The diagrams assume the person doing the soldering is familiar with the common practice in guitar wiring of soldering the terminal directly to the body to earth it Well I am now!😂😂

@darrenking Thought it would be something like that.The diagrams assume the person doing the soldering is familiar with the common practice in guitar wiring of soldering the terminal directly to the b...

Ha! I’ve cracked it! In the original diagram I didn’t realise that the right hand terminal on the volume pot was also connected to earth, it just looked like it was missing (and therefore not being us...

@darrenking. Hi Darren, Somewhere in the back of my head I think I remember Mark @markbailey talking about this in one of his YouTube videos. Not sure which one or even if I'm just miss- remembering. ...

@darrenking, I can see only two ways that the volume control in that circuit would not turn the sound right down to zero 1) It's a dodgy pot, and the minimum setting is not 0 ohms between the middle t...

Hi gang! It seems like a long time ago now, but I did complete this build but there is something odd with the electronics. I have followed the diagram sent by Jonathan (I'll get back to you about the ...

In clear coat, I’ll get some better pics in the sunlight tomorrow. Attachment : 9D582EA8-EB57-42FD-9418-E7F823ACE63F.jpeg

I forgot to say that I did look for a pot in my spores box but don’t have one sorry @rocknroller912 Oh don’t worry about it, I’ll pick one up sometime. Thanks. 👍

@boo I forgot to say that I did look for a pot in my spores box but don’t have one sorry

Unmasked! Now it’s time for some clear coat. Attachment : E8251871-28AF-4DFF-AF59-D64E641CD9B7.jpeg Attachment : 0486F109-3153-4A50-83CB-2C0EC6DFF06D.jpeg

Finally had some time to progress with the paint job on this bass, white racing stripes over the chameleon paint. This is plain white basecoat, I’ll put some pearl over it before unmasking it for clea...

@boo I will check my spares tomorrow, hope I’ve got one !

@rocknroller912 Hey, I had a look at the pot for this bass, they are B250k Attachment : 6A7ABF61-12ED-4D35-9E3E-FEA436D0B89C.jpeg

He just commented he might want to go for the same colour as his AC Cobra replica, which I can see working. Priorities, priorities ... Get the guitar finished in a colour/scheme that he likes, a...

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Childhood photos of famous musicians, look closely. @rocknroller912 ... made me think of ... Attachment : image.png Keith Richards teaching a young Willy Nelson how to play guitar.

@rocknroller912 salmon, trout, makrel? In @JamesBisset's case, duck oil will be more appropriate than fish oil.

Agree with Mark - need to keep things clean - evict the bikes……

When I first saw ‘oily rag’ I started thinking Cockney Rhyming Slang - oily - oily rag - fag - cigarette…… 🤩……..

Looks like I’m in trouble, my bike mechanic workshop and my guitar workshop are the same place.