Post by JohnH on Jan 1, 2012 18:13:08 GMT -5
Ok thats great!
Thinking about any practical tips:
The 500k pots are best as log taper for both
There's a bare wire shown dotted. That carries no signal, but grounds the bridge and strings and the pot cases. On p/p pots, there is usually a handy tag at the back of the switch, which is much easier to solder to than the case of a normal pot, so that is what that dashed wire is intended to connect to as it passes each pot
With three pups all by Dimarzio, you should have no phase and hum issues, though you might get a bit of hum remaining when coils from different pups combine
Unless you can work on a pickguard removed from the guitar, I suggest making a card template to do most of the wire-up away from the guitar, starting with the wires across the 5-way switch, then the pots. Pickup wires can be attached when controls are mounted in the guitar
Are you going to shield the cavity first? Its a good idea if you do
If you have a multimeter (or get one), its good to measure the resistance of each coil first, then when you test it later, you can troubleshoot by working out the expected single, series and parallel resistances (we will help if needed)
These more complex designs often don't work first time, even with a design built before, so anything that helps troubleshooting is valuable.
Good luck and post any problems if you need help.
John
Thinking about any practical tips:
The 500k pots are best as log taper for both
There's a bare wire shown dotted. That carries no signal, but grounds the bridge and strings and the pot cases. On p/p pots, there is usually a handy tag at the back of the switch, which is much easier to solder to than the case of a normal pot, so that is what that dashed wire is intended to connect to as it passes each pot
With three pups all by Dimarzio, you should have no phase and hum issues, though you might get a bit of hum remaining when coils from different pups combine
Unless you can work on a pickguard removed from the guitar, I suggest making a card template to do most of the wire-up away from the guitar, starting with the wires across the 5-way switch, then the pots. Pickup wires can be attached when controls are mounted in the guitar
Are you going to shield the cavity first? Its a good idea if you do
If you have a multimeter (or get one), its good to measure the resistance of each coil first, then when you test it later, you can troubleshoot by working out the expected single, series and parallel resistances (we will help if needed)
These more complex designs often don't work first time, even with a design built before, so anything that helps troubleshooting is valuable.
Good luck and post any problems if you need help.
John
