baka, on Flickr
IMG_6878 by Hentai No Baka, on Flickr |
|
Back to top |
|
 |
NickD .


Joined: 20 Apr 2006 Posts: 4246 Location: Sheffield, Innit
|
Posted: Wed May 14, 2014 11:44 am Post subject: |
|
|
It's looking really good. |
|
Back to top |
|
 |
jculpjr .


Joined: 28 Dec 2012 Posts: 561
|
Posted: Wed May 14, 2014 11:54 am Post subject: |
|
|
NickD wrote: |
It's looking really good. |
|
|
Back to top |
|
 |
|